http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/vmware-snapshot-issue-unable-to-access-file-locked/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/vmware-snapshot-issue-unable-to-access-file-locked/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:11:24 +0000 Nathan Simon http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/information-technology/?p=467 I had a server that stopped a backing up via Veeam, VMware said it had a snapshot(Remove all snapshots <Servername> Unable to Access file <unspecified filename> since it is locked.), but I didnt see any in Snapshot manager. What I had to do to reveal the snapshot was to create a new “test” snapshot and wouldnt you know it, the Consolidated Helper Snapshot showed up. I was then able to remove that snapshot then the “test” one. After both snapshots were removed I was able to run the Veeam Backup fine.

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