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VMWare Error message
Symptoms
• Cannot power on a virtual machine
• Powering on a virtual machine fails
• You see the error:
An unexpected error was received from the ESX host while powering on VM <VM name>.
Could not power on VM : Reason
Failed to power on VM.
Failed to extend swap file from 0 KB to size KB.
• Cannot power on a virtual machine
• Powering on a virtual machine fails
• You see the error:
An unexpected error was received from the ESX host while powering on VM <VM name>.
Could not power on VM : Reason
Failed to power on VM.
Failed to extend swap file from 0 KB to size KB.
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Thanks NRhode
I read the URLs below. They give a workaround to the problem. I need to find the cause of the problem.
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1030719
Resolution or Solution to try: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004082
I read the URLs below. They give a workaround to the problem. I need to find the cause of the problem.
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1030719
Resolution or Solution to try: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004082
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Text got shifted during the post. The actual amounts are below:
[datastore1]
Capacity 131 GB
Provisioned 971.00MB
Free 130.05 GB
[VMDatastore]
Capacity 3.64TB
Provisioned 5.4TB
Free 5.86 GB
It is still low but for now the servers are still running after deleting a few snapshots. The VMDatastore has all of the database, snapshot, logfiles and swap data.
[datastore1]
Capacity 131 GB
Provisioned 971.00MB
Free 130.05 GB
[VMDatastore]
Capacity 3.64TB
Provisioned 5.4TB
Free 5.86 GB
It is still low but for now the servers are still running after deleting a few snapshots. The VMDatastore has all of the database, snapshot, logfiles and swap data.
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There is one physical host and 2 VMware servers. Only one VMware server is having an issue.
For now deleting a few snapshots have alleviated the issue. There also seems to be to many vmdk files that have been generated. Which could be a part of the problem.
For now deleting a few snapshots have alleviated the issue. There also seems to be to many vmdk files that have been generated. Which could be a part of the problem.
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Okay, I will leave this ticket and try the work around. I am not sure how long the work around will work, since it isn't the solution but just a work around.
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So if I have 6 gig of memory then I should be able to move the swap file to datastore1 which has a little over 130gb then there will be plenty of space for the swap file, correct?
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Okay,
I spoke with Dell Computers virtualization team and this is what they discovered: I had taken several snapshots over the months which had taken up most of the space. We deleted the snapshots and recovered the space that they had taken up. The space went from 5.86 gb to almost 200gb. Problem resolved. From now on I will delete snapshots one week after they are taken to eliminate the swap file not having enough space.
I spoke with Dell Computers virtualization team and this is what they discovered: I had taken several snapshots over the months which had taken up most of the space. We deleted the snapshots and recovered the space that they had taken up. The space went from 5.86 gb to almost 200gb. Problem resolved. From now on I will delete snapshots one week after they are taken to eliminate the swap file not having enough space.
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I've requested that this question be closed as follows:
Accepted answer: 0 points for nellie5713's comment #a39524330
for the following reason:
Obtained assistance from Dell's virtualization team and they resolved the issue. Dell had an simpler solution than changing or editing the path of where the swap file is saved.
Accepted answer: 0 points for nellie5713's comment #a39524330
for the following reason:
Obtained assistance from Dell's virtualization team and they resolved the issue. Dell had an simpler solution than changing or editing the path of where the swap file is saved.
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Sorry. Didn't mean to step on any toes. Snapshots were deleted and consolidated. We did not move any swap files. I am just happy that the problem has been resolved. I didn't try your recommendations. Who knows, I may have to try them in the future.
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[datastore1] 131.00 GB 971.00 MB 130.05 GB
[VMDatastore] 3.64 TB 5.4 TB 5.86 GB