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Virtual Machine fails to start with Nonpersistent disk.
I am getting an error when trying to start a vm with an nonpersistent disk.
The error is:
Power on failure messages: One of the parameters supplied is invalid
Cannot open the disk '/run/media/david/External/DW/Server2016DWM_vmware.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
Module 'Disk' power on failed.
Failed to start the virtual machine.
I see this in the log output:
2019-10-17T19:05:14.311-07:00| vmx| I125: DISK: OPEN scsi0:0 '/run/media/david/External/DW/Server2016DWM_vmware.vmdk' independent-nonpersistent R[]
2019-10-17T19:05:14.872-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "Server2016DWM_vmware.vmdk" (0xe)
2019-10-17T19:05:14.873-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LINK : Opened '/run/media/david/External/DW/Server2016DWM_vmware.vmdk' (0xe): monolithicSparse, 4294965248 sectors / 2 TB.
2019-10-17T19:05:14.873-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB : Opened "/run/media/david/External/DW/Server2016DWM_vmware.vmdk" (flags 0xe, type monolithicSparse).
2019-10-17T19:05:14.873-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_MISC : DiskLib_GetStorageBlockSizes: Failed to get storage block sizes, The virtual disk requires a feature not supported by this program.
2019-10-17T19:05:14.886-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : CREATE CHILD: "./Server2016DWM_vmware.vmdk.REDO_z3ujYx" -- monolithicSparse grainSize=128 policy=''
2019-10-17T19:05:14.886-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : CREATE-CHILD: Creating disk backed by 'file'
2019-10-17T19:05:14.886-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : Failed to create link: One of the parameters supplied is invalid (1)
2019-10-17T19:05:14.886-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : DiskLib_CreateChild: failed to create child disk: One of the parameters supplied is invalid (1).
2019-10-17T19:05:14.892-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : CREATE CHILD: "./Server2016DWM_vmware.vmdk.REDO_pVl9Jz" -- monolithicSparse grainSize=128 policy=''
2019-10-17T19:05:14.893-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : CREATE-CHILD: Creating disk backed by 'file'
2019-10-17T19:05:14.893-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : Failed to create link: One of the parameters supplied is invalid (1)
2019-10-17T19:05:14.893-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : DiskLib_CreateChild: failed to create child disk: One of the parameters supplied is invalid (1).
2019-10-17T19:05:14.896-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : CREATE CHILD: "./Server2016DWM_vmware.vmdk.REDO_UqfMIA" -- monolithicSparse grainSize=128 policy=''
2019-10-17T19:05:14.897-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : CREATE-CHILD: Creating disk backed by 'file'
2019-10-17T19:05:14.897-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : Failed to create link: One of the parameters supplied is invalid (1)
2019-10-17T19:05:14.897-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : DiskLib_CreateChild: failed to create child disk: One of the parameters supplied is invalid (1).
2019-10-17T19:05:14.899-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : CREATE CHILD: "./Server2016DWM_vmware.vmdk.REDO_gAOgRy" -- monolithicSparse grainSize=128 policy=''
2019-10-17T19:05:14.899-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : CREATE-CHILD: Creating disk backed by 'file'
2019-10-17T19:05:14.899-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : Failed to create link: One of the parameters supplied is invalid (1)
2019-10-17T19:05:14.899-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : DiskLib_CreateChild: failed to create child disk: One of the parameters supplied is invalid (1).
2019-10-17T19:05:14.902-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : CREATE CHILD: "./Server2016DWM_vmware.vmdk.REDO_wluojy" -- monolithicSparse grainSize=128 policy=''
2019-10-17T19:05:14.902-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : CREATE-CHILD: Creating disk backed by 'file'
2019-10-17T19:05:14.902-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : Failed to create link: One of the parameters supplied is invalid (1)
2019-10-17T19:05:14.902-07:00| vmx| I125: DISKLIB-LIB_CREATE : DiskLib_CreateChild: failed to create child disk: One of the parameters supplied is invalid (1).
2019-10-17T19:05:14.902-07:00| vmx| I125: DISK: Failed to create child: One of the parameters supplied is invalid (1) 8689.
2019-10-17T19:05:14.902-07:00| vmx| I125: DISK: Opening disks took 591 ms.
2019-10-17T19:05:14.902-07:00| vmx| I125: Module 'Disk' power on failed.
My first guess would be the "CREATE CHILD" error. I have access to write to the location, so its not a permission issue.
Any Ideas what is causing this?
The VM boots fine when not nonpersistent. Also this vm has no snapshots at all.