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Remove snapshot stuck for more than 20 hours - ESXi 5.0

Yesterday tried to remove VM snapshots on ESXi 5.0, and the process is stuck for more than 20 hours.
Running vim-cmd vimsvc/task_list of this host it shows:
(ManagedObjectReference) [
'vim.Task:haTask-44-vim.VirtualMachine.removeAllSnapshots-12580485'

The VM is unresponsive, no shutdown, does not even allow to rename the VM, any task gets an error "another task is already in progress", no problems manipulating with any other VMs.

I have no problem to lose this particular VM, but the host is in production cluster.

Thanks

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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

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RickEpnet

I would do this only as a last resort but you can try what is outlined here but read through it all.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1014165

Vasilax50

ASKER

Looks like your, hanccocka, solution works :)
Restarted Network Management Agents on host and VCenter Service and the process gone

But now in inventory I have inaccessible virtual machine named "Unknown 37" , if I try to remove from inventory, it created another, "Unknown 38" VM
Also, I cannot delete the the old VM folder from the Datastore

Thank you

Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)

was this the VM that had the snapshot issue.

its looking likely that there is a lock on the VM, which is no surprise

there are two ways to get rid of locks, the short way restart the host, the long way, login via console or ssh, find the lock, using lsof, kill the process.

Vasilax50

ASKER

Thank you !