VMWare Error: "The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created"

Products

• Ghost Solution Suite

Issue/Introduction

After using omnifs32.exe to manipulate a VMWare VMDK file, you receive the following error message when you try to power on that virtual machine:

VMWare Error: "The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created"

Environment

GSS 3.x

Cause

This issue occurs if you try to manipulate the filesystem of a VMDK for which there is an associated VMWare snapshot.

Resolution

Omnifs32.exe is not supported and not capable of manipulating the filesystem of a VMDKs that contain snapshots. Once this error message occurs, you will have to revert to a known good snapshot to resolve the problem. If you want to use Omnifs32.exe on that VMDK without receiving the error, the snapshots must be removed.