Recently I had to remove a locked file from a datastore on request of one of the administrators. The virtual machine reports conflicting power sates between VMWare vCenter Server and the ESXi host console.The locking mechanism for VMFS volumes is handled within VMFS metadata on the volume so if you face problem with VM located on VMFS datastore, you should follow below steps: Connect the two computers via the cable and type C port. To solve this error, please go to virtual O's directory and delete every thing with an ".To remove the orphan I followed a vmware kb that had me create a folder in vSphere, drag the orphan into the folder, then remove the folder.Although you can delete the datastore without unmounting, it is preferable that you unmount the datastore first. Once the partition was deleted and the datastore created I relocated the syslog file to the original location, /scratch/log. If it cannot remove the lock, a stale lock file is left protecting the.
Vmware Tools potentially locking files/folders on Windows Server. lck) with the command: ls -la *lck Remove the file with the command: rm lck_file VMFS volumes do not have.
Note: Any files deleted with the del command cannot be recovered.