VirtualBox 5.1.22 r115126 (Qt5.6.2) in OS X 10.11.6 experienced an issue while removing several snapshots.
Now when trying to start the VM, I end up with
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Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Win2000.
Could not open the medium '/Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{07e8c4e8-2203-4715-87f3-de63db654030}.vmdk'.
VD: error VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND opening image file '/Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{07e8c4e8-2203-4715-87f3-de63db654030}.vmdk' (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND).
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: MediumWrap
Interface: IMedium {4afe423b-43e0-e9d0-82e8-ceb307940dda}
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Mac:Snapshots userid$ vboxmanage internalcommands dumphdinfo \{5247363e-eb53-4918-a671-eb320827d7f5\}.vmdk
--- Dumping VD Disk, Images=1
Dumping VD image "{5247363e-eb53-4918-a671-eb320827d7f5}.vmdk" (Backend=VMDK)
Header: Geometry PCHS=8322/16/63 LCHS=522/255/63 cbSector=8388608
Header: uuidCreation={5247363e-eb53-4918-a671-eb320827d7f5}
Header: uuidModification={a1e39c3a-059b-42f3-9d14-4747c31eb0cf}
Header: uuidParent={457ffa29-c3dc-43a3-9697-9a4be405f0fd}
Header: uuidParentModification={3deb730f-7b59-4354-9d6f-03d6244ae0bc}
Mac:Snapshots userid$ vboxmanage internalcommands dumphdinfo \{457ffa29-c3dc-43a3-9697-9a4be405f0fd\}.vmdk
--- Dumping VD Disk, Images=1
Dumping VD image "{457ffa29-c3dc-43a3-9697-9a4be405f0fd}.vmdk" (Backend=VMDK)
Header: Geometry PCHS=8322/16/63 LCHS=522/255/63 cbSector=8388608
Header: uuidCreation={457ffa29-c3dc-43a3-9697-9a4be405f0fd}
Header: uuidModification={3deb730f-7b59-4354-9d6f-03d6244ae0bc}
Header: uuidParent={13b6bb85-c925-4d88-86b0-924f27087a81}
Header: uuidParentModification={ea6df971-f250-415d-96f8-778b7f937b10}
Mac:Snapshots userid$ vboxmanage internalcommands dumphdinfo \{13b6bb85-c925-4d88-86b0-924f27087a81\}.vmdk
--- Dumping VD Disk, Images=1
Dumping VD image "{13b6bb85-c925-4d88-86b0-924f27087a81}.vmdk" (Backend=VMDK)
Header: Geometry PCHS=8322/16/63 LCHS=522/255/63 cbSector=8388608
Header: uuidCreation={13b6bb85-c925-4d88-86b0-924f27087a81}
Header: uuidModification={ea6df971-f250-415d-96f8-778b7f937b10}
Header: uuidParent={baa2c3c7-a048-4060-8b44-f87b7bd11bac}
Header: uuidParentModification={59df76f9-de2c-4ff9-a767-5cd6043253cf}
Mac:Snapshots userid$ vboxmanage internalcommands dumphdinfo \{baa2c3c7-a048-4060-8b44-f87b7bd11bac\}.vmdk
--- Dumping VD Disk, Images=1
Dumping VD image "{baa2c3c7-a048-4060-8b44-f87b7bd11bac}.vmdk" (Backend=VMDK)
Header: Geometry PCHS=8322/16/63 LCHS=522/255/63 cbSector=8388608
Header: uuidCreation={baa2c3c7-a048-4060-8b44-f87b7bd11bac}
Header: uuidModification={bfa17c4c-baf7-4b71-9ff4-2ee2c47f2d9d}
Header: uuidParent={16f251dc-e205-409e-826e-d322464b1fa0}
Header: uuidParentModification={c3b2e057-0334-4c04-a27d-c29d14a3bce9}
Mac:Snapshots userid$ vboxmanage internalcommands dumphdinfo ../Windows\ 2000.vmdk
--- Dumping VD Disk, Images=1
Dumping VD image "../Windows 2000.vmdk" (Backend=VMDK)
Header: Geometry PCHS=8322/16/63 LCHS=522/255/63 cbSector=8388608
Header: uuidCreation={16f251dc-e205-409e-826e-d322464b1fa0}
Header: uuidModification={c3b2e057-0334-4c04-a27d-c29d14a3bce9}
Header: uuidParent={00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Header: uuidParentModification={3cb43c65-d2df-4247-9c40-b34058690d9d}
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Mac:Snapshots userid$ vboxmanage list -l hdds
UUID: 16f251dc-e205-409e-826e-d322464b1fa0
Parent UUID: base
State: created
Type: normal (base)
Location: /Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Windows 2000.vmdk
Storage format: VMDK
Format variant: dynamic split2G
Capacity: 4096 MBytes
Size on disk: 4085 MBytes
Encryption: disabled
Child UUIDs: baa2c3c7-a048-4060-8b44-f87b7bd11bac
UUID: baa2c3c7-a048-4060-8b44-f87b7bd11bac
Parent UUID: 16f251dc-e205-409e-826e-d322464b1fa0
State: created
Type: normal (differencing)
Auto-Reset: off
Location: /Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{baa2c3c7-a048-4060-8b44-f87b7bd11bac}.vmdk
Storage format: VMDK
Format variant: differencing default
Capacity: 4096 MBytes
Size on disk: 267 MBytes
Encryption: disabled
In use by VMs: Win2000 (UUID: 23d5228a-cf3a-4300-a260-7760697e1983) [Bck170331 - VMold! (UUID: 19f1d70d-0d8d-4e6c-8b59-71468284b270)]
Child UUIDs: 07e8c4e8-2203-4715-87f3-de63db654030
UUID: 07e8c4e8-2203-4715-87f3-de63db654030
Parent UUID: baa2c3c7-a048-4060-8b44-f87b7bd11bac
State: inaccessible
Access Error: Could not open the medium '/Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{07e8c4e8-2203-4715-87f3-de63db654030}.vmdk'.
