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• ISCSI dead and damaged VMFS partition metadata - cannot remove iSCSI

  Background:

  -1 Server vCenter

  -5 ESXi hosts connected to vCenter Server

  -2 (table 1 and table 2) iSCSI storage arrays

  We started getting errors in metadata corruption table-1 VMFS and migrated all storage table-2 VMS.

  The migration has been successful and virtual machines are operating normally.

  Directories and drives hard virtual VM have been removed from table-1 automatically by the migration.

  VM parameters see table-2 as the data store for all migrated virtual machines.

  HOWEVER - we're still showing 4 virtual machines under related objects-> VM on table-1 (we moved more than 20 virtual machines, and only 4 had this problem). It is the only reference I can find these table-1 and virtual machines. I think that it is somehow related to metadata VMFS corrupt. I completely disconnected table-1 of the network and virtual computers operate normally if clearly is not yet using table-1.

  THE PROBLEM - I can not remove the reference from table-1 my ESXi hosts iSCSI because they are 'in service' according to vCenter. I guess that's due to the incorrect references dangling these 4 virtual machines.

  How can I remove the table-1 data store and/or each ESXi host iSCSI device so that I can reformat and Add again as a new data store? I already deleted the dynamic/static under the iSCSI SW map entries. He presents himself as 'dead', but it will not disappear because of the error "in use."

  Thanks for any advice.

  Tracked down the problem finally.

  It was caused by a CD/DVD being mounted from the data store ISO on table-1 for these affected virtual machines. changing the setting to CD device Client rather than Datastore ISO for each referenced virtual fixed the problem computer, followed by a 'vmhba33 d esxcfg-rescan"since the ESXi console.

• The context of the menu hard drive problems - cannot remove the point of garbage

  When right click on a drive (icon in the Explorer...) upwards appears familiar context menu.  The mine this counts as an item listed in the menu: \REGISTRY\]USERS\S-1-5-21... (many more numbers and letters).

  I tried all the obvious stuff, including transplant, without successful surgery - looking for the above string is futile. Manually check each Drive\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers.  Note that all other menus are very well.

  How can I get rid of this, and more importantly, how did get there in the first place?

  A second problem of context has also been raised: no Winrar command is listed. Notta.  Again, tried the obvious shots including UN and re - install Winrar.  A touch of Winrar is curiously the ContextMenuHandlers for folder, etc.  Why can't I see the usual orders of Winrar?

  I look forward your answers :)

  Without a subject "MISTLETOE" here, I've chosen 'Performance'... hope this is correct.

  I found the answer: by using a context menu editor, I have disabled all non-microsoft components.  This fixes the problem with context menus HD (disk), but (as it turns out that) some file types have the same string of garbage in their menus!  While the rar, flv, txt

  cfg files do not have this problem, exe, jpg, gif etc. are not! I applied the same method for the shortcuts in the menu "files" context and voila, it worked.

  The offending program is of Stardock Iconpackager. HOW and WHY it has messed up my menus, I have no idea, but I would ask people to Stardock for a response.

  See you soon

• Cannot remove dumpfile created volume vmfs - 5.5

  I have a 5.5 with only local storage server I recently upgraded to 5.1.

  A few days ago I had inventoried all my VM folders on the next partition:

  / vmfs/volumes/comments.

  Today, when cleaning latest virtual machines, I find the following:

  /vmfs/volumes/guest/vmkdump/44454C4C-4400-1048-805A-C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile

  I don't know what created this... I understand there dumpfiles that can be created on PSODs, but I can't find any reference to a real folder called "vmkdump."

  When I try to delete it, I get the following:

  / vmfs/volumes/524f80a6-f18c10c7-2 c 16-001e4f204bc4/vmkdump # rm - rf 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile

  RM: cannot remove ' 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile': device or resource busy

  I looked at various KBs and I can't understand it:

  -lsof does not list this file or directory

  -all virtual machines have been cut (maintenance mode)

  -the server has been restarted several times

  I found the following info that may be useful:

  VMkernel.log shows (apparently at the start):

  VMkernel.log:2013 - 10-17 T 03: 13:28.048Z cpu3:70444) FS3: 196: START 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile >

