A file was not found: Creating NEW VM

[PaulAX]

Hi,

I have a problem creating a new VM.

I have seen the A file was not found: /vmfs/volums/blahblah/machine thread, but I receive this error when I try to create a new VM, so obviously I wouldn't expect the VMDK file to be present.

I am using RDM's for the disks which are mapped to our SAN.

Any ideas?

[virtech]

Is the new VM part of a cluster? Have you used the VM name previously?

[PaulAX]

Hi,

The VM name hasn't been used before, though on the second attempt to create the VM I received a different error. I have checked the datastore and there is no information relating to the machine I am trying to create.

The VM is in a cluster.

In the events section on the VC the events get to 'New MAC address (xx.xx.xx.xx) assigned to adapter VM Network for VM' then it fails with the initial error message.

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PaulAX

[virtech · Accepted solution]

I'm fairly sure I had this problem, the only way around it for me was to put the ESX host that i was creating the VM on into maintanence mode, remove the host from the cluster and then create the VM.

Add back the host to the cluster.

[PaulAX]

Do you have to do this for all new VM's now?

[virtech]

From what I can recall no, the issue I had was only when trying to use a VM name that I had previously used in the cluster.

[affoliveira]

I had the same problem, removing the Host from the cluster and re-importing it solved the problem.

[PaulAX]

I have removed the Host from the cluster (whilst in maintenance mode) and re-added it. I now get the following error when I try to create a new VM:

The request refers to an object that no longer exists or has never existed

Anything else I can try?

[virtech]

Did you try and create the VM when the host was not part of the cluster? Then add it back to the cluster when the VM has been created.

[PaulAX]

oops, I'll try that now.

[PaulAX]

Cheers, that seems to have got it. Nice one