Esxi error caused by file

For me the dd says:

vmware # dd conv=noerror if=/vmfs/volumes/datastore2/Data/Data-flat.vmdk  of=/vmfs/volumes/datastore4/Data/Data-flat.vmdk

dd: can’t open ‘/vmfs/volumes/datastore2/Data/Data-flat.vmdk’: Invalid argument

I verified that I could make a disk file of the same size as the source disk:

/vmfs/volumes/5b8d8777-8bfbb68c-56a0-a4badbfb2eac/Data_Copy # vmkfstools -c 80530636800 xx.vmdk

Create: 100% done.

/vmfs/volumes/5b8d8777-8bfbb68c-56a0-a4badbfb2eac/Data_Copy # ls -l

-rw——-    1 root     root          8684 Sep  4 01:47 Data.nvram

-rw——-    1 root     root             0 Sep  4 01:48 Data.vmsd

-rw——-    1 root     root          3297 Sep  3 22:46 Data.vmx

-rw——-    1 root     root           259 Sep  4 01:48 Data.vmxf

-rw——-    1 root     root     80530636800 Sep  4 02:03 xx-flat.vmdk

-rw——-    1 root     root           464 Sep  4 02:03 xx.vmdk

Source:

Here is the source.  Note the error about the missing Data.vmdk.  Perhaps that is my problem somehow?

/vmfs/volumes/52d85079-cc5e83dc-5f66-a4badbfb2eac/Data # ls -l

ls: ./Data.vmdk: No such file or directory

-rw-r—r—    1 root     root            27 Feb 12  2014 Data-9c51ad3b.hlog

-rw——-    1 root     root     805306368000 Sep  3 00:07 Data-flat.vmdk

-rw——-    1 root     root          8684 Sep  3 05:53 Data.nvram

-rw——-    1 root     root             0 Jan 17  2014 Data.vmsd

-rwx—x—    1 root     root          3297 Sep  4 01:39 Data.vmx

-rw——-    1 root     root           259 Sep  3 05:51 Data.vmxf

-rw-r—r—    1 root     root        162382 Sep 12  2017 vmware-12.log

-rw-r—r—    1 root     root        475869 Oct  3  2017 vmware-13.log

-rw-r—r—    1 root     root       8011602 Aug 31 10:10 vmware-14.log

-rw-r—r—    1 root     root        166094 Sep  3 05:53 vmware-15.log

-rw-r—r—    1 root     root         38959 Sep  3 05:53 vmware-16.log

-rw-r—r—    1 root     root         38909 Sep  3 22:39 vmware-17.log

-rw-r—r—    1 root     root         38911 Sep  4 01:40 vmware.log

Dest:

/vmfs/volumes/5b8d8777-8bfbb68c-56a0-a4badbfb2eac/Data # ls

Data.vmsd  Data.vmx   Data.vmxf

/vmfs/volumes/5b8d8777-8bfbb68c-56a0-a4badbfb2eac/Data # ls -l

-rw——-    1 root     root             0 Sep  4 01:46 Data.vmsd

-rw——-    1 root     root          3297 Sep  4 01:46 Data.vmx

-rw——-    1 root     root           259 Sep  4 01:46 Data.vmxf

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I’m having an issue when copying a vmdk to another or same data store (NFS) . this can be from our nfs snapshot folder or even from one folder to another that makes no difference. all other files copy fine.

Is it not vmdk that is the issue but the size of files i don’t know.

We are using ESXi 5

Anyone an idea? we cannot restore any backups out of NFS snapshots due tot this issue

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> I’m having an issue

can you be more specific ? — I hope you do not try to use cp against vmdks ?

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i wrote the problem in the title

error caused by file [path to vmdl] during copy of a vm from snapshot on NFS data Store

we try to copy a vmdk out of a nfs snapshot (flat files) to the same or another data store and this copy fails with error error caused by file [path to vmdk]

Copy is done in datastore browser. small files seem to work. even vmdks from 8gb copy fine. when copying 30gb the error occurs. And the errur occurs instantly so not after copying half the file.

