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wangwb575
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Device or resource busy (I have deleted and changed the virtual machine)

root@exsi2:/vmfs/volumes/5dd79870-26892190-b727-08f1ea721e78/10.42.128.238] ll
total 1157629952
drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 700 Feb 29 07:12 .
drwxr-xr-t 1 root root 3780 Dec 28 05:46 ..
-rw------- 1 root root 85899345920 Jul 14 2023 10.42.128.238-flat.vmdk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Feb 29 07:12 10.42.128.238.vmsd
-rw------- 1 root root 1099511627776 Jul 14 2023 10.42.128.238_2-flat.vmdk
[root@exsi2:/vmfs/volumes/5dd79870-26892190-b727-08f1ea721e78/10.42.128.238] rm -rf 10.42.128.238-flat.vmdk
rm: can't remove '10.42.128.238-flat.vmdk': Device or resource busy
[root@exsi2:/vmfs/volumes/5dd79870-26892190-b727-08f1ea721e78/10.42.128.238] ll

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wangwb575
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restarting the host system ? What are you saying about restarting? Is it vcenter \ exit \ or virtual host? My virtual host has been deleted from my vcenter
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