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Error: Starting VM ” – The VDI is not available<\/p>\n

So you’re now trying to boot a VM in XenServer but you are getting the error “VDI is not Available”. This means that VM crashed, Xen Host crashed, or something just bad happen. Either way you need your server back.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Find the UUID of the VDI in question.
    \nxe vdi-list<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Note exactly what UUID maps to which drive is on your server. \u00a0This is going to remove the VDI from the VM so we can reattach it correctly. \u00a0So drive order does matter, you don’t want to switch an OS VDI with a data VDI.
    \nxe vdi-forget\u00a0uuid=<VDI UUID we found in step 1><\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Open XenCenter and navigate to the SR with your VDI. \u00a0Hit rescan<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Now goto your VM with issues and attach<\/strong> the VDI via the storage tab<\/li>\n
  5. Boot<\/strong> your VM<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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