VMware ESXi – Cannot delete file from datastore "vmdk': Device or resource busy"
 

VMware ESXi – Cannot delete file from datastore




Khi xóa file disk của máy ảo vmware thì bị lỗi:

can't remove 'AD-flat.vmdk': Device or resource busy

Cách fix: di chuyển hết vps trong datastore đó qua datastore khác, rồi unmount, sau đó mount lại datastore đó rồi ssh vào xóa







VMware ESXi – Cannot delete file from datastore




When you try and delete an orphaned VM or your old VM you get the error:
/vmfs/volumes/57b321fa-349912dc-bc05-90b11c3dbf06/AD_replica # rm AD-flat.vmdk rm: can't remove 'AD-flat.vmdk': Device or resource busy


/vmfs/volumes/57b321fa-349912dc-bc05-90b11c3dbf06/AD_replica # rm AD-flat.vmdk


rm: can't remove 'AD-flat.vmdk': Device or resource busy


so let’s try to delete from command line (from ESXi host) but got the error message:“can’t remove ‚AD-flat.vmdk‘: Device or resource busy“ because the file is still locked by ESX


# vmkfstools -L release /vmfs/volumes/IFT_Replica/AD_replica/AD-flat.vmdk



Command release failed Error: Inappropriate ioctl for device


# vmkfstools -L release /vmfs/volumes/IFT_Replica/AD_replica/AD-flat.vmdk


Command release failed


Error: Inappropriate ioctl for device



you can use the „vmkfstools“ for release locked file… but in my case its not possible „release failed“
Migrate off the VMs from the host and place it into maintenance mode and reboot it. After reboot try delete file, that was locked by ESXi host. For delete whole folder i used rm -rf command on the ESXi host.




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