Hi All,
Recently I always encounter the issue that one or several VMs cannot be powered on after deployment. In the VMWare.log it will contains the following error message:
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Aug 12 13:49:41.175: vmx| DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "021966-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-flat.vmdk" (0xe) Aug 12 13:49:41.175: vmx| DISKLIB-LINK : Opened '/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/21966/021966-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi.vmdk' (0xe): vmfs, 167772160 sectors / 80 GB. Aug 12 13:49:41.186: vmx| DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChain: numLinks = 13, numSubChains = 1 Aug 12 13:49:41.419: vmx| DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChainNode: can't create deltadisk node 27a85124-030515-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-delta.vmdk failed with error Not a directory Aug 12 13:49:41.419: vmx| DISKLIB-CHAIN : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/30515/030515-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi.vmdk" : failed to open (Not a directory). Aug 12 13:49:41.420: vmx| DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/30515/030515-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-delta.vmdk" : closed. Aug 12 13:49:41.421: vmx| DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/30207/030207-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-delta.vmdk" : closed. Aug 12 13:49:41.422: vmx| DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/30121/030121-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-delta.vmdk" : closed. Aug 12 13:49:41.423: vmx| DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/24403/024403-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-delta.vmdk" : closed. Aug 12 13:49:41.425: vmx| DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/23713/023713-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-delta.vmdk" : closed. Aug 12 13:49:41.426: vmx| DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/22102/022102-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-delta.vmdk" : closed. Aug 12 13:49:41.427: vmx| DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/22075/022075-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-delta.vmdk" : closed. Aug 12 13:49:41.428: vmx| DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/22050/022050-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-delta.vmdk" : closed. Aug 12 13:49:41.428: vmx| DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/21998/021998-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-delta.vmdk" : closed. Aug 12 13:49:41.428: vmx| DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/21979/021979-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-delta.vmdk" : closed. Aug 12 13:49:41.428: vmx| DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/21978/021978-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-delta.vmdk" : closed. Aug 12 13:49:41.428: vmx| DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/21973/021973-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-delta.vmdk" : closed. Aug 12 13:49:41.428: vmx| DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/21966/021966-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi-flat.vmdk" : closed. Aug 12 13:49:41.429: vmx| DISKLIB-LIB : Failed to open '/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/30515/030515-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi.vmdk' with flags 0xa (Not a directory). Aug 12 13:49:41.429: vmx| DISK: Cannot open disk "/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/30515/030515-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi.vmdk": Not a directory (1310729). Aug 12 13:49:41.429: vmx| Msg_Post: Error Aug 12 13:49:41.429: vmx| [msg.disk.noBackEnd] Cannot open the disk '/vmfs/volumes/4f2b7294-6a77fd3f-f49a-0024e82e2501/saaslm/30515/030515-Win2K8R2SP1_80G_Clean-0-0-scsi.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on. Aug 12 13:49:41.429: vmx| [msg.disk.configureDiskError] Reason: Not a directory.---------------------------------------- Aug 12 13:49:41.467: vmx| Module DiskEarly power on failed. Aug 12 13:49:41.467: vmx| VMX_PowerOn: ModuleTable_PowerOn = 0 |
VCenter 4.0.0, 208111.
I searched here and did not found any similar issue with the error "Not a directory", dose anyone have some ideas about this? Thanks in advance.
Travis