Same error in Event Viewer:
The description for Event ID ( 1000 ) in Source ( VMware VirtualCenter Server ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: Log directory: C:\Documents and Settings\svc_vmware_vcenter\Local Settings\Application Data\VMware\vpx.
VPX log file showing:
--2009-10-08 08:51:29.222 05276 error 'App'-- Error inserting events: "ODBC error: () - " is returned when executing SQL statement "INSERT INTO VPX_EVENT WITH (ROWLOCK) (EVENT_ID, CHAIN_ID, EVENT_TYPE, EXTENDED_CLASS, CREATE_TIME, USERNAME, CATEGORY, VM_ID, VM_NAME, HOST_ID, HOST_NAME, COMPUTERESOURCE_ID, COMPUTERESOURCE_TYPE, COMPUTERESOURCE_NAME, DATACENTER_ID, DATACENTER_NAME, DATASTORE_ID, DATASTORE_NAME, NETWORK_ID, NETWORK_NAME, NETWORK_TYPE, DVS_ID, DVS_NAME, CHANGE_TAG_ID) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)"
Solution:
I've tried several diferent things previously used but came down to lack of disk space for the database.The backups were taking the whole lot.
Lesson Learned: Check your environment before running any commands, expecially if nothing has been changed prior to the outage.
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