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 vswp file for VM is missing

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Matthias Schwager posted Jul 23, 2024 07:04 AM

Hi,

a VM can not be started after it was shutdown . The error message: " Unable to enumerate all disks. Dictionary problem". After digging in the logfiles I found inside the vmx file i found  a reference to an vswp file that does not exist any more. The corresponding hlog and vswp.args files however do exist. An older version of the vswp exists as well.

Logfile entries from the vmware.log:

SNAPSHOT: SnapshotConfigInfoLoadVmsd: Unable to load dict from '/vmfs/volumes/myvolume-uuid/myvm/myvm.vmsd'.
[msg.dictionary.read.syntaxError] File "/vmfs/volumes/myvolume-uuid/myvm/myvm.vmsd" line 1: Syntax error.
SNAPSHOT: SnapshotConfigInfoReadEx failed for file '/vmfs/volumes/myvolume-uuid/myvm/myvm.vmx': Dictionary problem

Any idea how to recreate the missing vswp file? Or how can I configure the vmx file in order to avoid the refrence to any vswp file?

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you,

Matthias