deleted folder on ESXi 5 through ssh but I still see the folders

[adotan]

Hi,

I deleted the folders using SSH but I still see the folders on the SSH and through the ESXI 5 client.

when I try to delete the folder through the SSH I get:

rm: cannot remove 'Folder': Directory not empty

the folder is empty - the same for all my folders.

when I try to delete it through the client I get:

I'm not sure how to clear all these empty folders.

can someone suggest a way?

Thanks!!

Dotan.

[zXi_Gamer]

If it had been a vm's folder that you have deleted, while it is running, it might be due to the swap files created which stops from the directory being deleted.. Check for the vm under ps -cPT | grep -i vmx and kill the VM;s vmx process. You should be able to remove the directory.

[adotan]

Hi,

I did "ps -cPT | grep -i vmx" but there was nothing runnig. (btw, I did reboot the Server twice).

any other suggestions?

Thanks a lot!!

Dotan.

[iw123]

How are you browsing your directory?  ls -la?

[adotan]

when I do "ls -la" I get:

ls -l

ls: ./Conv-Asrock-a10a5399.vswp: No such file or directory

ls: ./vmware-19.log: No such file or directory

ls: ./vmware-17.log: No such file or directory

ls: ./vmx-Conv-Asrock-2701808537-1.vswp: No such file or directory

[iw123]

are any other hosts connected to that datastore? 

[adotan]

no.

I think the problem happened when I decided to delete the folder through the ssh connection (rm -rf folder_name)

I didn't stop the instance nor I moved it from the inventory.

[JCMorrissey]

Hi,

Have you come across: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1446651

Might provide some pointers.

Many tx

[adotan]

You mean the RvTools?

I hope it will help

Thanks!

[adotan]

Hi,

any other suggestions to my issue?

Thanks!!
Dotan.

[JCMorrissey]

Hi,

Also did you go through this document?

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=10051&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&dialogID=27804725&stateId=0%200%2027806824

Many tx

[adotan]

Hi,

I'm connected with SSH to the ESXI Host but when I try to run

"vmware-cmd -l"    I get:

-sh: vmware-cmd: not found

what am I missing here?

Thanks!!

Dotan.

[zXi_Gamer]

As pointed out earlier, it must be some other host having its VM in the datastore. [shared might be]. The reason I am saying this is because.. Conv-Asrock is a VM whose swap file had been deleted. Like you have mentioned earlier, if this ESX server does not have this VM. then who does?

A worst case to resolve might be to reboot the box, provided you can afford it. This will release the lock. Another way is to find out where the files had been located. It is possible one of the files in the directory is still referring to the deleted file and is unable to do so.

[adotan]

Hi,

the Server is not shared and I rebooted it few times.

I still can't delete the folders :smileysad:

Thanks!

Dotan.

[a_p_]

rm -rf folder_name

Which folder did you try to delete with this command? A single VM's folder or the complete datastore folder?

Please provide the full command you ran?

André

[adotan]

This is the exact command I used:

ls -l web2_old/

ls: web2_old/vmx-web2-1182937539-1.vswp: No such file or directory

ls: web2_old/web2-468231c3.vswp: No such file or directory

ls: web2_old/vmware-20.log: No such file or directory

ls: web2_old/vmware-22.log: No such file or directory

ls -l

drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root                840 Jan  9 18:59 web2_old

rm -rf web2_old/

rm: cannot remove 'web2_old': Directory not empty

I did all of the commands from:

/vmfs/volumes/datastore1

Thanks!

Dotan.