  VMkernel.log:2013 - 10-17 T 03: 13:28.048Z cpu3:70444) FS3: 198: END 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile >

  VMkernel.log:2013 - 10-17 T 03: 17:10.392Z cpu6:70981) FS3: 196: START 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile >

  VMkernel.log:2013 - 10-17 T 03: 17:10.392Z cpu6:70981) FS3: 198: END 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile >

  VMkernel.log:2013 - 10-17 T 03: 33:22.900Z cpu0:73786) FS3: 196: START 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile >

  VMkernel.log:2013 - 10-17 T 03: 33:22.900Z cpu0:73786) FS3: 198: END 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile >

  VMkernel.log:2013 - 10-17 T 03: 40:31.233Z cpu7:75668) FS3: 196: START 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile >

  VMkernel.log:2013 - 10-17 T 03: 40:31.233Z cpu7:75668) FS3: 198: END 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile >

  VMkernel.log:2013 - 10-17 T 03: 41:25.409Z cpu3:75805) FS3: 196: START 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile >

  VMkernel.log:2013 - 10-17 T 03: 41:25.409Z cpu3:75805) FS3: 198: END 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile >

  VMkernel.log:2013 - 10-17 T 04: 36:02.444Z cpu3:36299) FS3: 196: START 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile >

  VMkernel.log:2013 - 10-17 T 04: 36:02.444Z cpu3:36299) FS3: 198: END 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile >

  Also, I get the following with vmkfstools result:

  / vmfs/volumes/524f80a6-f18c10c7-2 c 16-001e4f204bc4/vmkdump # vmkfstools d 44454C4C-4400-1048-805 a - C7C04F4C4631.dumpfile

  Lock [type 10 c 00001 compensate 206995456 v 2409, hb offset 3920384

  GEN 27, mode 1, owner 525f6851-c5108b26 -001e4f204bc4 mtime ce23 - 645

  [num 0 gblnum 0 gblgen 0 gblbrk 0]

  < 4, 465, 104 > addr gen 2238, links 1, type reg, flags 0, uid 0, gid 0, mode 100666

  Len 166723584, n. b. 159 tbz 0, 0, newSinceEpoch 159 cow, mrz 1, bs 1048576

  According to KB 10051, the number of updates in bold above is intended to indicate the MAC address of the owner of the lock.  Which makes absolutely no sense to me, that's the address, it belongs to the second internal NETWORK card in this system:

  list/vmfs/volumes/524f80a6-f18c10c7-2 c 16-001e4f204bc4/vmkdump # esxcli network nic

  Name PCI Device Driver link speed Duplex MAC address MTU Description

  ------  -------------  ------  ----  -----  ------  -----------------  ----  -------------------------------------------------------------

  vmnic0 bnx2 up to 1000 Full 00:1e:4f:20:4 b 0000:003:00.0: c2 1500 Broadcom Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T Corporation

  vmnic1 bnx2 0000:007:00.0 half low 0 00:1e:4f:20:4 b: c4 1500 Broadcom Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 1000Base-T Corporation

  As you can see that this NETWORK adapter is in down state... it is not plugged in and has never been used (recently) for anything.

  EDIT - Holy coincidence Batman!  It seems that the Mac address of my second card happens to match exactly the last UUID of some of VMFS volumes section!

  / vmfs/volumes # esxcli list of file system storage

  Mount a Volume mounted UUID Type size free name

  -------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----------------------------------  -------  ------  -------------  -------------

  / vmfs/volumes/524f80a6-f18c10c7-2 c 16-001e4f204bc4 invited true VMFS of the 524f80a6-f18c10c7-16-001e4f204bc4-5 1999038840832 2 c 1153078132736

  swap/vmfs/volumes/5250f9ba-1c2084a1-ccc8-001e4f204bc4 5250f9ba-1c2084a1-ccc8-001e4f204bc4 true VMFS-5 493384368128 492335792128

  / vmfs/volumes/52583d 27-570697be-161 b - 001e4f204bc4 52583 d 27-570697be-161 b - real 001e4f204bc4 4293591040 4161273856 vfat

  / vmfs/volumes/d789b775-b425486f-ac6f-1a3cee25ec3d d789b775-b425486f-ac6f-1a3cee25ec3d true 261853184 13754368 vfat

  / vmfs/volumes/492adf74-59b63f60-76FA-01385be4c120 492adf74-59b63f60-76fa-01385be4c120 true 261853184 97005568 vfat

  / vmfs/volumes/506469eb-d746eb51-3D 506469eb-d746eb51 - 3 d 04-001e4f204bc4 04-001e4f204bc4 true 299712512 99147776 vfat

  If the NIC information above seem to be a loophole... and the owner of the directory in question seems to be simply the volume itself (?)

