Hello all,
I have a -flat.vmfs file that is locked, and unable to manually unlock it. The mac address 78:ac:c0:3d:17:d6 is the same as VMNIC1 which is vswitch0 and management network.
Please help, thanks, Joseph
vmfsfilelockinfo Version 2.0
Looking for lock owners on "Domain Controller_5-flat.vmdk"
"Domain Controller_5-flat.vmdk" is locked in Exclusive mode by host having mac address ['78:ac:c0:3d:17:d6']
Trying to use information from VMFS Heartbeat
Host owning the lock on file is 192.168.5.6, lockMode : Exclusive
Total time taken : 5.1094890889944509 seconds.
No VM hosts are running on ESXI at the moment.
Have tried to break the lock and get this error.
[root@esxi:/vmfs/volumes/5a8851d9-a91eccc3-ed02-78acc03d17d6] vmkfstools -B Domain\ Controller_5-flat.vmdk
VMware ESX Question:
LVM lock on the device Domain Controller_5-flat.vmdk will be forcibly broken. See the vmkfstools or ESX documentation for information on breaking the LVM lock.
Ensure that multiple servers are not accessing this device.
Continue to break lock?
0) _Yes
1) _No
Select a number from 0-1: 0
Error breaking LVM device lock.
Error: Specified adapter, disk, partition, or named file system
does not exist, or not all filesystem extents online.