Cannot delete file on iSCSI SAN, "No such file or directory"

[Aristizabal]

Hi,

I have an iSCSI LUN exported by FalconStor IP Stor version 6.15, which has a Datastore shared by two clustered ESX servers (4.0 and 4.1).

Recently I tried to delete a file and I got the following error:

rm: cannot lstat `oct1-dvm1-RH.vmx_4CB365FA': No such file or directory

The file is not part of any running VM.

Then I checked the vmkernel messages, and every time I triy to access the file the following message is generated:

Oct 13 09:57:50 esx12 vmkernel: 18:21:30:12.071 cpu2:4109)FSS: 666: Failed to get object f530 28 3 4c767774 2d758d4a 1e00a2ab 7de6fdc9 b401ec4 97ed 0 0 0 0 0 :Not found

If I do ls -l on the directory the file properties are missing and the filename comes up highlighted in red:

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? ? ? ? ? oct1-dvm1-RH.vmx_4CB365FA

It doesn't matter from which ESX I try to delete the file from, I got the same error message.

I have tried to reset the LUN and also break the LVM lock using vmkfstools -B with no luck.

Any help is appreciated,

Thanks,

Juan Aristizabal.

[athlon_crazy]

My question is, does the LUN or datastore for this VM still attached or accessible from both host?

[Aristizabal]

The datastore is still available to both ESX servers and other VMs are running fine on it, but the file I am trying to delete is not even part of a registered VM.

[athlon_crazy]

It's like a foreign or broken symlink file. Do you able to see it using datastore browser? Would you able to rename this file first and try remove it using command or client?

[Aristizabal]

Thanks Athlon, but I cannot see the file using the vSphere Client and I cannot move or rename the file using the service console.