VD: error VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND opening image file '/Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{07e8c4e8-2203-4715-87f3-de63db654030}.vmdk' (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
Type: normal (differencing)
Auto-Reset: off
Location: /Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{07e8c4e8-2203-4715-87f3-de63db654030}.vmdk
Storage format: VMDK
Format variant: dynamic default
Capacity: 0 MBytes
Size on disk: 0 MBytes
Encryption: disabled
Child UUIDs: 377710c2-03db-4ae9-ac29-c870ce9bed81
UUID: 377710c2-03db-4ae9-ac29-c870ce9bed81
Parent UUID: 07e8c4e8-2203-4715-87f3-de63db654030
State: inaccessible
Access Error: Could not open the medium '/Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{377710c2-03db-4ae9-ac29-c870ce9bed81}.vmdk'.
VD: error VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND opening image file '/Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{377710c2-03db-4ae9-ac29-c870ce9bed81}.vmdk' (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
Type: normal (differencing)
Auto-Reset: off
Location: /Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{377710c2-03db-4ae9-ac29-c870ce9bed81}.vmdk
Storage format: VMDK
Format variant: dynamic default
Capacity: 0 MBytes
Size on disk: 0 MBytes
Encryption: disabled
Child UUIDs: eadae240-1936-42bf-a9f3-88b1218d2811
UUID: eadae240-1936-42bf-a9f3-88b1218d2811
Parent UUID: 377710c2-03db-4ae9-ac29-c870ce9bed81
State: inaccessible
Access Error: Could not open the medium '/Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{eadae240-1936-42bf-a9f3-88b1218d2811}.vmdk'.
VD: error VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND opening image file '/Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{eadae240-1936-42bf-a9f3-88b1218d2811}.vmdk' (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)
Type: normal (differencing)
Auto-Reset: off
Location: /Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{eadae240-1936-42bf-a9f3-88b1218d2811}.vmdk
Storage format: VMDK
Format variant: dynamic default
Capacity: 0 MBytes
Size on disk: 0 MBytes
Encryption: disabled
Child UUIDs: 13b6bb85-c925-4d88-86b0-924f27087a81
UUID: 13b6bb85-c925-4d88-86b0-924f27087a81
Parent UUID: eadae240-1936-42bf-a9f3-88b1218d2811
State: created
Type: normal (differencing)
Auto-Reset: off
Location: /Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{13b6bb85-c925-4d88-86b0-924f27087a81}.vmdk
Storage format: VMDK
Format variant: differencing default
Capacity: 4096 MBytes
Size on disk: 74 MBytes
Encryption: disabled
In use by VMs: Win2000 (UUID: 23d5228a-cf3a-4300-a260-7760697e1983) [BootedNoNet (UUID: 7292c867-cc24-4ace-b60e-5336100a1482)]
Child UUIDs: 457ffa29-c3dc-43a3-9697-9a4be405f0fd
UUID: 457ffa29-c3dc-43a3-9697-9a4be405f0fd
Parent UUID: 13b6bb85-c925-4d88-86b0-924f27087a81
State: created
Type: normal (differencing)
Auto-Reset: off
Location: /Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{457ffa29-c3dc-43a3-9697-9a4be405f0fd}.vmdk
Storage format: VMDK
Format variant: differencing default
Capacity: 4096 MBytes
Size on disk: 72 MBytes
Encryption: disabled
In use by VMs: Win2000 (UUID: 23d5228a-cf3a-4300-a260-7760697e1983) [BootedUpgrade VMtools (UUID: 4d74a9e8-088c-40fe-8ee9-a1c2781e911d)]
Child UUIDs: 5247363e-eb53-4918-a671-eb320827d7f5
UUID: 5247363e-eb53-4918-a671-eb320827d7f5
Parent UUID: 457ffa29-c3dc-43a3-9697-9a4be405f0fd
State: created
Type: normal (differencing)
Auto-Reset: off
Location: /Users/userid/VirtualBox VMs/Win2000/Snapshots/{5247363e-eb53-4918-a671-eb320827d7f5}.vmdk
Storage format: VMDK
Format variant: differencing default
Capacity: 4096 MBytes
Size on disk: 22 MBytes
Encryption: disabled
In use by VMs: Win2000 (UUID: 23d5228a-cf3a-4300-a260-7760697e1983)
- Where is the information returned by list hdds stored/coming from? I could find these UUIDs in Win2000-1.10-macosx.xml in the VM directory, and I could not figure out what this file is for. Anyways, the VMM keeps showing these deleted disks also after removal of this file and reboot. This was attempted following viewtopic.php?f=8&t=59448&p=276543
- How to put the VMM (and list hdds) in sync with the chain in actual differencing snapshot files?
Many thanks