![QuickFix: Virtual machine Consolidation is needed - Unable to access file since it is locked - ESXi 5.5 - Przygody z VMware, cloud computingiem i światem IT QuickFix: Virtual machine Consolidation is needed - Unable to access file since it is locked - ESXi 5.5 - Przygody z VMware, cloud computingiem i światem IT](http://akademiadatacenter.pl/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Screenshot_12.png)
QuickFix: Virtual machine Consolidation is needed - Unable to access file since it is locked - ESXi 5.5 - Przygody z VMware, cloud computingiem i światem IT
![VMWare: Reason: “Cannot open the disk, Reason: Failed to lock the file”. | Tales From A Lazy Fat DBA VMWare: Reason: “Cannot open the disk, Reason: Failed to lock the file”. | Tales From A Lazy Fat DBA](https://oracleant.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/errrrrrro.jpg)
VMWare: Reason: “Cannot open the disk, Reason: Failed to lock the file”. | Tales From A Lazy Fat DBA
What is the functionality of the option "reserve all guest memory (all locked) within the virtual machine ? (92688) | VMware KB
![I'm locked out! "Error while powering on: The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file.. Cannot open the disk--or one of the snapshot disks I'm locked out! "Error while powering on: The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a portion of the file.. Cannot open the disk--or one of the snapshot disks](https://i.imgur.com/IIywsYv.png)