- Vmware workstation failed to lock the file update#
- Vmware workstation failed to lock the file manual#
Good news There is a command line tool called vmware-vdiskmanager that comes with VMWare Workstation that allows resizing of the virtual disks. Now, you know the ESXi host which keeps the lock on the vmdk and vMotion the Virtual Machine to that host and power it up. You may have noticed that VMWare Workstation UI does not offer resizing of the disk for the previously created virtual machine.
Use “ arp -a” to view the list of the MAC addresses, I normally execute this from vCenter to make sure the management connectivityįrom the vCenter you can see the MAC address Now, execute the arp discovery command to see the IP address of the ESXi, or you can see the physical network adapter to see the MAC address VM programs such as VirtualBox, Hyper-V, VMware Fusion for Mac, VMware Workstation and Parallels are used to. Here is a similar output, unfortunately I had to blur some names in this screen capture Spyware and Malware Removal Guides Archive. Once you execute the command you can find the MAC address of the ESXi which is keeping the lock to the vmdk file. Vmkfstools -D /vmfs/volumes/datastore01/VM1/VM1-flat.vmdk You might be able to see some files and find the “-flat.vmdk” file, and use “ vmkfstools -D /vmfs/volumes/datastore//-flat.vmdk” command to find the lock owner.įor example, this is the command to Virtual Machine named “VM1” which is in the “datastore01” datastore “ Tab Key” will display the content or us “ls” command to see the content.
Vmware workstation failed to lock the file update#
You may also update VMWare tools when you run VMWare for the first time. In this error message we can see the full path of the locked vmdk file and we need to go to the virtual machine folder, and need to see the content of this folder. If youre told VMware is running, press CTRL + SHIFT + ESC, right-click on Vmware and click on End task.
You might be able to see something similar to the below error messageĪt this point this Virtual Machine is already registered in an ESXi host and we need to access the shell console to find the actual ESXi host which is not released the previous lock. Sometimes finding the lock is bit of time consuming work but these simple steps can help you to save more time when there is a troubleshooting event.
Vmware workstation failed to lock the file manual#
I have seen this in many times when there is an latency issue, manual registration of the Virtual Machine or due to an incomplete back up jobs. 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.