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Review storage configuration.<br />
Restart the host.
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Review storage configuration.
Restart the host.

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i was disconnected from the server, and cannot reconnect now. before i had a chance to do what you suggested.
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i was disconnected from the server, and cannot reconnect now. before i had a chance to do what you suggested.

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So you are now unable to connect to your service console using either ssh or the vi client?
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So you are now unable to connect to your service console using either ssh or the vi client?

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Going back to the original issue where exactly do you see the error messages, &nbsp; is it within the VI Client when trying to create the VMFS datastore?<br />
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I've often found something like Veeam FastSCP and WinSCP as a good way of looking at the permissions on files and folders within a VMFS datastore (this may or may not be of any help)<br />
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<a href="http://www.virtualpro.co.uk" rel="ugc">www.virtualpro.co.uk</a>&nbsp;
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Going back to the original issue where exactly do you see the error messages,   is it within the VI Client when trying to create the VMFS datastore?

I've often found something like Veeam FastSCP and WinSCP as a good way of looking at the permissions on files and folders within a VMFS datastore (this may or may not be of any help)

www.virtualpro.co.uk [http://www.virtualpro.co.uk] 

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to make a long story short, i had to create a storage location in the server from VMIC, so i can create virtual disks of the proper size.<br />
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however i seem to be getting several errors<br />
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when i try to create a new system, i get this<br />
&nbsp;A general system error occurred: Read-only file system<br />
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also i see this in the events<br />
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id appreciate any help, the paid support from vmware is not helping, and seem lacking in information.
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to make a long story short, i had to create a storage location in the server from VMIC, so i can create virtual disks of the proper size.

however i seem to be getting several errors

when i try to create a new system, i get this
 A general system error occurred: Read-only file system

also i see this in the events


id appreciate any help, the paid support from vmware is not helping, and seem lacking in information.

VMware ESX 3.5 can't create new VMs A general system error occurred: Read-only file system

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.