Power off VM failed ""Detected an invalid snapshot configuration" error creating a snapshot"

 Error :

Power off VM failed with:

"Detected an invalid snapshot configuration" error creating a snapshot


Solution:


This happens when VM have inaccessible snapshot disks.

1)Note down the inaccessible datastore ID and disk details from the edit settings of VM.
2)remove VM from inventory
3)Download .vmx file from datastore browse.
4)Edit the .VMX file and remove the scsi.1 with these inaccessible disks
5)upload .VMX file to datastore file path
6)delete .vmsd file from datastore.
7)register the VM from the new .vmx file
8)Power off and Power on VM

No comments:

Post a Comment

How to increase ESXi webclient login user application timeout

 To increase the default 15min timeout to 2hr Login to the esxi webclient on the right top corner ->Click the User login tab Select "...