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Sep 28, 2018 12:21 PM UTC

Technical Note: Virtual Machine Error Lock Protecting virtualdisk.vmdk is Lost

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Description
Virtual Machine Error Lock Protecting virtualdisk.vmdk is Lost

Solution
Issue:  Virtual Machine Stops Responding with Error:
The lock protecting virtualdisk.vmdk has been lost.

This generally indicates that the virtual machine has lost connection to the storage system.


Solution:  See VMware Knowledge Base article linked below for further details:
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1022119


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