Hello,
I have organized my VMs into folders, and some of them I cannot drag and drop. The icon is the circle with the diagnoal line through it, and it won't let me release it on the folder. I can't figure it out, I can do it with most VMs and templates, whether they are on or off. Any insight?
Thanks
Dave
Hello and Welcome to the Forums!
A couple things it could be.... Permissions or the VM(s) in question are already in the destination folder. Can you move the VM(s) anywhere else?
Also, you are talking about the "blue" folder under you VM and Templates inventory view, correct?
Thanks Troy.
Yes I am in Inventory>VMs and Templates view. The VM is not in any folder because it won't let me drop it in any. If I click and hold and drag it over the blue folders the icon never changes from the "no symbol" (circle with diag line). Other VMs I can drag and drop as desired. I am an adminstrator and confirmed in the permissions.
on the host in which this VM is registered on, restart the management agents. Is the VM not even in the default folder "Discovered Virtual Machines"
It is not in the default folder. It is not in a folder at all. I checked which host it was running on and i restarted the management agent of the host, closed vsphere and went back in, but I still can't drag and drop the VM into a folder. This issue is true for several VMs, but most of them are fine and I can drag and drop them at will.
I can't find any common theme between the ones that won't drop and the ones that will. VMs from all 8 hosts that in the cluster are able to be dragged and dropped no problem.
I have the exact same problem. It only affects some VMs - most of them can be moved fine.
Any ideas?
Just to chime in, I also have the exact same problem and would welcome any insight. Only two of ~80 VM's refuse to move.
I just had this issue. I realized that one of the VMs I couldn't move had a snapshot. The other VM was running Veeam and doing a backup of the first VM (which hotadds the snapshotted virtual disks). When the backup job was stopped and the snapshot removed, both VMs were able to be moved into the folder.
Hey guys you might be right avery, about a backup or something locking it. I couldn't pinpoint the cause for mine but the fix for me so far (I have to test on one other problem server) is to
1)power off the VM.
2)edit the VM properties and check the datastore the VM lives on(browse that datastore to locate the folder and VMX file the VM has associated with it (this is to make sure you can find it after step 3)
3)right click the VM and choose "remove from inventory"
4)the VM will disappear off your list, go to the datastore that has the VMX file you found in step 2, browse the datatstore and right click the vmx file "add to inventory"
5)power up the VM and try to move it into the folder
worked so far one of the problem servers for me.
powershell can also help
move-vm -vm "vm_name" -destination "folder_name"
of course it helps if the folder name is unique although I guess you could use the folder group ID.
When you have alot of Servers in your view its hard to grab and drop in same window.
Go to Vm and Templates
Select the correct DataCenter
Select the Virtual Machines Tab
Drap and Drop your Vitrual Machines into the folder you want.
I had this same issue. Storage DRS was migrating the host from one datastore to another, which takes a bit of time. My "recent tasks" pane wasn't displayed, so I was not immediately aware of the storage migration. Once I discovered it, I waited until it completed and I was able to move the VM to the folder I wanted.
Had the same problem with a few vm s deployed from the same template. Re-installed vmtools, problem went away. Deployed from same template and got the problem again. Seems original tools install was corrupt. Re-installed tools in template, fixed issue on subsequent vm s deployed from it.
What worked for was simply uninstalling and re-installing VMTools. After the reboot, I could drag and drop the VM to any folder without issue.
I hope this helps.
Here is the same problems.
Copy and paste not working in my vmware workstation.
Host: Windows 7
Guest: Windows 7
Take care!![]()
Hi,
What I found sometimes helps is to log out of the console and log back in.
You may also try to "run as administrator"
Another is that you may also want to power off the vm and try again.
This has helped me in the past.
Cheers,
John
Had this issue recently, actually several members on my team had the same as well. This behavior still persists with the local VI Client on vCenter 5.5 using the VI 5.5 Client.
Resolution: Found that using the vSphere Web Client allowed the move of multiple stubborn VM Guests to folders that previously could not be moved using the local VI Client. No changes to the VM Guest, VMware Tools on the Guest, or my local VI Client was needed. Once the VM Guest was moved via the Web Client, with my VI Client still open, I immediately witnessed the VM Guest location move and update to the folder moved to on the local VI Client.
This totally worked for me. Thanks!
I have the similar problems but not solve yet.
TommyFreddy - Are you saying the Web Interface still does not allow you to move a Guest VM to a folder?
