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VMware Open the replicated virtual machine, the error "Cause: Failed to lock the file", open failed, the possible reason is that the virtual machine is copied, the VM is not shut down or suspended or not shut down properly, the disk lock file is not automatically deleted, the next time you start the VM will pop up the above error.
VMware to prevent the sharing of a virtual disk with multiple virtual machines resulting in loss of data and impaired performance, each time you start VMware will add a disk lock on the virtual disk (the file suffix. lck), the virtual disk File lock protection, when the virtual machine is turned off will automatically delete the disk lock file. When the virtual machine shuts down properly, the disk lock file is not automatically deleted.
Method Delete all the '. Lck ' suffix files in the virtual machine's disk directory and restart
VMware error "Cause: Failed to lock file", open failed