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We are having an issue regarding a certain VM. we can’t seem to back it up using veeam or clone it via vcenter.

error on vcenter: using ESXi 6.5

«Error caused by file /vmfs/volumes/(datastore name)/(vmdk file)»

though however, we can freely migrate it through our 3 host but we can’t clone it. hope someone can help me on this please.

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I’ve seen something like this. The problem (I saw before) was an issue with changed block tracking backups corrupting the .vmdk file. Virtually identical description; can move between hosts, VM runs fine, can’t back up or clone. First, try turning off the CBT in your .vmx config file. Shut down the VM. Right click the VM, Edit Settings>Options>General>Config. Parameters. Set CTK to False. Alternately, you can open the .vmx file in a text editor and look for «CTKdisallow=true» and make sure it’s in there. If it says false, change it.

Somehow CBT gets wonky and creates a virtual hdd error. This was an issue several years ago and I haven’t see it since and never gave it another thought.

If for some reason this doesn’t fix your issue it’s super easy to revert.

I’ve seen something like this. The problem (I saw before) was an issue with changed block tracking backups corrupting the .vmdk file. Virtually identical description; can move between hosts, VM runs fine, can’t back up or clone. First, try turning off the CBT in your .vmx config file. Shut down the VM. Right click the VM, Edit Settings>Options>General>Config. Parameters. Set CTK to False. Alternately, you can open the .vmx file in a text editor and look for «CTKdisallow=true» and make sure it’s in there. If it says false, change it.

Somehow CBT gets wonky and creates a virtual hdd error. This was an issue several years ago and I haven’t see it since and never gave it another thought.

If for some reason this doesn’t fix your issue it’s super easy to revert.

Hi Pete, Thank you on this. will surely try this after my server backup on the guest VM is done. so to prevent future issues, we relied first on a windows server backup utility just to be sure. then after we will try your suggestion. thank you in advance.

I’ve seen something like this. The problem (I saw before) was an issue with changed block tracking backups corrupting the .vmdk file. Virtually identical description; can move between hosts, VM runs fine, can’t back up or clone. First, try turning off the CBT in your .vmx config file. Shut down the VM. Right click the VM, Edit Settings>Options>General>Config. Parameters. Set CTK to False. Alternately, you can open the .vmx file in a text editor and look for «CTKdisallow=true» and make sure it’s in there. If it says false, change it.

Somehow CBT gets wonky and creates a virtual hdd error. This was an issue several years ago and I haven’t see it since and never gave it another thought.

If for some reason this doesn’t fix your issue it’s super easy to revert.

Hi Pete, Thank you on this. will surely try this after my server backup on the guest VM is done. so to prevent future issues, we relied first on a windows server backup utility just to be sure. then after we will try your suggestion. thank you in advance.

Please refrain from using Windows backup to backup a VM. its the wrong tool for the job. use Veeam B&R for VMware (Not Veeam Agent for Windows also).

I’ve seen something like this. The problem (I saw before) was an issue with changed block tracking backups corrupting the .vmdk file. Virtually identical description; can move between hosts, VM runs fine, can’t back up or clone. First, try turning off the CBT in your .vmx config file. Shut down the VM. Right click the VM, Edit Settings>Options>General>Config. Parameters. Set CTK to False. Alternately, you can open the .vmx file in a text editor and look for «CTKdisallow=true» and make sure it’s in there. If it says false, change it.

Somehow CBT gets wonky and creates a virtual hdd error. This was an issue several years ago and I haven’t see it since and never gave it another thought.

If for some reason this doesn’t fix your issue it’s super easy to revert.

Hi Pete, Thank you on this. will surely try this after my server backup on the guest VM is done. so to prevent future issues, we relied first on a windows server backup utility just to be sure. then after we will try your suggestion. thank you in advance.

