15.06.2021 · Expand all the Hard Disk (s). Select the Hard Disk (s) which belong to the virtual machine that has the problem. Click on the X beside the Hard Disk to unmount the Hard Disk from the VM. Caution: Do NOT select Delete files from the datastore. Click OK. Consolidate the snapshot on the VM. For more information, see Consolidate Snapshots.
1 dag siden · 1. Power of the vm and then Browse to Datastore and run # ls -la ( please check example below and remove any remaining .lck-6100xxxx0XXXXXXX files with # rm -i lck-6100xxxx0000xxxxx0. 2.Power on vm and then start consolidation again. You can even start consolidation in power of state. Thanks again.
06.05.2020 · In your vCenter, find the host with that mac address. SSH onto that host with root. Run a list open files with the name of your server. lsof | grep servername. At this stage, you may find, like me another server has mounted the VMDKs and that why a lock exists. This is common with backup software like Veeam.
03.06.2021 · A disk consolidation attempt after creating a snapshot from the local esxi web interface while the vm is powered on showed 0% progress for ~20 minutes and then "insufficient disk space" failure. Running df -h or du -h -s . periodically while that was in progress showed no decrease in free space with the number always remaining ~87GB.
19.03.2021 · Right-click any of the virtual machine and click Snapshot Manager/Manage snapshots, it would show "Needs Consolidation/Delete Snapshots". Note: A Configuration Issue warning is also displayed in the Summary tab of the virtual machine indicating that virtual machine disk consolidation is needed.
You can initiate a consolidation of the VMDKs manually by right clicking on the VM and selecting Snapshot --> Consolidate. However the consolidate operation may ...
15.07.2020 · So far I have tried the following. Restarting the vpxa service. Restarting Mgmt services (/etc/init.d/hostd restart and services.sh restart) Restarting the Veeam Backup and Replication console and backup proxies. examining /var/log/hostd.log for any locked .vmdk files while running disk consolidation.
Jul 16, 2020 · Restarting the vpxa service Restarting Mgmt services (/etc/init.d/hostd restart and services.sh restart) Restarting the Veeam Backup and Replication console and backup proxies. examining /var/log/hostd.log for any locked .vmdk files while running disk consolidation
Jun 22, 2020 · Hello I have a virtual machine that shut down after consolidating the disks (failed), I was looking at the logs (vmware.log) and I can't determine why the VM failed and shut down. (there was an installation of vmware tools, after install the vm was turned off, its strange, (automatic install). I a...
Jun 15, 2021 · Expand all the Hard Disk (s). Select the Hard Disk (s) which belong to the virtual machine that has the problem. Click on the X beside the Hard Disk to unmount the Hard Disk from the VM. Caution: Do NOT select Delete files from the datastore. Click OK. Consolidate the snapshot on the VM. For more information, see Consolidate Snapshots.
22.06.2020 · Hello I have a virtual machine that shut down after consolidating the disks (failed), I was looking at the logs (vmware.log) and I can't determine why the VM failed and shut down. (there was an installation of vmware tools, after install the vm was turned off, its strange, (automatic install). I a...
Aug 31, 2020 · If you delete (or move to a temporary folder) the .vmsd file the consolidation message may go away (and a new .vmsd created automatically the next time the VM is snapshotted). "UPDATE: The job did not have quiescence enabled. At time of the backup, there wasn't any mentionable load as it was the weekend".
16.01.2013 · Hi, I had a few snapshots attached to a VM which I removed using Delete All. I then saw the warning message about "Virtual machine disks consolidation is needed". So I selected the consolidate option but this failed with status Operation timed out. What is the next step when this happens? Do I ...
After the VMware disk consolidation task is finished, the warning that VMware ... VM disk consolidation fails – “Unable to access file since it is locked” ...
31.08.2020 · If you delete (or move to a temporary folder) the .vmsd file the consolidation message may go away (and a new .vmsd created automatically the next time the VM is snapshotted). "UPDATE: The job did not have quiescence enabled. At time of the backup, there wasn't any mentionable load as it was the weekend".