Feb 26, 2014 · I'd appreciate any tips on getting around this issue - it appears my computer was abruptly powered off during the night. Attempts at starting my VMware Workstation VM now result in "Cannot open the disk xxxx.vmdk or one of the snapshot disks it depends on. Reason: Failed to lock the file." FWIW, ...
Normally, this happens when there is a lock in place from an ESXi host and another host is trying to power on the Virtual Machine with the lock. I have seen ...
18.06.2021 · Consolidation failed with the errors similar to: Failed to lock the file or One or more disks are busy. or Unable to consolidate virtual machine snapshots due to file lock. or Unable to access file since it is locked. The virtual machine summary tab display messages similar to: snapshot consolidation required. or
14.07.2018 · Failed to Lock The File is something a common issue in VMware Virtual environment and I thought to write this article as few of my colleagues asked couple of times how to find the vmdk locks in similar situations.
The answer is to remove or rename the .lck file (as posted in the link in the comment to the question, answered here for posterity). Search for vmware KB ...
In order to fix the message that VMware failed to lock the file, you need to look for so-called “lock” files or “lock” folders in your virtual machine folder.
Jun 18, 2021 · Failed to lock the file or One or more disks are busy deleting vm snapshots (2017072) Symptoms Snapshots cannot be committed. Snapshot commits without errors and Snapshot Manager is no longer populated. However, the snapshot disk is present in the virtual machine directory. (the VM is still running on Snapshot)
25.02.2014 · I'd appreciate any tips on getting around this issue - it appears my computer was abruptly powered off during the night. Attempts at starting my VMware Workstation VM now result in "Cannot open the disk xxxx.vmdk or one of the snapshot disks it depends on. Reason: Failed to lock the file." FWIW, ...
Aug 27, 2017 · Checked the .ctk files under vm directory and move all the .ctk.vmdk files to other folder i.e (Temp folder) Try cloning all the .vmdk base disk as the last snapshot disks are getting error of "failed to lock the file. If last snapshot files unable to create the clone drive, try cloning next above to that.
11.03.2015 · Hi, I have a problem and searched all of the net and read all soulotions . delete *.lck and other ways to solve But no ways found to solve this problem i trying 2 days for this and cant run machine. Note : i never start the machine and this is my firs time create vm First show this error: Failed to...
09.03.2021 · Reason: Failed to lock the file. Reason: The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created. Reason: The destination file system does not support large files. Reason: Could not open/create change tracking file. Reason: Cannot allocate memory. Reason: The file specified is not a virtual disk.
17.01.2018 · I recently had an issue powering on a VMware guest after a HA problem with one of my host, when I attempted to power on the guest I received the message “Failed to lock the file” in vCentre. Within the vmware.log file for the guest it gave the name of the file that was locked. Solution: On one of my hosts I enabled and logged on as root ...
19.11.2019 · After that, reboot your computer and run VMware again to check whether the issue of VMware workstation failed to lock the file is solved. If this solution is not effective, try another one. Solution 2. Delete the LCK Folder. Now, we will show you the second way to solve the issue of failed to lock the file VMware.
25.09.2016 · Failed to lock the file Cannot open the disk 'xxxx.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.★★★Top Online Courses From ProgrammingKnowledge ★★★Python...
03.11.2021 · Failed to lock the file. The server was having snapshots which i have also deleted. i have migrated the VM from one host to another host. I can see the message Virtual machine disks consolidation is needed. i have also clicked Consolidate but no luck, experts guide me.
Jan 17, 2018 · I recently had an issue powering on a VMware guest after a HA problem with one of my host, when I attempted to power on the guest I received the message “Failed to lock the file” in vCentre. Within the vmware.log file for the guest it gave the name of the file that was locked. Solution: On one of my hosts I enabled and logged on as root ...
03.02.2020 · Failed to lock the file I have esxi 5.1 standalone and there are 3 vm running on the esxi host. a virtual machine crashes on that host then ı reboot this vm . what is the problem. i get this warning on the host
Mar 09, 2021 · Reason: Failed to lock the file. Reason: The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created. Reason: The destination file system does not support large files. Reason: Could not open/create change tracking file. Reason: Cannot allocate memory. Reason: The file specified is not a virtual disk.