Hi
I had a Virtual server running Windows 2003 server that had a 12Gb disk that contained all the O/S and program files and a 60Gb disk that just had data. We needed to reclaim some disk space on the SAN and as there was hardly any data on the 60Gb drive I moved the Data to the 12Gb drive.
I then deleted the partition in the Windows VM and shut down the Virtual Machine.
I then edited the settings of the Virtual Machine and deleted the 60Gb disk opting to delete the files from the SAN.
I have now tried to restart the VM and it will not start.
We are using ESX 3.01 and Virtual Center 2.01.
In the Task Pane I am told that the VM is starting but it has been saying that for 12 hours.
In the task Pane if I right click on the "Starting" task I can not cancell the operation as "cancell" is Greyed out.
If I right click on the VM in virtual center everything is greyed out except console which if I click opens the VM console to a black/blank screen.
The VM is in a state where I can not power it on or off, cancell the current operation or do anything with it.
Is there anything I can do or any idea what I may have done wrong to get into this state. Luckily this is a test environment and I can rebuild the VM but I would like to know what I did wrong or if it can be recovered in case this ever happens on a live server.
Regards
Kevan