  I'm worried because not only I want to remove this file from my store of data (or at least understand the need for it), but because of the small cryptic information that I can see so far I don't think that sounds a coredump is / was being created.

  To the best of my knowledge, this system has no other problems, it starts very well and apart from some other errors not apparent, miners, I saw in newspapers, I know not what could be the cause.

  Advice is very welcome as to what is happening!

  Yes NightWing... the coredump file is 5.5

  Size of the system increases lead to larger ESXi unannounced dumps core. The partition of coredump for new installations of ESXi 5.5 is 2.5 GB. For upgrades from previous versions of ESXi 5.5, the core dump partition is limited to 100 MB for ESXi crashes. For many large systems, this limit is not enough space and dump logs are truncated. The limit has an impact on the ability of triage ESXi system issues and the core.

  Updates with limits on partitions of 100 MB, during the boot process, the system might create a dump file. If it does not create a dump file, you can create it manually with the command of file coredump esxcli system.

  The partition which added isn't the vmfs partition, but since the partition created during installation esxi coredump.

  No, you can not have created /vmkdump if you do not have a coredump in vmfs.

  If you think, that your esxi broke down somewhere, look at/var/core... If any coredump is, your Inbox may have thrown some time, otherwise you're good to go.

  In addition, in the case of vmfs partition coredump configured, once you have deleted the file, a new file will be in place if and only if your box has panicked and dumped core.

  Documentation Centre of vSphere 5.5

• Cannot remove the ghost folder. Error message: there is no such mailbox

  When I configure Thunderbird to connect to my Alpine Webmail, I had to rearrange my folders. Cannot remove a folder titled "mail" because according to TB "there is no such mailbox" but still shows on the tab my folders. I read through the previous discussions and have tried to unsubscribe the ghost folder, but that did not work or the other. I have a Mac OSX if this affects what it is. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Thank you.

  Hello world. I solved the problem... somehow. By removing the account of Treasury Board and put in place again, TB has been able to sync with the files that were on Alpine. The ghost folder still presented (despite not existing not not on the Alpine site), but by changing the directory to the IMAP server of "mail" to "mailbox" the ghost folder disappeared. I found myself with records who have been named oddly (most likely due to the change of the name of directory) so when I changed the IMAP server directory to "mail" it reset my files with the way they were, with the exception of the ghost folder, that was no longer there. I'm not entirely sure why it worked, but in case someone else has a similar problem, I recommend to give it a try.

  Thank you all for your comments and help.

• Cannot remove iCloud backup of my old iphone

  I upgraded from an iPhone 4 to a 6 s iPhone yesterday. Activation and downloading my settings and applications from the iCloud went perfectly. I am now trying to delete the backup of the iPhone 4 on the iCloud, so I can have enough space to save my iPhone 6 s. I get a message, "this backup cannot remove because it is in use". Any suggestions?

  Hi Poppabear5,

  Congratulations on your new iPhone 6 s! I understand that you have a problem with deleting your iPhone upward iCloud. Let's see if we can understand what is happening.

  The type of message you see, looks like your iPhone 6s is not made backup upward. The best way to confirm this is to see if it is possible to make a backup with your iPhone 6s and see if Yes see a message in the sense of "this iPhone is currently being restored and will back up automatically when it's done.". If this is the case, then you want to wait for the restore before you delete the backup. Another thing to think about is if you still have your iPhone 4, make sure it is not turned on and backup. It would be considered in service as well.

  iCloud: alert messages of understanding when restoring a backup to iCloud
  https://support.Apple.com/en-us/HT203756

  Nice day

• Cannot remove the installation of Visual Basic 6.0 documents tool.

  I downloaded software for a PBEM game & when I double click on SETUP 1, was asked where to extract. I extracted it to my documents, and now I can't delete it.

