Recently I have created multiple virtual machines using VMWare Workstation 9. I wanted to prepare template VMs already installed, updated, patched and configured... Just ready to load and start my super clean VM lab. So after hours of work, all my vms were ready with a nice Sysprep finish :) But when I started to use them, I realized that I could not open my vms... I was just copying the template VM folder that I created earlier into another folder and just renaming the folder for my personal use, but i never renamed the actual files of vms. I would go from my VMware Workstation and do "File", "Open" . Surprise! "Failed to lock the file. Cannot open the disk 'C:\path\vmfilename.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on. Here is what I found. Actually, I think it will be even better if I just state the most important part of the VMWare knowledge base article # 1038189 regarding this problem. Here is the WHY? ; The error Failed to loc...
