Hi Guy’s
I currently have a VM that won’t power on!
The problem was that the DataStore went offline because the SAN had a problem with the RAID set that the DataStore was on, I was able to get this back online and the ESX servers was able to see the DataStore and see all the files\folder for the VM’s
We I went to power one of the VM’s on all I get is a black screen in the VI client
Other steps I’ve completed with no success
1. Powered on VM Server (call it VM001), failed to boot and gave a black screen on the console
2. Built a new temp 2008 server, server booted into windows, attached VM001 VMDK file to see if we could repair\get data from the file. Server was unable to read VMDK file. Device manage times out trying to detect new hardware, no new disk in disk management
3. Using the VMware VI Client migrated VM001 to a new DataStore, failed
Error: Cannot relocate virtual machine VM001
4. Using the VMware VI Client cloned VM001 server, failed
Error: Cannot clone VM001: Error caused by file [MSA1500-2-RAID-5] VM001/VM001.vmdk
5. Using the VMware VI Client copied the VMDK file for server VM001 to another folder\DataStore, failed
Error: Unexpected end of stream
Able to copy log files and other files just not the –flat.vmdk file
6. Using Veeam FastSCP copied the VMDK file for server VM001, to a local disk, failed
Error: Failed to get file.
Client Erorr: Bad address
POSIX: Failed to read data from the file
Unable to read file block
Able to copy log files and other files just not the –flat.vmdk file
7. Using the command line cloned the VMDK (vmkfstools –i) file for server VM001 to same\another DataStore, failed
Error: Failed to clone disk : Bad address (917513)
Server details: HP DL380 G7
Storage: MSA1500 running active active
ESX Details: ESX 4.1.0, 381591
At the moment I’m unable to get the server powered on or even get the VMDK off the DataStore to see if we can get any data from it
Any ideas?
Many Thanks
Jonathan