I have a working VM accessed through Workstation 10. I have imported the files to ESXI 5.5, then "Add[ed it] to Inventory" through the Datastore Browser. When I try to Power On the imported VM, I get the following error:
Failed to start the virtual machine.
Module DiskEarly power on failed.Cannot open the disk '/vmfs/volumes/549538b8-a387b068-348e-001b21ab99b8/Docuware/Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 (DW)-000002.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.
The system cannot find the file specified
VMware ESX cannot find the virtual disk "/vmfs/volumes/549538b8-a387b068-348e-001b21ab99b8/Docuware/Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 (DW)-000002.vmdk". Verify the path is valid and try again.
I have verified the filename and it exists in the referenced path. I do not know how to verify the GUID, but I assume it is correct.
Any thoughts on this??
Best Answer
That's not the best way to migrate from W10 to ESXi, export the VM as an OVF/OVA and import it - basically, as I'm sure you've figured out, the file paths are wrong doing it the way you have. Alternatively just edit the .vmx file but to be honest it's just quicker to export/import.