I installed VMWare server recently (running on Linux), and there, I installed Windows 2003.
It worked smoothly for a couple of days, but yesterday, I rebooted the Linux server a couple of times, and the guest doesn't start anymore.
When I want to start the guest, vmware complains with two "Error" Windows:
1) The system cannot find the file specified
2) Cannot open the disk '/srv/vmware/Virtual Machines/Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 2/Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 2-2.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
Reason: Failed to lock the file.
The ".../Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition 2-2.vmdk" file exists, and contains:
\# Disk DescriptorFile
version=1
CID=5a91aba5
parentCID=ffffffff
createType="fullDevice"
\# Extent description
RW 62914560 FLAT "/dev/iscsi/iqn.2007-05.net.syneticon:superthecus.win2k3-001/part" 0
\# The Disk Data Base
#DDB
ddb.toolsVersion = "6532"
ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic"
ddb.geometry.biosSectors = "32"
ddb.geometry.biosHeads = "64"
ddb.geometry.biosCylinders = "30720"
ddb.geometry.sectors = "32"
ddb.geometry.heads = "64"
ddb.geometry.cylinders = "30720"
ddb.virtualHWVersion = "4"
/dev/iscsi/iqn.2007-05.net.syneticon:superthecus.win2k3-001/part also exists:
\# ls -l /dev/iscsi/iqn.2007-05.net.syneticon:superthecus.win2k3-001/part
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-06-12 10:38 /dev/iscsi/iqn.2007-05.net.syneticon:superthecus.win2k3-001/part -> ../../sdav
\# ls -l /dev/sdav
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 66, 240 2007-06-12 10:38 /dev/sdav
Can anyone tell me why it doesn't work anymore?