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System Management 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.
1003926
Troubleshooting the VMware VirtualCenter Server service when it does not start or fails
1003895
Stopping, starting, or restarting VirtualCenter services
1003928
Troubleshooting the database data source used by VirtualCenter Server
1003971
Determining if a port is in use
1003979
Investigating the health of a VirtualCenter database server
1003996
Investigating Active Directory when it causes the VirtualCenter Server to stop or fail to start
1004280
VirtualCenter Server service cannot be started after installation
1003684
Overview of migration compatibility error messages
1003718
Troubleshooting VMotion CPU feature requirement error messages
1004070
Diagnosing why VirtualCenter is not sending email alerts
1003486
Testing network connectivity with the Ping command
1003409
Diagnosing an ESX Server that is Disconnected or Not Responding in VirtualCenter
1003480
Changing an ESX Server's connection status in VirtualCenter
1008030
Verifying the VirtualCenter Managed IP Address
1003486
Testing network connectivity with the Ping command
1003487
Testing port connectivity with the Telnet command
1003494
Verifying that the Management Service is running on an ESX host
1003495
Verifying that the VirtualCenter Agent Service is running on an ESX host
1007323
Verifying that the xinetd service is running on an ESX host
1003490
Restarting the Management agents on an ESX Server
1003496
Checking for resource starvation of the ESX Server service console
1004002
Diagnosing slow deployment of templates or clones from VirtualCenter
1004028
Troubleshooting slow template deployment on a single template
1003496
Checking for resource starvation of the ESX Server service console
1004089
Configuring the speed and duplex of an ESX Server host network adapter
1004050
Troubleshooting template deployment or cloning when it fails
1003735
Identifying issues with and setting up name resolution on ESX Server
1005593
Determining the correct version of sysprep to use
1005594
Ensuring VirtualCenter Server is the only VMware product installed on host
1005870
Ensuring the guest operating system type is set correctly
1004002
Diagnosing slow deployment of templates or clones from VirtualCenter
1003870
Diagnosing the Virtual Infrastructure Client when it fails to connect to an ESX host
1003486
Testing network connectivity with the Ping command
1003494
Verifying that the Management Service is running on an ESX host
1003487
Testing port connectivity with the Telnet command
1003869
Diagnosing the Virtual Infrastructure Client when it fails to connect to VirtualCenter
1003486
Testing network connectivity with the Ping command
1003895
Stopping, starting, or restarting VirtualCenter services
1003487
Testing port connectivity with the Telnet command
1003561
Troubleshooting the VMware ESX Server Management Service when it will not start
1003631
Restarting the ESX Server Management service
1003564
Investigating disk space on an ESX host
1003634
Troubleshooting the firewall policy on an ESX Server
1003496
Checking for resource starvation of the ESX Server service console
1003807
Unable to connect to an ESX Server host using Secure Shell (SSH)
1003486
Testing network connectivity with the Ping command
1003906
Verifying that the Secure Shell Daemon is running on an ESX Server host
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Enabling Root SSH Logins on ESX Server 3
1003808
Configuring the ESX Server host firewall for SSH
1003487
Testing port connectivity with the Telnet command
1003691
Diagnosing a VMware High Availability cluster configuration failure
1003692
Verifying a feature is licensed
1003735
Identifying issues with and setting up name resolution on ESX Server
1003713
Configuring name resolution for VMware VirtualCenter
1003486
Testing network connectivity with the Ping command
1003487
Testing port connectivity with the Telnet command
1003714
Verifying and reinstalling the correct version of VMware VirtualCenter Server agent
1003895
Stopping, starting, or restarting VirtualCenter services
1003789
iSCSI Service Console port on the same network as VMware High Availability may break configuration of VMware High Availability
1003715
Recreating a VMware High Availability Cluster
1003734
Diagnosing VMware VMotion failure at 10%
1002662
Unable to set VMkernel gateway as there are no VMkernel interfaces on the same network
1003728
Testing VMkernel network connectivity with the vmkping command
1003486
Testing network connectivity with the Ping command
1003735
Identifying issues with and setting up name resolution on ESX Server
1003564
Investigating disk space on an ESX host
1003736
Verifying time synchronization across environment
1003791
VMware VMotion fails if target host does not meet reservation requirements
1003496
Checking for resource starvation of the ESX Server service console
1003780
Troubleshooting migration compatibility error: Device is a connected device with a remote backing
1003839
Troubleshooting when a virtual machine loses network connection after VMotion
1003486
Testing network connectivity with the Ping command
1002811
Port security on the physical switch causes a loss of network connectivity
1003792
Diagnosing a VMware VMotion failure at 90-95%
1008735
VMotion fails at 90% with a general system error, failed to resume on destination message
1003490
Restarting the Management agents on an ESX Server
1003736
Verifying time synchronization across environment
1003791
VMware VMotion fails if target host does not meet reservation requirements
1003496
Checking for resource starvation of the ESX Server service console
1003659
Identifying shared storage issues with ESX 3.x

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