Problem with snapshots

[JPReyes]

Hi,

Using this command in the console of ESX Host...

vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/499d5f3b-f8d67716-1be3-001e0bdb18ca/anglia/anglia.vmx createsnapshot backup netapp 1 0

I get the following error...

VMControl error -3: Invalid arguments

Searching in the KB articles i found this...

KB 1000959

However, reviewing the file vmsd of the virtual machine, not found the suggested error for the KB article.

snapshot.lastUID = "2750"

snapshot.numSnapshots = "0"

snapshot.current = "0"

snapshot0.uid = "2750"

snapshot0.filename = "anglia-Snapshot2750.vmsn"

snapshot0.displayName = "Consolidate Helper- 0"

snapshot0.description = "Helper snapshot for online consolidate."

snapshot0.createTimeHigh = "294280"

snapshot0.createTimeLow = "-680509384"

snapshot0.numDisks = "2"

snapshot0.disk0.fileName = "anglia.vmdk"

snapshot0.disk0.node = "scsi0:0"

snapshot0.disk1.fileName = "anglia_1.vmdk"

snapshot0.disk1.node = "scsi0:1"

snapshot0.disk1.mode = "1"

snapshot.needConsolidate = "FALSE"

snapshot1.uid = "2336"

snapshot1.filename = "anglia-Snapshot2336.vmsn"

snapshot1.parent = "2335"

snapshot1.displayName = "backup"

snapshot1.description = "netapp"

snapshot1.createTimeHigh = "293803"

snapshot1.createTimeLow = "1477538116"

snapshot1.numDisks = "2"

snapshot1.disk0.fileName = "anglia-000001.vmdk"

snapshot1.disk0.node = "scsi0:0"

snapshot1.disk1.fileName = "anglia_1.vmdk"

snapshot1.disk1.node = "scsi0:1"

snapshot1.disk1.mode = "1"

This is only virtual machine resulting in this problem. The rest of virtual machine (7 in total) no problems with snapshots created by vmware-cmd.

The version the ESX is 3.5 U2

Is safe delete the file vmsd with virtual machine running?

Thanks for reading.

[depping]

does a snapshot file(delta-vmdk) still excist?

Duncan

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[JPReyes]

Hi Duncan,

No exist snapshot of file delta-vmdk. Here is the files list of directory the virtual machine...

-rw------- 1 root root 50G Apr 23 2009 anglia_1-rdmp.vmdk

-rw------- 1 root root 3.5G Jun 16 2009 anglia-576f0a28.vswp

-rw-rr 1 root root 18K Aug 15 10:54 vmware-11.log

-rw-rr 1 root root 64K Aug 15 11:42 vmware-12.log

-rw-rr 1 root root 5.0M Oct 5 19:42 vmware-13.log

-rw-rr 1 root root 196K Oct 6 10:28 vmware-14.log

drwxr-xr-t 1 root root 4.6K Nov 6 14:23 ..

-rw-rr 1 root root 18M Jan 6 18:07 vmware-15.log

-rw-rr 1 root root 37 Jan 18 12:30 anglia-576f0a28.hlog

-rw-rr 1 root root 3.1M Jan 18 12:30 vmware-16.log

-rw------- 1 root root 8.5K Jan 18 12:31 anglia.nvram

-rw------- 1 root root 261 Jan 19 07:03 anglia.vmxf

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2.4K Jan 20 07:01 anglia.vmx

-rw------- 1 root root 570 Jan 20 07:01 anglia.vmsd

drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2.6K Jan 20 07:01 .

-rw------- 1 root root 399 Jan 20 07:01 anglia.vmdk

-rw------- 1 root root 428 Jan 20 07:01 anglia_1.vmdk

-rw-rr 1 root root 713K Jan 20 07:01 vmware.log

-rw------- 1 root root 20G Jan 20 09:52 anglia-flat.vmdk

A this virtual machine is assigned a RDM, in another Virtual Machine

Greetings,

[depping]

just ditch the vmsd file... shouldn't be a problem. (might want to make a backup copy to be 100% certain)

Duncan

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[JPReyes]

The vmsd file was removed, previously backup, but the problem persist.

Trying to get the snapshot with the machine power off may be an option?

[petedr]

Curious what the vmx is pointing to, a snapshot file or the actual vmdks

www.phdvirtual.com, makers of esXpress

[danm66]

It's probably because you have a physical rdm disk for the second drive. remove that drive from the vm's configuration and retry the operation. if that's the issue, you will need to decide if you really need to snapshot the disk or switch to virtual rdm.

[JPReyes]

I agree with the user to turn off the machine and test that suggests damn66, I will tell the results.