vmdb failure unable to open snapshot file

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vmdb failure unable to open snapshot file

Recently, I have encountered this error whenever I try to revert a snapshot.

Solution: Edit your configuration file for that Virtual Machine and manually change the fileName field back to an older vmdk file.

In the example below, I have changed the ‘Windows XP Professional-0001.vmdk’ to ‘Windows XP Professional.vmdk’ and restarted all the VMware services and it loaded back my old snapshot.

E.g.
config.version = “8”
virtualHW.version = “4”
scsi0.present = “TRUE”
memsize = “256”
ide0:0.present = “TRUE”
ide0:0.fileName = “Windows XP Professional-0001.vmdk” <– ide0:0.fileName = “Windows XP Professional.vmdk”
ide1:0.present = “TRUE”
ide1:0.fileName = “auto detect”
ide1:0.deviceType = “cdrom-raw”
floppy0.present = “FALSE”
Ethernet0.present = “TRUE”
displayName = “winXP”
guestOS = “winxppro”
priority.grabbed = “normal”
priority.ungrabbed = “normal”