How do I fix a disk consolidation problem?

Initially I tried the following which can sometimes clear this:

1. Shutdown guest OS and power off VM (it’s not always possible to do this but I could here)
2. Create a new snapshot.
3. “Delete All” snapshots.
4. vMotion to another host.
5. Try VM -> Snapshot -> Consolidate.

How do I fix VMware failed to lock the file?

Error 1: Failed to lock the file Attempt to start a second virtual machine using the same virtual machine configuration . vmx file. Power on a virtual machine with mounted disks via the vmware-mount utility. Try to turn on a virtual machine through the user interface during a snapshot operation.

Has failed unable to access file since it is locked?

The most often the “Unable to access file since it is locked” error appears when: Some files of a powered on virtual machine contain tags indicating that they are locked by other ESXi hosts; When virtual disks are added to the backup appliance and the backup session fails.

How do I fix virtual machine consolidation needed status?

To fix the error ‘Virtual machine Consolidation Needed’, right-click on the virtual machine and select VM -> Snapshots -> Consolidate. This operation consolidates all redundant redo logs on your virtual machine.

Why do I have a disk consolidation problem?

After deleting snapshots on a VM either by deleting an individual snapshot or selecting “Delete All” snapshots, you may see the following warning for the VM, stating that disk consolidation is needed. This can occur when a snapshot has been deleted and removed from snapshot manager, but the consolidation of the VMDKs on disk have failed.

How to do disk consolidation in virtual machine?

“Virtual machine disks consolidation is needed” You can initiate a consolidation of the VMDKs manually by right clicking on the VM and selecting Snapshot –> Consolidate. However the consolidate operation may fail again, if the issue which caused the snapshot deletion operation to fail disk consolidation previously has not been cleared.

Are there any issues with locked virtual disks?

An error occurred while consolidating disks: msg.fileio.lock. Virtual Disk Consolidation is required. This article provides information on troubleshooting locked virtual disks. This is a recurring issue when using snapshot based backup solutions, unsupported disk formats, or due to general storage issues.

Is there a way to consolidate the vmdks?

You can initiate a consolidation of the VMDKs manually by right clicking on the VM and selecting Snapshot –> Consolidate. However the consolidate operation may fail again, if the issue which caused the snapshot deletion operation to fail disk consolidation previously has not been cleared.