Very often when deleting snapshots or consolidating disks of virtual machines running on VMWare ESXi hosts, I see the “Unable to access a file since it is locked” error. This frequent issue is related to errors in a VM backup software (I came across the issue in Veeam, HPE/Micro Focus Data Protector, Veritas.) If the snapshot of the virtual disk is locked, you won’t be able to consolidate disks (when you see the error ‘Virtual machine disks consolidation is needed’), move a disk to another datastore using Storage vMotion, back up a VM or delete the current snapshot. Sometimes you cannot even turn on a locked virtual machine.
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How to Disable/Enable SMB v 1.0 in Windows 10/Server 2016?
May 10, 2023In Windows Server 2016/2019 and Windows 10 (starting with build 1709), the Server Message Block 1.0 (SMBv1) network protocol used to access shared folders is disabled by default. In most…
When you install modern Microsoft Office 2019, 2016 and Office 365 versions, you cannot choose to install separate Office apps, change a path to the installation directory, select a language…
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How to Enable and Configure MPIO on Windows Server 2016/2012R2?
January 26, 2021In this article we will consider how to install and configure MPIO on Windows Server 2016/2012 R2. MPIO (Multi—Path Input Output) is a technology that allows to build fault-tolerant transport to a data storage system…
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How to Connect L2TP/IPSec VPN Server From Windows
September 22, 2023In this article, we will look at the most common causes of errors when connecting to an L2TP/IPSec VPN server from Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2019/2016. If you cannot…
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How to Remove Built-in Apps, Features & Editions from a Windows 10 Install Image (WIM file)?
February 18, 2021In this guide we’ll show how to remove Microsoft Store provisioned apps, features (capabilities), and unused Windows editions from a Windows 10 installation image (install.wim file). Let’s do it manually…
The built-in SSH client appeared in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. Ssh.exe can be used to securely connect to Linux/UNIX servers, VMWare ESXi hosts and other devices instead of…
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CHKDSK: How to Check and Repair Hard Drive Errors in Windows 10?
March 29, 2021CHKDSK.exe (check disk) is a classical built-in Windows tool for checking hard drives for errors. The chkdsk allows you to check your disk and file system for physical and logical…
If you want to monitor the state of your VMWare ESXi servers in your monitoring system, you must configure SNMP agent on your hosts. In this article we’ll show how…
In Windows 10 1903/1909 I have found several strange bugs related to configured VPN connections. The first problem: when trying to connect to a remote VPN L2TP server, a VPN…