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...server using virsh? I did SCP and copied my vmdk image to [datastore1] testNode/cluster.vmdk and also modified my xml file as you suggested. Now when I tried starting the node it gave me an error message saying: "error: Failed to start testNode error: internal error: Could not start domain: GenericVmConfigFault - Failed to start the virtual machine." How to resolve this? Regards, Varun On 13 Aug 2013 13:21, "Matthias Bolte" <matthias.bolte@googlemail.com> wrote: > 2013/8/12 varun bhatnagar <varun292006@gmail.com>: > > Hi, > > > > Today I was trying to st...

...sing libvirt on ESX (esxi-5.1) hypervisor and I got the following error message: *virsh # define /local/myNode/esxdomain.xml* *Domain testNode defined from /local/myNode/esxdomain.xml* *virsh # start testNode* *error: Failed to start domain testNode* *error: internal error: Could not start domain: GenericVmConfigFault - Cannot open the disk /vmfs/volues/5208f99d-760cf4a2-000c29520788/testNode.vmdk or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.* * * * * I checked the datastore of my ESX server and found out that instead of file one directory is getting created with the name* cluster.vmdk *and inside it there are few...

...nd the first command is just placing two files .vmdk and *-flat.vmdk (these are dummy files I guess). But it is not placing my original .vmdk files. How to place the original vmdk file in datastore. If I place it using scp command then libvirt pops out a message saying "Could not start domain: GenericVmConfigFault". How to resolve this error. I am pasting my xml files below. Any help is appreciated... :) *new_volume.xml:* *<volume> <name>test/MyNode.vmdk</name> <allocation>0</allocation> <capacity unit='G'>3</capacity> <target> <...

...-5.1) > hypervisor and I got the following error message: > > virsh # define /local/myNode/esxdomain.xml > Domain testNode defined from /local/myNode/esxdomain.xml > virsh # start testNode > error: Failed to start domain testNode > error: internal error: Could not start domain: GenericVmConfigFault - Cannot > open the disk /vmfs/volues/5208f99d-760cf4a2-000c29520788/testNode.vmdk or > one of the snapshot disks it depends on. > > > I checked the datastore of my ESX server and found out that instead of file > one directory is getting created with the name cluster.vmdk and insi...

Hi Ján, Thanks a lot for the suggestion. It worked and volume is added to the datastore. Now if I try to start the node it gives an error saying: Error: internal error: Could not start domain: FileNotFound - File [datastore1] testNode/cluster.vmdk was not found." But .vmdk file exist at this location. What is going wrong here can anyobe plz suggest. Below is my xml: <domain