I need a solution
Has anyone else run into this issue? VM backup fails with a "Status 13" or "Status 156" or "Status 40" - I have several hundred VMs and only a few end up in this state during a backup window. No snapshots show up in Snapshot Manager on the VMs that have this error. When consolidation is attempted VMware throws a "Unable to access file <unspecified filename> since it is locked" error.
The "fix" for us has been to run "services.sh restart" on the ESXi server - this unlocks the file - then manually consolidating the VM.
Sounds a lot like this issue: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/pro...
Master: 7.6.0.2 on Solaris 10
Media: 2.6.0.2 on 5220 Appliances