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→Troubleshooting: Added "Unable to Enable Datastore"
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If Lab Manager keeps dropping the connection to the ESX, check activity in the Virtual Centre. If an ESX is continually being instructed to complete tasks that fail you need to consider restarting that ESX. | If Lab Manager keeps dropping the connection to the ESX, check activity in the Virtual Centre. If an ESX is continually being instructed to complete tasks that fail you need to consider restarting that ESX. | ||
=== Unable to Enable Datastore === | |||
'''This datastore has missing or invalid directories''' | |||
The Lab Manager server knows which folders to expect under its own folder within a given datastore. If what's recorded in its database doesn't match the file system, this error is thrown. | |||
# Confirm which the (un)expected folders by looking at error message detail | |||
# Create new (dummy/empty) folders for anything that's expected | |||
# Delete/move folders that shouldn't be there, to confirm of they're safe to delete... | |||
## Confirm the VM isn't visible via Virtual Centre | |||
## Confirm the VM doesn't exist in the Lab Manager database | |||
### From a command prompt open the SQL command line to get into the db | |||
###* LM3: <code> osql -S localhost\vlm -E </code> | |||
###* LM4: <code> osql -S localhost\labmanager -E </code> | |||
#* To move a VM folder up a level use <code> mv 1234 ../ </code> | |||
[[Category:VMware]] | [[Category:VMware]] | ||