This post will go through the basic anatomy of a Virtual Machine, including the files it’s made up of, and the options available. You should now be able to start up your VM without any issues.So I’m currently going through all the notes I’ve ever written on VMware VI and vSphere in preparation for my VCP5 exam and thought I’d share them with you, many of you will know big chunks already, but for those who are new to VMware, looking to round out their knowledge or looking for revision for exams may find them useful. The command is really easy to fix the whole unlock/lock issue for the whole directory: touch *
You can use any text editor to view the vmware.log file, near the end it will have the most verbose output related to your error. You the need to move the VM’s working directory: cd /vmfs/volumes// The output returns a list of VM’s registered to the host server.
Confirm that the virtual machine is registered on the server and obtain the full path to the VM. The easiest way to identify the locked file is to attempt to power on the VM and you will see an error message that will give you the full path to the VM’s directory plus the locked file. when the host is running the machine) are usually any of the files in the directory. vmx file using the cat or vi command reports the error:Ĭat: can't open '.vmx': Invalid argumentĪny one of the above error statements that is output by your ESXi server there is an easy fix for it: The virtual machine files are commonly locked for run time use (i.e. The virtual machine reports conflicting power sates between VMWare vCenter Server and the ESXi host console. Cannot power on the virtual machine after deploying it from a template. Powering on the virtual machine results in the power on task remaining at 95% indefinitely. When opening a console to the virtual machine, you receive this error: Error connecting to, vmx because the VMX is not started WARNING: World: VM xxxx: xxx: Failed to initialize swap file 
In the /var/log/vmkernel log file, you see entries similar to: WARNING: World: VM xxxx: xxx: Failed to open swap file : Lock was not free
Unable to access virtual machine configuration. Unable to access a file since it is locked. When powering on the virtual machine you may see one of these errors: Adding an existing disk (VMDK) to a virtual machine that is already powered on fails with the error:įailed to add disk scsi0:1. Often times you’ll probably see one of these errors: So I thought I would clarify this for everyone here. However I found it difficult to figure out after a bit of digging around in my ESXi system. So one of your virtual machines either won’t lock or got locked in ESXi and you need to fix it quickly? Well VMware’s KB can be pretty useful when it’s direct and to the point. Unlocking Locked VM's in ESXi Oct 12, 2012
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