Hi,
I really hope someone can help, my ESX. My problems seem to have started after I tried to remove a snapshot from a VM that was on a disk that was full.
At the moment the VM won't start because it can't find one of the vmdk files.
2017-06-30T09:24:03.918Z| Worker#0| I120: DISK: OPEN scsi0:0 '/vmfs/volumes/553b9919-0ab03632-726d-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv-000002.vmdk' persistent R[]
2017-06-30T09:24:03.918Z| vmx| I120: Unable to find file /vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-000002.vmdk
2017-06-30T09:24:03.918Z| vmx| I120: Unable to find file /vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-000002.vmdk
2017-06-30T09:24:03.918Z| vmx| A115: ConfigDB: Setting scsi0:1.redo = ""
2017-06-30T09:24:03.918Z| vmx| I120: DISK: OPEN scsi0:1 '/vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-000002.vmdk' persistent R[]
2017-06-30T09:24:03.918Z| vmx| I120: Unable to find file /vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-000002.vmdk
2017-06-30T09:24:03.918Z| vmx| I120: OBJLIB-FILEBE : FileBEOpen: can't open '/vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-000002.vmdk' : Could not find the file (393218).
2017-06-30T09:24:03.918Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: DescriptorOpenInt: failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-000002.vmdk': Could not find the file (60002)
2017-06-30T09:24:03.918Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-LINK : "/vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-000002.vmdk" : failed to open (The system cannot find the file specified).
2017-06-30T09:24:03.918Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-CHAIN : "/vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-000002.vmdk" : failed to open (The system cannot find the file specified).
2017-06-30T09:24:03.918Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-LIB : Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-000002.vmdk' with flags 0xa The system cannot find the file specified (25).
In the folder there are the following files
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 700 Jun 29 00:17 .
drwxr-xr-t 1 root root 2800 Jun 28 23:14 ..
-rw------- 1 root root 129755947008 Jun 30 09:14 Homeserv_1-000002-delta.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 500107837440 Dec 10 2015 Homeserv_1-flat.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 626 Jun 9 2015 Homeserv_1.vmdk
Looking in the VM's vmx file the drives are defined as:
scsi0:0.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"
scsi0:0.fileName = "Homeserv-000002.vmdk"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:1.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"
scsi0:1.fileName = "/vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-000002.vmdk"
scsi0:1.present = "TRUE"
Looking at the primary drive it looks like it needs the vmdk file to be able to link the flat and delta files together... but there i'm complete stumped.
Can you help ?
Many Thanks ... Andy
For reference this is the log from the failed Snapshot removal. Let me know if you need more information, logs etc.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.267Z| vmx| I120: VigorTransportProcessClientPayload: opID=0114D5C2-00000A88-9a86 seq=959863: Receiving Snapshot.Delete request.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.301Z| vmx| I120: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotConfigExtFinder: Unable to find file: '/vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-000002.vmdk'
2017-06-29T08:12:04.301Z| vmx| I120: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotDeleteWork '/vmfs/volumes/553b9919-0ab03632-726d-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv.vmx' : 5
2017-06-29T08:12:04.302Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/553b9919-0ab03632-726d-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv-000002-delta.vmdk" : open successful (21) size = 38604480512, hd = 0. Type 8
2017-06-29T08:12:04.302Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/553b9919-0ab03632-726d-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv-000002-delta.vmdk" : closed.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.302Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/553b9919-0ab03632-726d-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv-flat.vmdk" : open successful (21) size = 53690236928, hd = 0. Type 3
2017-06-29T08:12:04.302Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/553b9919-0ab03632-726d-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv-flat.vmdk" : closed.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.302Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-flat.vmdk" : open successful (21) size = 500107837440, hd = 0. Type 3
2017-06-29T08:12:04.302Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-flat.vmdk" : closed.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.303Z| vmx| A115: ConfigDB: Setting displayName = "Homeserv"
2017-06-29T08:12:04.333Z| vmx| A115: ConfigDB: Setting displayName = "Homeserv"
2017-06-29T08:12:04.349Z| vmx| I120: VigorTransport_ServerSendResponse opID=0114D5C2-00000A88-9a86 seq=959863: Completed Snapshot request.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.367Z| vmx| I120: VigorTransportProcessClientPayload: opID=0114D5C2-00000A88-9a86 seq=959864: Receiving Snapshot.Consolidate request.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.375Z| vmx| I120: SnapshotVMX_Consolidate: Starting online snapshot consolidate operation.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.375Z| vmx| I120: Vix: [38049 mainDispatch.c:4292]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: statevar=3, newAppState=1880, success=1 additionalError=0
2017-06-29T08:12:04.375Z| vmx| I120: Turning on snapshot info cache. VM=Homeserv.vmx.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.381Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/553b9919-0ab03632-726d-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv-000002-delta.vmdk" : open successful (65557) size = 38604480512, hd = 0. Type 8
2017-06-29T08:12:04.382Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/553b9919-0ab03632-726d-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv-000002-delta.vmdk" : closed.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.382Z| vmx| I120: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotConfigExtFinder: Unable to find file: '/vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-000002.vmdk'
2017-06-29T08:12:04.382Z| vmx| I120: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotConfigInfoExpandDisks: SnapshotConfigInfoExpandDisksInt Error 7
2017-06-29T08:12:04.382Z| vmx| I120: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotConfigInfoExpand SnapshotConfigInfoExpandDisks: Error 7
2017-06-29T08:12:04.382Z| vmx| I120: ConsolidateStart: Could not initialize configInfo caching: A required file was not found.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.388Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/553b9919-0ab03632-726d-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv-000002-delta.vmdk" : open successful (65557) size = 38604480512, hd = 0. Type 8
2017-06-29T08:12:04.388Z| vmx| I120: DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/553b9919-0ab03632-726d-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv-000002-delta.vmdk" : closed.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.388Z| vmx| I120: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotConfigExtFinder: Unable to find file: '/vmfs/volumes/553ba167-f1387487-4010-6c0b8404f313/Homeserv/Homeserv_1-000002.vmdk'
2017-06-29T08:12:04.388Z| vmx| I120: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotConfigInfoExpandDisks: SnapshotConfigInfoExpandDisksInt Error 7
2017-06-29T08:12:04.388Z| vmx| I120: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotConfigInfoExpand SnapshotConfigInfoExpandDisks: Error 7
2017-06-29T08:12:04.388Z| vmx| I120: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotConsolidateWorkItemArrayGet failed: A required file was not found (7)
2017-06-29T08:12:04.388Z| vmx| I120: ConsolidateStart: Failed to get consolidate work items: 'A required file was not found' (7)
2017-06-29T08:12:04.394Z| vmx| I120: VigorTransport_ServerSendResponse opID=0114D5C2-00000A88-9a86 seq=959864: Completed Snapshot request.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.394Z| vmx| I120: Turning off snapshot info cache.
2017-06-29T08:12:04.394Z| vmx| I120: ConsolidateEnd: Snapshot consolidate complete: A required file was not found (7).
2017-06-29T08:12:04.394Z| vmx| I120: Vix: [38049 mainDispatch.c:4292]: VMAutomation_ReportPowerOpFinished: statevar=3, newAppState=1881, success=1 additionalError=0
2017-06-29T08:12:04.487Z| vcpu-0| I120: TOOLS call to unity.show.taskbar failed.