  Every time I try, I get an error message saying "cannot remove the CONFIGURATION 1: access denied, check that the disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not currently in use.

  Can any ideas on how I get rid of him?

  Hello

  • You are logged on as administrator?
  • Are you able to do a right click on the file?
  You can view these methods:
  Method 1:
  I suggest you to make sure that the file is not protected in writing.

  Registry warning:

  Sometimes, this problem is due to two Windows that have been corrupted registry entries. To resolve this problem, you must use the registry editor to remove the damaged registry entries.

  However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.

  For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, proceed as in the KB Article:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/322756/

  You can remove your usb flash drive write protection using the method below:

  1. open the start menu and in the search bar type regedit and press to enter. This wil open the registry editor.

  2. navigate to the following location:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies

  Note:

  If the StorageDevicePolicies registry key does not exist, you must create it manually.

  3. in the right window, double-click the registration key and set the value to 0 in the value

  Data area, and then press the OK button

  4 restart your computer and try to copy files to your USB drives.

  Method 2:

  You can also try to boot your system to remove the file from the safe mode and check.

  Here is the link:

  A description of the options to start in Windows XP Mode
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/315222

  Method 3:

  You can also try to take possession of it and try to remove.

  Here is the link:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/308421

• When I run a full scan on McAfee, I find myself with a potentially unwanted program cannot remove McAfee

  original title: adware a step/remove

  When I run a full scan on McAfee, I find myself with a potentially unwanted program cannot remove McAfee. How can I remove this program without having to buy the software warranty?

  Hello

  Download update and scan with the free version of malwarebytes anti-malware

  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/MBAM.php

  You can also download and run rkill to stop the process of problem before you download and scan with malwarebytes

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/rkill

  If it does not remove the problem and or work correctly in normal mode do work above in safe mode with networking

  Windows Vista

  Using the F8 method:

  1. Restart your computer.
  2. When the computer starts, you will see your computer hardware are listed. When you see this information begins to tap theF8 key repeatedly until you are presented with theBoot Options Advanced Windows Vista.
  3. Select the Safe Mode with networking with the arrow keys.
  4. Then press enter on your keyboard to start mode without failure of Vista.
  5. To start Windows, you'll be a typical logon screen. Connect to your computer and Vista goes into safe mode.
  6. Do whatever tasks you need and when you are done, reboot to return to normal mode.

• Cannot remove an application, 'must have permission. Try again. »

  Have had an application downloaded to the computer. Don't know where it comes from, blmyrpigp, is the name of the application. Virus Protection/firewall has not been successful. Once activated, it has blocked any attempt to delete and or restore the computer to an earlier time and no program is accessible. Created a new user account and am able to use the computer, transfer all files, but cannot remove this program.  Any ideas?

  Have had an application downloaded to the computer. Don't know where it comes from,blmyrpigp, is the name of the application. Virus Protection/firewall has not been successful. Once activated, it has blocked any attempt to delete and or restore the computer to an earlier time and no program is accessible. Created a new user account and am able to use the computer, transfer all files, but cannot remove this program.  Any ideas?

  Hey SamTruss

  malware stops normally you use the system restore protect themselves remove you

  Download update and scan with the free version of malwarebytes anti-malware

  http://www.Malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free

  You can also download and run rkill to stop the process of problem before you download and scan with malwarebytes

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/rkill

  If it does not remove the problem and or work correctly in normal mode do work above in safe mode with networking

  Windows Vista

  Using the F8 method:

  1. Restart your computer.
  2. When the computer starts, you will see your computer hardware are listed. When you see this information begins to tap theF8 key repeatedly until you are presented with theBoot Options Advanced Windows Vista.
  3. Select the Safe Mode with networking with the arrow keys.
  4. Then press enter on your keyboard to start mode without failure of Vista.
  5. To start Windows, you'll be a typical logon screen. Connect to your computer and Vista goes into safe mode.
  6. Do whatever tasks you need and when you are done, reboot to return to normal mode.

