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"Failed to Lock File" SCSI device keeps VM from starting

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Was trying to move a SCSI tape drive from one VM to another. Somehow I think it got locked in limbo. If I add the device to either the new server or the server it was originally on, it fails to start with the below error:

 

An error was received from the ESX host while powering on VM Backup.
Failed to start the virtual machine.
Module DevicePowerOn power on failed.
Unable to open the SCSI device '/dev/genscsi/t10.IBM_____ULTRIUM2DHH3_____1H10019834' (scsi1:0): Failed to lock the file.
I have gone in through SSH and found the file and tried the touch command, but I get

touch: t10.IBM_____ULTRIUM2DHH3_____1H10019834: Function not implemented

 

Which wasn't one of the responses I was expecting.

 

I looked for .lck files as well and found nothing, but that may not be in esxi. Just trying ideas I found on the internets.

 

Is there some way I can delete this from the host and start over? When I unplug the tape drive and do a rescan, it doesn't remove it it just shows it as dead, grayed out/italic.

 

It doesn' let me move it to a different scsi port either on the host.

 

Any solution ideas appreciated.


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