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Virtual Machine Boot Failure: virtual hard disk could not opened with read-write access

Source: microsoft.public.virtualserver
Sent: 02/01/2006
From: "Mark Van Dyke" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Attempting to start a .vhd (standard virtual IDE) in Virtual Server
2005, the following shows in the event log and the machine won't boot:

Virtual Machine "[my machine name]" encountered an error when
attempting to use one of its virtual hard disks.

Virtual Machine The virtual hard disk "D:\Virtual
Servers\[myserver].vhd" for the master device of IDE bus 1 of "[my
machine name]" could not opened with read-write access. You need
read-write access to the virtual hard disk to boot a virtual machine.
Another virtual machine or the Virtual Disk Manager might be using this
disk right now.

I'm getting this when attempting to boot a virtual server. It was
running and I shut it down to configure the NIC, but now it won't
restart.

It's a copy of another VHD on the system but I already changed the OS
machine name, etc so it is a different identity and I was able to boot
it the first time. I also had the same problem with another VHD a
couple days ago and had to bounce the whole server.

Any ideas for what is causing this?

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RE: Virtual Machine Boot Failure: virtual hard disk could not opened w

Sent: 02/01/2006
From: Jason Shave
Message:

Have you considered NTFS permissions on the file may be causing the issue?

"Mark Van Dyke" wrote:

Show quoted text

> Attempting to start a .vhd (standard virtual IDE) in Virtual Server
> 2005, the following shows in the event log and the machine won't boot:
>
> Virtual Machine "[my machine name]" encountered an error when
> attempting to use one of its virtual hard disks.
>
> Virtual Machine The virtual hard disk "D:\Virtual
> Servers\[myserver].vhd" for the master device of IDE bus 1 of "[my
> machine name]" could not opened with read-write access. You need
> read-write access to the virtual hard disk to boot a virtual machine.
> Another virtual machine or the Virtual Disk Manager might be using this
> disk right now.
>
>
>
> I'm getting this when attempting to boot a virtual server. It was
> running and I shut it down to configure the NIC, but now it won't
> restart.
>
> It's a copy of another VHD on the system but I already changed the OS
> machine name, etc so it is a different identity and I was able to boot
> it the first time. I also had the same problem with another VHD a
> couple days ago and had to bounce the whole server.
>
> Any ideas for what is causing this?
>
>

Re: Virtual Machine Boot Failure: virtual hard disk could not opened w

Sent: 02/06/2006
From: "Mark Van Dyke" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

We will look at the NTFS permissions, but we were able to get it
started after a reboot and waiting for the image to restart itself.

Re: Virtual Machine Boot Failure: virtual hard disk could not opened w

Sent: 02/07/2006
From: (email address - cut out)
Message:

Try turning off System Restore for the drive holding the virtual hard
disk.

Mark Van Dyke wrote:

Show quoted text

> We will look at the NTFS permissions, but we were able to get it
> started after a reboot and waiting for the image to restart itself.

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