Hi, Today I was trying to start a node using libvirt on ESX (esxi-5.1) hypervisor and I got the following error message: *virsh # define /local/myNode/esxdomain.xml* *Domain testNode defined from /local/myNode/esxdomain.xml* *virsh # start testNode* *error: Failed to start domain testNode* *error: internal error: Could not start domain: GenericVmConfigFault - Cannot open the disk /vmfs/volues/5208f99d-760cf4a2-000c29520788/testNode.vmdk or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.* * * * * I checked the datastore of my ESX server and found out that instead of file one directory is getting created with the name* cluster.vmdk *and inside it there are few more files but cluster.vmdk file is not there. * * /vmfs/volumes # cd datastore1 /vmfs/volues/5208f99d-760cf4a2-000c29520788 # ls cluster.vmdk /vmfs/volues/5208f99d-760cf4a2-000c29520788 # cd cluster.vmdk /vmfs/volues/5208f99d-760cf4a2-000c29520788/cluster.vmdk # ls -ltr *-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 261 Aug 12 17:30 cluster.vmdk* *-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 674 Aug 12 17:30 cluster.vmx* *-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 12 17:30 cluster.vmsd* /vmfs/volues/5208f99d-760cf4a2-000c29520788/cluster.vmdk # Can anyone tell me how to start a node and why I am getting that error message. Below is my xml file. *<domain type='vmware'>* * <name>testNode</name>* * <uuid>50115e16-9bdc-49d7-f171-53c4d7f91710</uuid>* * <memory>1048576</memory>* * <currentMemory>1048576</currentMemory>* * <vcpu>1</vcpu>* * <os>* * <type arch='x86_64'>hvm</type>* * </os>* * <devices>* * <disk type='file' device='disk'>* * <source file='[datastore1] cluster.vmdk'/>* * <target dev='sda' bus='scsi'/>* * <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' unit='0'/>* * </disk>* * <controller type='scsi' index='0'/>* * <interface type='bridge'>* * <mac address='00:50:56:25:48:c7'/>* * <source bridge='VM Network'/>* * </interface>* * </devices>* *</domain>*