Enviroment:
- vCenter 5.1
- ESXi 5.1
(both latest Build)
- NetApp NFS Sotorage
- NetApp VAAI NAS Plugin 1.8
Problem:
If i try a Clone by vCenter i get the Error "Failed to access *.vmdk" (see Attatchement)
If I try to Clone the VM by vmkfstools:
/vmfs/volumes/ec4e3e51-985cfc6d/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN # vmkfstools -v 9 -i /vmfs/volumes/netapp-07_w2k8_000/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN.vmdk /vmfs/volu
mes/netapp-07_w2k8_000/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN/bck/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN.vmdk_clone
DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/netapp-07_w2k8_000/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN-flat.vmdk" : open successful (285) size = 42949672960, hd = 0. Type 3
DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/netapp-07_w2k8_000/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN-flat.vmdk" : closed.
DISKLIB-VMFS : "/vmfs/volumes/netapp-07_w2k8_000/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN-flat.vmdk" : open successful (14) size = 42949672960, hd = 282529976. Type 3
DISKLIB-DSCPTR: Opened [0]: "TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN-flat.vmdk" (0xe)
DISKLIB-LINK : Opened '/vmfs/volumes/netapp-07_w2k8_000/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN.vmdk' (0xe): vmfs, 83886080 sectors / 40 GB.
DISKLIB-LIB : Resuming change tracking.
DISKLIB-LIB : Opened "/vmfs/volumes/netapp-07_w2k8_000/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN.vmdk" (flags 0xe, type vmfs).
Destination disk format: Thin
Cloning disk '/vmfs/volumes/netapp-07_w2k8_000/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN.vmdk'...
Failed to clone disk: The system cannot find the file specified (25).
____
but the File is accessable (the -flat.vmdk also):
/vmfs/volumes/ec4e3e51-985cfc6d/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN # tail /vmfs/volumes/netapp-07_w2k8_000/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN.vmdk
ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic"
ddb.thinProvisioned = "1"
ddb.geometry.sectors = "63"
ddb.geometry.heads = "255"
ddb.geometry.cylinders = "5221"
ddb.uuid = "60 00 C2 90 1b 59 bb 6e-88 36 ed 03 85 54 75 c3"
ddb.longContentID = "6f127b9a168b3d4d0fd3c3c545abcd44"
ddb.toolsVersion = "9221"
ddb.virtualHWVersion = "9"
ddb.deletable = "true"
/vmfs/volumes/ec4e3e51-985cfc6d/TPLW2K8R2DCE_MSDN #
Any Ideas?