  Walter, the time zone traveller

• I received the Message of Windows Security Scanner: "Rogue win32/winnwebsec"(detected cannot remove)

  I received the Message of Windows Security Scanner: "Rogue win32/winnwebsec"(detected cannot remove)

  I received the Message of Windows Security Scanner: "Rogue win32/winnwebsec"(detected cannot remove)

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/portal/threat/encyclopedia/entry.aspx?name=rogue%3AWin32%2FWinwebsec

  Of course, your computer is infected with a fake antivirus program.  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/PC-security/antivirus-rogue.aspx
  You know the name of the program?
  You have requested the assistance of your anti-malware installed program?
  Otherwise since the Microsoft Safety Scanner cannot solve your problem of malware suggest that you run the following scanners which will not interfere with your program AntiVirus installed. You may need to run in Safe Mode or Safe Mode with network.

  Free Malwarebytes: http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ or if it will not install in Normal Mode or Safe Mode with network see http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/chameleon/

  Hitman Pro Trial Version: http://www.surfright.nl/en/hitmanpro you may prefer to try HitmanPro Kickstart, which should remove this malware and fix all changes made to the computer: http://www.surfright.nl/en/kickstart , you must use an uninfected computer to download it to a flash drive and then follow the specific directions on how to run the program on the infected computer.  Hitman Pro Kickstart is available as a 30 day trial version.

  TDSS Killer: http://support.kaspersky.com/5350?el=88446

  ESET Online Scanner: http://go.eset.com/us/online-scanner

  Good luck

• How to use the del command or any other to ignore files that it cannot remove (files in use) and continue to delete other files in a folder?

  I want to do a batch tha clean windows Temp folder. For this, I tried the del command, but the problem is to stop the deletion of files when it cannot remove a file in use. I want that he skip this file and continue to delete the other files too. I hope you guessed it. Please help me.

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Community.

  The question you posted would be better suited in the MSDN Community.
  http://social.msdn.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/categories

• Cannot remove Japanese, Chinese and Korean in language bar.

  Hello.

  These languages have been added to my language bar yesterday somehow and I can't seem to remove them, they do not appear on the window of "input languages.

  Here is a screen shot describing the problem encountered:
  http://i46.Tinypic.com/348prw7.PNG
  (I use Hebrew)
  Restart the computer to resolve this problem, although languages have been added later once, for some reason any...
  I read somewhere that the addition of these languages and then deleting will allow them to solve, but it did not work.
  Is there a permanent solution to this problem? I use Windows 7 ultimate 32-bit SP1.
  -Thanks, Rafi.

  Hello

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows_xp-desktop/how-to-remove-languages-from-language-bar/ee869af8-72c4-42c6-adf3-e4ae865f2701

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/306993

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-desktop/cannot-remove-Chinese-Japanese-and-Korean-from/ba66a078-8BE6-4866-9aef-03a091a66c8a?page=1&TM=1356858017822

• Cannot remove table or choose in this one

  Hi all!

  I have the Oracle 11.2.0.2 with immortal but very sick table database.

  Result of the

  select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE', 'TEST_LUNKOV') from dual
  

  is

  CREATE TABLE "MDM_MASTER"."TEST_LUNKOV" 
  ( "LUN_ID" NUMBER, 
  "LUN_GID" NUMBER, 
  "LUN_HASH" NUMBER, 
  "LUN_START_DATE" DATE, 
  "LUN_END_DATE" DATE, 
  "LUN_CREATE_DATE" DATE, 
  "LUN_CREATE_USER" NUMBER, 
  "LUN_CHANGE_DATE" DATE, 
  "LUN_CHANGE_USER" NUMBER, 
  "LUN_ROW_STATUS" CHAR(1 BYTE), 
  "LUN_K" NUMBER(23,2), 
  "LUN_H" NUMBER(23,0), 
  "LUN_J" VARCHAR2(1 BYTE), 
  "LUN_L" NUMBER(21,0)
  ) ENABLE ROW MOVEMENT;
  

  As you can see only the simple datatypes, nothing exotic.

  But when you try

  drop table test_lunkov CASCADE CONSTRAINTS purge;
  

  I got error

  30739 00000 - "cannot remove a table that has sub-tables.

  * Cause: The user tried to drop a table that has defined sub-tables

  under him.

  * Action: Drop all sous-tables them before attempting this operation.