Please refrain from using Windows backup to backup a VM. its the wrong tool for the job. use Veeam B&R for VMware (Not Veeam Agent for Windows also).

I agree it’s the wrong tool, but in the case when Veeam isn’t working due to a problem with a VHD not backing up or cloning using the correct tools, I’d use the native Windows backup rather than nothing

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Esxi error caused by file

We have a number of rogue VMDK files that dont appear to be connected to anything, we can move, rename these files but cannot delete them, they all appear to be -flat files e.g «SRV-FS_1-flat.vmdk»

I have tried the following —

reboot of the vcentre

reboot of the backup server

reboot of the named VM

tried removing from vcentre and the host management pages

the error I get is —

Delete Datastore File

Description Delete the source file or folder from the datastore

State Failed — Error caused by file /vmfs/volumes/59c386ab-acc6bf16-6452-b499bab20938/trashfolder/SRV-VEEAMMGR-flat.vmdk

Can anyone advise how to remove these files?

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>>> . that dont appear to be connected to anything
Please don’t mind me asking, but how did you determine this?
.vmdk file are virtual disk files, which contain the user data, and it’s fairly uncommon that they become orphaned.

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Many thanks for your response. I have checked each of the hosted servers and none have links to these files. these files are showing date stamps from last year.

I would have thought if the file was renamed the server(s) that had any locks on the files would have gone offline / shown some errors please correct me if I am wrong on this point.

I am looking again at this today, concentrating on the srv-adsync machine.

The one thing that might be of useful info is that we have had a rebuild of the VCENTRE server, which was a windows based to the appliance based, my thoughts are did this faulty vcentre have something still open with these servers when it failed?

the disk store these files are on is our replica store so live machines wouldn’t have been hosted on it

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Esxi error caused by file

I’m having an issue when copying a vmdk to another or same data store (NFS) . this can be from our nfs snapshot folder or even from one folder to another that makes no difference. all other files copy fine.

Is it not vmdk that is the issue but the size of files i don’t know.

We are using ESXi 5

Anyone an idea? we cannot restore any backups out of NFS snapshots due tot this issue

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> I’m having an issue

can you be more specific ? — I hope you do not try to use cp against vmdks ?

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i wrote the problem in the title

error caused by file [path to vmdl] during copy of a vm from snapshot on NFS data Store

we try to copy a vmdk out of a nfs snapshot (flat files) to the same or another data store and this copy fails with error error caused by file [path to vmdk]

Copy is done in datastore browser. small files seem to work. even vmdks from 8gb copy fine. when copying 30gb the error occurs. And the errur occurs instantly so not after copying half the file.

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Блокировка файлов виртуальной машины на ESXi

В этой статье мы расскажем как решить проблему с блокировкой файлов в ESXi.

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Проблема

• Появляется ошибка при добавлении диска имеющейся виртуальной машины (VMDK) к виртуальной машине, которая не включается:
• Включение виртуальной машины зависает на 95%.
• Не удается включить виртуальную машину после развертывания ее из шаблона.
• Включение виртуальной машины выдает ошибки доступа к файлам, конфигурации виртуальной машины, или файла подкачки:
• В записях журнала появляются похожие записи:
• При открытии консоли для виртуальной машины может возникнуть ошибка:
• Виртуальная машина сообщает о конфликтных состояниях питания между центральным сервером управления vCenter Server и пользовательским интерфейсом ESXi хост.
• При открытии файла .vmx с помощью текстового редактора (например, cat или vi) появляются похожие записи:

Решение

Цель блокировки файлов

Для предотвращения непредвиденных изменений в ценные системные файлы и файлы виртуальной машины, их необходимо заблокировать. В определенных обстоятельствах блокировка сохраняется, даже с выключенной виртуальной машиной. Таким образом, другие ESXi хосты не смогут получить доступ к заблокированным файлам, даже если виртуальная машина не запускается.

