Hello everybody,
I have a trouble on my servers since last week-end.
My configuration ;
3 server in cluster
each server are on esxi 6.5 update 1.
vcenter version is 6.5.0.10000 (the linux appliance)
vdp version : 6.1.5.13 (major version)
I have a remote cluster in another site, it's note the same vCenter.
I test vdp since 3 weeks, it's working fine except last week-end
I do a backup of a lot of VM and I do juste 1 replication on another site. This another site does a replication on my site.
No reals problems until last week-end.
I have 3 VM in production, they are online but I have a warning "the disks need to be consolidated".
When i run the consolidation, I have an error message : unable to consolidate due to a lock file.
I have read a lot of web page for this problem.
I tried this :
1) consolidate => error
2) remove all snapshot and consolidate => error
3) move VM another ESX and consolidate => error
I have runned this command line :
vmkfstools -D /vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE/VM_NAME/vm-flat.vmdk
The result is 2 lines who gives me the mac address of two hardwares.
RO Owner[0] HB Offset 3440640 5a538437-c3803c75-fbfc-MACADDRESS1
RO Owner[1] HB Offset 3997696 5a1fec26-f25945d0-692a-MACADDRESS3
MACADDRESS1 is the vmnic2 of my ESX1, MACADDRESS3 is the vmnic2 of my ESX3. My VM are running at this moment on ESX3.
vmnic2 is dedicated to vmotion network on each ESX.
I tried to move the VM on another ESX to reboot the ESX with the mac address but I have always my VM locked by a vmnic. Always.
When I move my VM to ESX2, vminc2 of ESX2 locks my VM and I can't consolidate.
I tried to disable vmotion network, no success. I have reboot all my ESX in my cluster (after migrate VM on another ESX), no success.
Reboot vdp appliance too, no success.
I can't shutdown my VM (except the vCenter appliance who is impacted by this problem). They are online in working hours.
What solution I can try if I power off the machines ?
The last solution is to clone the VM, but I would like to have another solution if the trouble is back in few weeks.
I am open to any solution/suggestion
Thank you very much for your help and ideas.
Ludovic