  On

  select * from test_lunkov
  

  I had
  

  12986 00000 - "columns in partially suspended state. «Propose to ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMNS CONTINUE»

  * Cause: An attempt was made to access a table with columns in partially

  abandoned the State (that is, drop the column was interrupted).

  * Action: Propose to ALTER TABLE DROP the MORE COLUMNS to fill the drop

  operation of the column before accessing the table.

  
  

  On

  alter table test_lunkov drop columns continue;

  I had

  table modified TEST_LUNKOV

  and nothing has changed - neither FALL nor SELECT still does not.

  
  

  TKPROF attached
  

  Problem solved.

  DO NOT TRY! ONLY FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES.

  shutdown immediate
  startup restrict
  update tab$ set flags=... where obj#=...;
  -- must be exactly 1 row updated, if not then rollback
  commit;
  shutdown abort
  startup
  drop table MDM_MASTER.TEST_LUNKOV;
  

  This is table containing mat.view dropped.

• vShield Manager cannot remove portgroup

  I have problem with vCloud Director 1.5. When I stop TIME it has this error.

  -vShield Manager cannot remove portgroup dvportgroup-8446 on DVS dvs-7564

  HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error

  Code: 100, Description: VC connection error: error connecting to vCenter server allocation. ; nested exception is java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: com.vmware.vim.binding.vim.fault.VimFault com.vmware.vim.binding.vim.fault.InvalidLogin:inherited:

  inherited from com.vmware.vim.binding.vim.fault.InvalidLogin: could not complete the connection due to an incorrect user name or password.

  That said I worng usename and password but I don't change password. I don't know why. A few days before everything works ok. I can start and stop TIME normally. But today this error.

  Thank you for help me alots.

  have you tried to go to your manage & Monitor tab and then access your vcenter and see if there are errors in saying vsphield id inaccessible. If there ar enone, you could try reconnecting to vcenter and also specify the credentials for vshield manager. And then you try to do the task.

• Cannot remove data VMDK file store

  Hello

  I tried to solve a problem where we can't delete the 2 files hard below (since a ls - la in ssh)

  -rw - 1 root root 262144 Jul 31 13:55 2010 - 10 a-000001 - delta.vmdk
  -rw - 1 root root 133711265792 Jul 31 13:55 2010-10A - s001.vmdk

  I tried a rm without success:

  The virtual machine is more listed in VCentre (I tried to delete data store manager), I believe that files can be locked for a reason, but I don't know enough to determine whether it is safe to kill the s pid which seem to use the folder:

  [MS root@ESX1 server demo disk] # lsof | grep 'Disc of demo of MS Server'
  disc of demo server lsof 1317 root cwd DIR 0,18 560/vmfs/volumes/4fb703b6-bb64840f-e817-02215eccbdbb/MS 21592
  disc of demo server grep 1318 root cwd DIR 0,18 560/vmfs/volumes/4fb703b6-bb64840f-e817-02215eccbdbb/MS 21592
  disc of demo server lsof 1319 root cwd DIR 0,18 560/vmfs/volumes/4fb703b6-bb64840f-e817-02215eccbdbb/MS 21592
  bash 16678 disc of demo server root cwd DIR 0,18 560/vmfs/volumes/4fb703b6-bb64840f-e817-02215eccbdbb/MS 21592
  

  No results appear if I lsof files themselves.

  I can kill these processes? I have not the option to restart the server.

  I've also seen mention of restart /sbin/servicesservices. SH , but I'm hesitant because I don't know what this will do - how does affect other virtual machines running?

  I'm running ESX 4.0.0 208167 (according to VCentre) and I watched as a result of discussions among others:

  http://communities.VMware.com/message/2037529

  http://communities.VMware.com/thread/126894

  http://communities.VMware.com/thread/246141

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 10051

  
  Any help is greatly appreciated

  
  [MS root@ESX1 server demo disk] # rm - rf 2010-10A - 000001 - delta.vmdk
  RM: cannot remove "2010-10A - 000001 - delta.vmdk': device or resource busy"
  

  I've also seen mention of restart /sbin/servicesservices. SH , but I'm hesitant because I don't know what this will do - how does affect other virtual machines running?

  You can restart the services... There will be no impact to the VMS running... also try to restart VMware vCenter services (services.msc)

  If the above does not work, then restart the host seems to be the fastest and the most secure option.