Virtual Machine will not start since migration

[Bboy-Mass]

Hello,

I had a RedHat 4 Server 70G (20G for OS and 50G Volume Group for data) running on ESX 3.0.1 on a HP-EVA DataStore. I then created a 72G DataStore off another SAN (NetAPP SAN)

I powered down the Vm, migrated and moved all files to the new DataStore (72G in size) and now it will not power up????

I keep getting Insufficent Disk Space on DataStore ????? I have 1.G free on the DataStore, so why has it migrated without error but failes to start?

Please help.

Regards

Nigel

[virtualdud3]

How much memory have you allocated the VM?

Remember, when powering-on, ESX will create a vmkernel swap file equal to the difference between configured RAM and the memory reservation of the VM. So, if the VM has 1 Gb or more of memory you will not be able to power-on the VM unless you either decrease the amount of memory or grant the VM a memory reservation.

[depping]

Indeed, you could set the memory reservation to amount of mem the vm has... this way it will not create a swap file. it's better to create a larger vmfs though,

Duncan