Weird one - I'm trying to remove a folder but the system believes a file is preventing it from proceeding.
[root@ESXi:/vmfs/volumes/5f63db10-27ef5ce4-343a-4ccc6aacf6e7/corrupt-folder] ll
ls: ./vmx-9800-CL-6bbf840bbe070d9eec91181669a3e05c53e050e3-1.vswp: No such file or directory
total 1152
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 77824 Oct 9 06:17 .
drwxr-xr-t 1 root root 77824 Oct 10 14:17 ..
When I try and remove it manually, I get the same roadblock:
[root@ESXi:/vmfs/volumes/5f63db10-27ef5ce4-343a-4ccc6aacf6e7/corrupt-folder] rm vmx-9800-CL-6bbf840bbe070d9eec91
181669a3e05c53e050e3-1.vswp
rm: can't remove 'vmx-9800-CL-6bbf840bbe070d9eec91181669a3e05c53e050e3-1.vswp': No such file or directory
Any ideas?
Unfortunately, that did not help. The file is not in use, and does not even show up in the datastore browser as the system believes that there is no file there, but it appears that the file system/partition disagrees.
The only way I was able to fix it was to completely wipe the partition - looks like it’s either a failing disk or some corruption occurred.
Is that a local volume or a shared datastore?
If its local, It might be locked for some reason. If you can, put in maintenance, reboot and then try again. You should be able to remove then.
Unfortunately, that did not help. The file is not in use, and does not even show up in the datastore browser as the system believes that there is no file there, but it appears that the file system/partition disagrees.
The only way I was able to fix it was to completely wipe the partition - looks like it’s either a failing disk or some corruption occurred.