Sometimes a file or set of files in a VMFS become locked and any attempts to edit them or delete will give a device or resource busy error, even though the virtual machine associated with the files is not running. If the virtual machine is running then you would need to stop the virtual machine [...]
VMware has added a new command in VI3 to help when a user has a VM that has become unresponsive. Below are the progressives steps to go through to get the VM cleanly powered off. Whatever you do, DO NOT kill the pid for the VM from the Service Console, unless you have tried absolutely [...]