Файлы виртуальной машины, заблокированные во время выполнения, включают в себя:

• VMNAME.vswp
• DISKNAME-flat.vmdk
• DISKNAME-ITERATION-delta.vmdk
• VMNAME.vmx
• VMNAME.vmxf
• vmware.log

Быстрый первичный тест

1. Поставьте DRS (Планировщик Распределения Ресурсов) в режим обслуживания. С его помощью вы сможете выбрать хост, пока вы включаете виртуальную машину. Если DRS не используется, передайте ВМ другому хосту.
2. Если это не удается, попробуйте включить питание виртуальной машины на других узлах кластера.
3. Машина должна включиться, когда она окажется на узле, который заблокировал файлы.
4. Если ВМ по-прежнему не включается, рассмотрите действия, предложенные ниже.

Действия по устранению неполадок: поиск хоста заблокированного файла

Чтобы определить заблокированный файл, попробуйте включить виртуальную машину. Во время включения питания ошибка может отображаться или записываться в журналы виртуальной машины. Ошибка и запись в журнале идентифицируют виртуальную машину и файлы:

1. Чтобы найти блокирующий узел, запустите утилиту vmfsfilelockinfo с узла, который не может открыть заблокированный файл.
2. Чтобы узнать IP-адрес хоста, который заблокировал файлы, необходимо запустить утилиту vmfsfilelockinfo для файла VMDK flat, delta или sesparse для VMFS или для файла .UUID. lck для vSAN. Утилита vmfsfilelockinfo потребует следующий материал:
   • Заблокированный файл
   • Имя пользователя и пароль для доступа к VMware vCenter Server (при отслеживании MAC-адреса хостом ESX.)

Например:

Примечание: в течение жизненного цикла работающей виртуальной машины ее файлы могут менять тип блокировки. Вид блокировки (mode) обозначает тип блокировки на файле. Список видов блокировки:

• mode 0 = отсутствие блокировки
• mode 1 = эксклюзивная блокировка (файл vmx работающей виртуальной машины, использует VMDK-диск (flat or delta), *vswp и т.д.)
• mode 2 = блокировка «только для чтения» (read-only). (Например, для файла данных flat.vmdk работающей машины со снапшотами)
• mode 3 = блокировка для одновременной записи с нескольких хостов (например, используется для кластеров MSCS или FTVMs)

Снятие блокировки

1. Машину, которая не включается, переместите на заблокировавший хост и снова попробуйте включить ее.
2. Чтобы снять блокировку, извлеките VMDK-диск или выключите машину, которая удерживает блокировку.

• Перезагрузите хост, который заблокировал файл.
• Обратитесь к VMware storage team, vSAN team или разработчику NFS за дальнейшей помощью, так как проблемы с метаданными могут мешать управлению блокировками.

Снятие блокировки .lck file (только для NFS)

Файлы на виртуальной машине могут быть заблокированы через NFS storage. Такие файлы заканчиваются на .lck-#### (где #### — значение поля fileid, которое можно получить из запроса GETATTR для заблокированного файла).

Внимание: для безопасного извлечения файлов машина должна быть выключена.

Примечание: Тома VMFS не имеют .lck файлов. Механизм блокировки для томов VMFS расположен в метаданных тома VMFS.

Проверка целостности файла конфигурации виртуальной машины (.vmx)

Если виртуальная машина не включается, причина может быть в наличие двух дисков в файле .vmx . Извлеките один из дисков и попробуйте включить машину снова.

Команда touch * , которая раньше использовалась для устранения неполадок с заблокированными снапшотами vmdk, теперь записывает время последнего изменения файла, который должен быть остановлен и запущен с помощью vmkfstools-D или chmod-s * или vmfsfilelockinfo * для идентификации блокировки.

