Unable to power on VM .vmx error

[VPXA]

Hi Team,

Please provide your suggestions on this issue.

while trying to power on VM's getting error like below unable to power on / migrate / unable to create a new VM with existing Hard disk.

An error occurred while opening configuration file "/vmfs/volumes/7f486143-3509236f/cwvops249/cwvops249 vmx": Error.

But we are able to spin a new VM's, those are working fine.

[Ajay1988]

recreate vmx. Mostly bad/corrupt vmx

[Sachchidanand]

Please see if the following KB helps you solving your issue:

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2030183#:~:text=This%20issue%20occurs%20if%20the,the%20virtual%20mac....

Regards,

Sachchidanand

[VRO123]

Identify if any files are locked!

Below article might help you:

Investigating virtual machine file locks on ESXi hosts (10051) (vmware.com)

[VPXA]

Yes Agreed,

some how .lck files might be a reason, tried to remove the .lck files on the hosts no luck, not in a position to reboot the hosts because, they are having issues to come back online, if we initiate a reboot.

[jaipraksh]

Cause

The failure of a VM to power on may be caused by any of the following reasons:

• ESXi OS problems
• File corruption
• File locks
• Guest OS problems
• License problems
• Network problems
• Storage Array/Datastore problems
• User permissions
• VM configuration problems
• VM snapshot problems
• VM unfinished tasks
• vCenter OS problems

Please follow below mention KB.

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/82542

[VPXA]

thought of .lck file issues, tried to remove the .lck related to VM deleted the same, still unable to power on.