Need help!
ESX i4.0.0 208167
Found the VM was paused, with a big sign saying it doesn't had enough disk space. I shut the VM down then I deleted the *vmware*.log files, to make some space, at least to let it continue running. Now VM fails to boot. I googled for my problem and one of the suggestions was to remove the VM from the inventory and recreate using custom and point to .vmdk.
While trying to add .vmdk I get the following error message: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
I have been exploring the web and seems like my problem has to do with snapshoting. Yes, there were couple of snapshots I had taken in the past.
In Jan 2015 I had taken a complete backup of the folder in which VM files resided. So I do have the *vmware*.log files if they can be useful in troubleshooting this issue.
For illustration purposes:
hamza1.vmdk and hamza1_1.vmdk are the two base ( or main disks ) an I have
hamza1-00001.vmdk
hamza1-00002.vmdk
hamza1-00003.vmdk
and hamza1-00004.vmdk
I also have the 4 snapshot files hamza1-snapshot1.vmsn,...........hamza1-snapshot4.vmsn
In the virtual machine properties the hard disk1 path was pointing to hamza1-00004.vmdk.
In the virtual machine properties the hard disk2 path was pointing to hamza1_1-00002.vmdk
Hard disk1 is the windows 2003 boot disk which I need access to or probably boot to as it contains the data folder I am interested in recovering.
Sorry for a lame problem description. Please let me know what I need to attach/upload in order for someone to help. Or if there are any suggestions or KB articles already out there from other folks running into a similar problem?
Thanks,
Hamza