vmdk locked - how can I remove the lock ? | VMware vSphere I copied a virtual machine from one esxi to another, but I can't start the machine due to a lock on the vmdk; I tried the vmkfstools -L release but I get the following error :
Remove VM vmx file lock - myBroadcom vCenter may have attempted to restart the VMs on a different ESXi host due to the vSphere HA event, but could not due to a lock on the VM's "vmx" file The lock will keep the VM from being able to be registered on a different ESXi host
آموزش حل مشکل Failed to lock the file در VMWare به مسیر ماشین مجازی بروید و در آنجا هرچی شاخه که آخرش lck هست را پاک کنید ماشین را روشن کنید اگر هارد را نخواند یا در هنگام بوت مشکلی پیدا کرد یکبار فایل هارد را map کنید و ماشین را مجددا راه اندازی کنید snapshot های شما را هم بدون مشکل می خواند و سیستم بالا خواهد آمد
VMDK file name appended with . flat, breaking VM: how why? Somehow its VMDK file was renamed to VM-name-flat vmdk (no idea how or why!) However, the VMX config file for the VM just had VM-name vmdk so the VM was dead, failed to even power on
How to unlock the VMDK file VMs disk files are lock down . . . - Broadcom The common reason would be a powered on virtual machine contains locks on all files in use by the owning ESXi host to facilitate read and write access Other locks may be created by hot-adding disks to snapshot based backup appliances during the backup process
Investigating Virtual Machine file locks on ESXi Host (s) To prevent concurrent changes to critical virtual machine files and file systems, ESXi hosts establish locks on these files In certain circumstances, these locks may not be released when the virtual machine is powered off As such, the files cannot then be accessed by other ESXi hosts while locked and the virtual machine fails to power on
3 راه برای مشاهده فایل های درون VMDK ماشین مجازی در Datastore browser هر دو فایل flat و descriptor به صورت یک تک فایل VMDK نمایش میدهد در ادامه 3 روش به شما آموزش می دهیم که چگونه بتوانید فایل VMDK را extract کنید و به محتویات آن دسترسی داشته باشید