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OS 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.
1003651
Cannot power on an ESX virtual machine after a failure
1003737
Investigating if an ESX virtual machine is powered on
1003751
Verifying that ESX virtual machine storage is accessible
1003742
Determining if a virtual machine is orphaned
1003743
Verifying ESX virtual machine file integrity
1003739
Investigating power on permissions for ESX virtual machines
1003745
Investigating ESX virtual machine resources
1003756
Troubleshooting a non-responsive virtual machine
1003647
Cannot power on an ESX virtual machine after a migration
1003737
Investigating if an ESX virtual machine is powered on
1003739
Investigating power on permissions for ESX virtual machines
1003742
Determining if a virtual machine is orphaned
1003743
Verifying ESX virtual machine file integrity
1003745
Investigating ESX virtual machine resources
1003746
Virtual machine hardware versions
1003747
Troubleshooting host architecture incompatibility
1003748
Validating the .vmx settings of a virtual machine
1003908
Troubleshooting a failed VMware Tools Installation in a Windows Operating System
1003912
Ensuring the correct guest operating system is selected
1003910
Ensuring the correct VMware Tools ISO image is loaded
1004820
Determining if your VMware Tools ISO image is corrupt
1003648
Cannot power on an ESX virtual machine when nothing changed
1003737
Investigating if an ESX virtual machine is powered on
1003742
Determining if a virtual machine is orphaned
1003751
Verifying that ESX virtual machine storage is accessible
1003755
Verifying sufficient free disk space for an ESX virtual machine
1003743
Verifying ESX virtual machine file integrity
1003739
Investigating power on permissions for ESX virtual machines
1003745
Investigating ESX virtual machine resources
1003756
Troubleshooting a non-responsive virtual machine
1003762
Investigating out of resources on a datastore
1003976
Troubleshooting a single virtual machine failures on an ESX host
1003659
Identifying shared storage issues with ESX 3.x
1003999
Verifying if software is causing your virtual machine to fail
1003986
Verifying the Virtual Hardware Configuration of a virtual machine
1003938
Troubleshooting the installation of 64bit guest operating systems
1003945
Hardware and firmware requirements for 64bit guest operating systems
1003944
Ensuring Virtualization Technology is enabled on your VMware host
1003912
Ensuring the correct guest operating system is selected

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