Hello Guys, I Have a VM on ESXI That I don’t use anymore but i only need the files on the VMDISK. So i export the vmdk file.

I just need the existing files. When I opened the disc I found only old things, so I realized that the updates were in the snapshot. But I can’t merge the snapshot with the parent disk showing this error:

Consolidate VMDisks

Key:                     haTask-1-vim.VirtualMachine.consolidateDisks-139217140

Description:          Consolidate disk files of this virtual machine

Virtual machine:   hpfunilaria_server

State:                    Failed – The operation is not allowed in the current state.

so I went to consult the log:

2010-11-22T02:00:47.031Z info hostd[B981B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.TaskManager opID=4442c010 user=root] Task Created : haTask-1-vim.VirtualMachine.consolidateDisks-139217140
2010-11-22T02:00:47.031Z verbose hostd[B981B70] [Originator@6876 sub=PropertyProvider opID=4442c010 user=root] RecordOp ADD: recentTask["haTask-1-vim.VirtualMachine.consolidateDisks-139217140"], 1. Sent notification immediately.
2010-11-22T02:00:47.031Z verbose hostd[B981B70] [Originator@6876 sub=PropertyProvider opID=4442c010 user=root] RecordOp ADD: recentTask["haTask-1-vim.VirtualMachine.consolidateDisks-139217140"], ha-taskmgr. Applied change to temp map.
2010-11-22T02:00:47.031Z verbose hostd[B6C2B70] [Originator@6876 sub=PropertyProvider opID=4442c010 user=root] RecordOp ASSIGN: info, haTask-1-vim.VirtualMachine.consolidateDisks-139217140. Applied change to temp map.
2010-11-22T02:00:47.031Z warning hostd[B6C2B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/4c031321-639ca04c-4874-00259032f5ac/hpfunilaria_server/hpfunilaria_server.vmx opID=4442c010 user=root] State Transition (VM_STATE_OFF -> VM_STATE_CONSOLIDATE_ALL_DISKS) not allowed for this Vm
2010-11-22T02:00:47.031Z info hostd[B6C2B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Default opID=4442c010 user=root] AdapterServer caught exception: vim.fault.InvalidState
2010-11-22T02:00:47.031Z info hostd[B6C2B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.TaskManager opID=4442c010 user=root] Task Completed : haTask-1-vim.VirtualMachine.consolidateDisks-139217140 Status error
2010-11-22T02:00:47.031Z verbose hostd[B6C2B70] [Originator@6876 sub=PropertyProvider opID=4442c010 user=root] RecordOp ASSIGN: info, haTask-1-vim.VirtualMachine.consolidateDisks-139217140. Applied change to temp map.

I Realy need helkp because i need for this data and i can’t to Merge the disk for to copy the data.