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Fault Resolution Paths

Down the very first left hand column of each resolution path are common issues you might encounter. To the right of each these are VMware's recommended steps to resolving these issues. Each and every one is hyper-linked directly to our Knowledge base article on that topic.
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Troubleshooting a virtual machine that has stopped responding
1007802
Confirming a virtual machine is unresponsive
1007805
Locating virtual machine log files on an ESX host
1004344
Identifying causes of not being able to power cycle ESX Server virtual machines
1007808
Ensuring a virtual machine is not inaccessible due to a VMware VirtualCenter issue
1007813
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that has become unresponsive because of an ESX host
1007814
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that is unresponsive because of configuration issues
1007818
Troubleshooting unresponsive guest operating system issues
1007808
Ensuring a virtual machine is not inaccessible due to a VMware VirtualCenter issue
1003895
Stopping, starting, or restarting VirtualCenter services
1002687
Virtual machine stops responding in a Power On state in VirtualCenter
1003690
Ensuring your hardware is functioning correctly
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Cannot Power on Virtual Machines, "Not enough licenses installed to perform operation" Error Message
1004592
VMware VirtualCenter console displays a handshake error
1007813
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that has become unresponsive because of an ESX host
1003751
Verifying that ESX virtual machine storage is accessible
1004144
ESX Server virtual machines stop responding due to shared storage connectivity issues
1003755
Verifying sufficient free disk space for an ESX virtual machine
1003564
Investigating disk space on an ESX host
1003659
Identifying shared storage issues with ESX 3.x
10051
Virtual machine does not power on because of missing or locked files
1003690
Ensuring your hardware is functioning correctly
1007814
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that is unresponsive because of configuration issues
1005734
Troubleshooting a virtual machine that stops responding or fails when the CD-ROM entry is ATAPI
1001637
Virtual machine does not power on and there is high CPU reservation
1002025
Virtual machine stops responding during backup
1002836
Why snapshot removal can stop a virtual machine for long time
1003164
Guest stops responding after connecting a USB CD-ROM
1007818
Troubleshooting unresponsive guest operating system issues
1004007
Investigating operating system disk space
1007577
Do not use guest OS performance tools to monitor virtual machine performance
1007866
Using Windows Event Viewer to identify the cause of an unresponsive or failed virtual machine
1004764
Unable to shutdown Windows using Shutdown Guest option

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