topic Re: NFS file locks in VMware Solutions Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/NFS-file-locks/m-p/78790#M7607 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Not quite sure whether this may be the reason, but have you got any .lck files in the VM folder? If the answer is yes, try deleting them &amp; see what happens.</P><P></P><P>Regards,<BR />Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:01:31 GMT radek_kubka 2010-10-08T19:01:31Z NFS file locks https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/NFS-file-locks/m-p/78786#M7606 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P> Hello,</P><P></P><P>I've copied a VM from a NetApp snapshot using ndmpcopy to a new NFS datastore. I've mounted the datastore to ESX an added the VM to the inventoery.</P><P></P><P>When I try to power on the VM I get the following error message at about 95%:</P><P></P><P style="padding-left: 30px;"><EM>Unable to access file ,unspecified filename. since it is locked</EM></P><P></P><P>I've deleted the VMware snap that was instigated by SMVI, but it hasn't made any difference.</P><P></P><P>Any ideas?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:07:26 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/NFS-file-locks/m-p/78786#M7606 dunno1958 2025-06-05T07:07:26Z Re: NFS file locks https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/NFS-file-locks/m-p/78790#M7607 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Not quite sure whether this may be the reason, but have you got any .lck files in the VM folder? If the answer is yes, try deleting them &amp; see what happens.</P><P></P><P>Regards,<BR />Radek</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:01:31 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/VMware-Solutions-Discussions/NFS-file-locks/m-p/78790#M7607 radek_kubka 2010-10-08T19:01:31Z