Running Vmware Sphere 6 + Vcenter server standard.
Have two virtual machines running.
- vcenter virtual machine
- ubuntu virtual machine
I can take a snapshot of vcenter virtual machine, bu can no longer take any snapshots on the ubuntu virtual machine. I hard reboot of the Esxi host seems to resolve but after creating the first snapshot I can no longer perform the operation.
/var/log/hostd.log
2015-12-22T13:41:58.224Z info hostd[21480B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Hostsvc.DvsTracker opID=8e5fb06e user=vpxuser] FetchUplinkDVPortgroups: added 0 items
[LikewiseGetDomainJoinInfo:355] QueryInformation(): ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (2/0):
2015-12-22T13:42:05.241Z info hostd[21480B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/56782761-925450e3-fc3f-0cc47a7b41f2/Pirate1/Pirate1.vmx] State Transition (VM_STATE_ON -> VM_STATE_CREATE_SCREENSHOT)
2015-12-22T13:42:05.270Z info hostd[2208CB70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/56782761-925450e3-fc3f-0cc47a7b41f2/Pirate1/Pirate1.vmx] State Transition (VM_STATE_CREATE_SCREENSHOT -> VM_STATE_ON)
2015-12-22T13:42:05.270Z info hostd[FFB4CA80] [Originator@6876 sub=Guestsvc.GuestFileTransferImpl] Entered VmPowerStateListener
2015-12-22T13:42:05.270Z info hostd[FFB4CA80] [Originator@6876 sub=Guestsvc.GuestFileTransferImpl] VmPowerStateListener succeeded
2015-12-22T13:42:05.270Z info hostd[FFB4CA80] [Originator@6876 sub=Hbrsvc] Replicator: powerstate change VM: 4 Old: 1 New: 1
2015-12-22T13:42:11.897Z info hostd[21480B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.TaskManager opID=0f9ccf45-2bc3-41a1-bd45-895b0e08081d-452-ngc-3-5-b079 user=vpxuser:BOMMACHINE.LOCAL\Administrator] Task Created : haTask-4-vim.VirtualMachine.createSnapshot-1524
2015-12-22T13:42:11.897Z warning hostd[220CDB70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/56782761-925450e3-fc3f-0cc47a7b41f2/Pirate1/Pirate1.vmx opID=0f9ccf45-2bc3-41a1-bd45-895b0e08081d-452-ngc-3-5-b079 user=vpxuser:BOMMACHINE.LOCAL\Administrator] State Trans
2015-12-22T13:42:11.897Z info hostd[220CDB70] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=0f9ccf45-2bc3-41a1-bd45-895b0e08081d-452-ngc-3-5-b079 user=vpxuser:BOMMACHINE.LOCAL\Administrator] AdapterServer caught exception: vim.fault.InvalidState
2015-12-22T13:42:11.897Z info hostd[220CDB70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.TaskManager opID=0f9ccf45-2bc3-41a1-bd45-895b0e08081d-452-ngc-3-5-b079 user=vpxuser:BOMMACHINE.LOCAL\Administrator] Task Completed : haTask-4-vim.VirtualMachine.createSnapshot-1524 Status er
2015-12-22T13:42:13.482Z info hostd[2208CB70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/56782761-925450e3-fc3f-0cc47a7b41f2/Pirate1/Pirate1.vmx] State Transition (VM_STATE_ON -> VM_STATE_CREATE_SCREENSHOT)
2015-12-22T13:42:13.511Z info hostd[2208CB70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/56782761-925450e3-fc3f-0cc47a7b41f2/Pirate1/Pirate1.vmx] State Transition (VM_STATE_CREATE_SCREENSHOT -> VM_STATE_ON)
2015-12-22T13:42:13.511Z info hostd[FFB4CA80] [Originator@6876 sub=Guestsvc.GuestFileTransferImpl] Entered VmPowerStateListener
2015-12-22T13:42:13.511Z info hostd[FFB4CA80] [Originator@6876 sub=Guestsvc.GuestFileTransferImpl] VmPowerStateListener succeeded
2015-12-22T13:42:13.511Z info hostd[FFB4CA80] [Originator@6876 sub=Hbrsvc] Replicator: powerstate change VM: 4 Old: 1 New: 1
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Best Answer
Check the status of VM Tools installation. A failed VM Tools installation can cause this issue.
VM Tools installation status can be found in the virtual machine's log file located at:
If VM Tools is not the issue you will find other useful troubleshooting information in the
vmware.log
file.