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VM failed to power after storage outage or snapshot removal. vCenter shows Virtual Machine disk consolidation is needed alert. Performing a Disk Consolidation fails and shows that Another task is in progress . Example:
This issue occurs when the filename-ctk.vmdk file is missing. Example of error log:
Check the task list for the VM Collecting information about tasks in VMware ESXi. See Broadcom article 1013003 Collecting information about tasks in VMware ESXi # vim-cmd vimsvc/task_list VMID Kill the process # lsof | grep vm-name # kill -9 process-id Move all the CTK files into a temp folder # mkdir temp # mv *-ctk.vmdk Comment the change , tracking file line in all .vmdk , present in .vmx # less .vmx | grep .vmdk # vi .vmdk # :wq! Note: Insert # to comment the line with CTK as below. Create a copy of the vmx file, and then edit it to change from TRUE to FALSE # cp vm-name.vmx vm-name.vmx.bck # vi vm-name.vmx scsix:x.ctkEnabled = "TRUE" ----> scsix:x.ctkEnabled = "False" Save the file , and reload the vmx file # vim-cmd vmsvc/reload VMID See VMware article 2009244 ERROR: "could not open/create change tracking files" when powering on the VM You should now be able to successfully power on the VM. The consolidation is in progress.
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