Add the disk via vSphere/VirtualCenter Reboot (if you have scsitools you can also run ‘rescan-scsi-bus.sh’ instead of rebooting Commands fdisk -l # Display new disks w/o partition tables fdisk /dev/<newdisk> n (for new partition) p (for primary partition) 1 (partition number) (keep the other values default) w (write changes) fdisk /dev/<newdisk> (change partition type) 8e [...]
ESX/VM Error: “VM has virtual disk in link-cloned mode that prevents migration”
In my environment am running ESX v4.0 U1, and migrating several VMs (vMotion) to new datastores, we ran into an error with a couple of systems: ” Solution was so straight-forward it was pitiful. Snapshot the problem system, then delete the just created snapshot, the vMotion proceeded as expected.
