After a power cut VMWare Fusion (under Mac OS X 10.5.7) shows that a CentOS 5 .vmx is locked.
Clicking on the "padlock" brings up a dialogue with this message.
This virtual machine appears to be in use.
If this virtual machine is already in
use, press the "Cancel" button to
avoid damaging it. If this virtual
machine is not in use, press the "Take
Ownership" button to obtain ownership
of it.Configuration file:
/Users/rjstelling/Documents/Virtual
Machines.localized/CentOS 5 64-bit –
Development.vmwarevm/CentOS 5
64-bit.vmx
Clicking on "Take Ownership" fails, showing this message:
The virtual machine is in use by an application on your host computer.
Configuration file:
/Users/rjstelling/Documents/Virtual
Machines.localized/CentOS 5 64-bit –
Development.vmwarevm/CentOS 5
64-bit.vmx
I have no other VM software running. How can "unlock" this file and restart the VM?
Best Answer
This is step by step for a Mac:
(6. If all goes well you can delete the .lck files and folders)