Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: One of log LCK file is corrupt

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• You cannot power on virtual machine
• You see the error:
  
  One of log LCK file is corrupt

Environment

VMware ESX Server 3.5.x

Resolution

This issue may occur if a virtual machine's lock ( .lck ) files have become corrupted. Corruption can be caused by a power outage or a bad shutdown.

To resolve this issue, the virtual machine's .lck files must be recreated.

To recreate the .lck files:

1. Navigate to the location of the virtual machine's files. For more information, see Locating a hosted virtual machine's files (1003880).
2. Look for and rename any file, directory, or folder that ends in .lck . For example, r ename <name>.vmdk.lck to <name>.vmdk.lck.backup .
3. Power on the virtual machine. The .lck files are automatically recreated.

Additional Information

For more information about lock files, see Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: One of log LCK file is corrupt (1012004).

Locating a hosted virtual machine's files
Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: One of log LCK file is corrupt