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Hi,Yesterday I tried to send an ISO file to ESXi server and I got below error:The operation failed for an undetermined reason. Typically this problem occurs due to certificates that the browser does not trust. If you are using self-signed or custom certificates, open the URL below in a new browser tab and accept the certificate, then retry the operation. https:/ Opens a new window / 192.168.100.102 Opens a new window If this does not resolve the problem, other possible solutions are shown in this KB article: http:/ Opens a new window / kb.vmware.comkb214725I Opens a new window can’t send a file size more than 4 GB using IE browser and also this can’t be done with other browsers e.g Chrome, Firefox, . I add the certificate using MMC snap-in and CMD Also, I did what below link say:https:/ Opens a new window / kb.vmware.com/ s/ article/ 2147256Any Opens a new window help would be appreciated.Thanks

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Dear Rod-IT, Thanks for your efforts and time.

My problem has been solved by removing AV. Disabling AV services couldn’t solve this issue, therefore I was forced to uninstall it from the machine.

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Which IP is ESXi

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You also dont state what version of ESXi this is, with or without vCentre?

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It looks like you are uploading to an NFS share, perhaps a NAS, if so enable CIFS/SMB and copy it using windows directly to the NAS

I’m not sure of the finer details of your setup, but hope this helps. I sometimes come across issues with uploading to VMWare Datastores, so I’ve taken to, where possible, uploading using an SCP Client (for example, WinSCP). The issues I generally see is the speed of upload for large ISOs. Uploading using an SCP client is so much faster and more reliable.

You have to enable SSH access on the VMWare ESXi, and of course, it is wise to switch off SSH access afterwards. I’ve pasted in some useful links below rather than reinventing the wheel.

Overall set of steps:

— Enable SSH (either through the ESXi host settings, or from the console of the ESXi host)

— Download an SCP client

— Connect to the VMWare ESXi host/datastore

— Switch off/disable SSH again

Hope it helps. Quick tip, pay close attention to the path that you’re uploading to, being sure to follow the guidance and get the ISO in to the right location.

Had the same problem, your using html5, login using the non html5 option, thinks it’s using flash. html5 not 100% yet.

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SSH and SCP are only required for uploads to local host, the OP seemed to be uploading to a remote datastore, over NFS (which for some reason they have now revoked).

They also provided two IP addresses, one of which I assume is the host, the other the IP for the storage, but with things unclear and the OP coming back to edit their post and remove the screenshots, but not update us, we have but to wait for more information.

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Had the same problem, your using html5, login using the non html5 option, thinks it’s using flash. html5 not 100% yet.

To be clear, in what version did you have issues?

non-HTML5 is called flex, formerly flash client.

I’m going to be taking a different approach, since you also have the other thread about AD Controllers.

Check DNS first, as others have suggested in both threads, but also check the health of your physical network; notably your switches. You might have a network error caused by cabling, hardware or firmware. This could explain both problems.

Rod-IT, thanks for the extra info. I thought I must be missing something where you made reference to the two IPs and NFS, but if the OP has edited it and i didn’t see the original full post, that makes sense. Thank you for that

Dear Rod-IT, Thanks for your efforts and time.

My problem has been solved by removing AV. Disabling AV services couldn’t solve this issue, therefore I was forced to uninstall it from the machine.

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That makes no sense at all.

You never mentioned AV at the start, nor did you answer any questions asked, so how are people supposed to aid you if we dont know the details.

For what it’s worth though, you dont get any points for awarding yourself best answer.

I encountered this in our vsphere environment, and to fix it I opened the esxi hosts webpage that the error referenced, and accepted the certificate warning that Chrome/Firefox presented, went back to vsphere and it worked

I have had this error before (vCenter / ESX 6.5) and had to connect directly to a host to upload a file to a datasore when i was unable to upload to the same storage via vCenter.

I have seen this before as well. If you do not have a proper security certificate on your hypervisors, and you try to upload a file through vCenter, the process fails due to the invalid certificate. One work around, normally works, is to browse direct to the hypervisor, get the invalid certificate warning, and proceed to the hypervisor. Once this is done, retry uploading your file through vCenter.

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