topic Data Ontap Simulator 8.2.1 installation Error in Simulator Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/Data-Ontap-Simulator-8-2-1-installation-Error/m-p/61760#M469 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All,</P><P></P><P>I have created a new Virtual machine for DataOntap Simulator in VMware vSphere. I received the following error message when the virtual machine was powered On</P><P>"An error was received from the ESX host while powering on VM DataONTAP_Simultor.<BR />Cannot open the disk '/vmfs/volumes/51597c77-1b8a3a40-1f56-001ec9d959fd/vsim_esx-cm/DataONTAP-sim.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on. <BR />Failed to lock the file"</P><P></P><P>Please help me to sort out this problem also let me know the cause of the problem.</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance.</P><P>Vikas</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:35:38 GMT VIKAS_MAURYA 2025-06-05T05:35:38Z Data Ontap Simulator 8.2.1 installation Error https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/Data-Ontap-Simulator-8-2-1-installation-Error/m-p/61760#M469 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All,</P><P></P><P>I have created a new Virtual machine for DataOntap Simulator in VMware vSphere. I received the following error message when the virtual machine was powered On</P><P>"An error was received from the ESX host while powering on VM DataONTAP_Simultor.<BR />Cannot open the disk '/vmfs/volumes/51597c77-1b8a3a40-1f56-001ec9d959fd/vsim_esx-cm/DataONTAP-sim.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on. <BR />Failed to lock the file"</P><P></P><P>Please help me to sort out this problem also let me know the cause of the problem.</P><P></P><P>Thanks in advance.</P><P>Vikas</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:35:38 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/Data-Ontap-Simulator-8-2-1-installation-Error/m-p/61760#M469 VIKAS_MAURYA 2025-06-05T05:35:38Z Re: Data Ontap Simulator 8.2.1 installation Error https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/Data-Ontap-Simulator-8-2-1-installation-Error/m-p/61765#M470 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>your answer is here:</P><P></P><P><A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.netapp.com/thread/24329" target="_blank">https://communities.netapp.com/thread/24329</A></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 May 2014 10:36:16 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Simulator-Discussions/Data-Ontap-Simulator-8-2-1-installation-Error/m-p/61765#M470 andrewsutton 2014-05-20T10:36:16Z