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RedShift9
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Configuration file has unexpected changes - ESXi 6.5 kills virtual machine and cannot be powered on

Hello

Just installed a fresh HP DL380 Gen10 with VMware ESXi 6.5 (6.5.0 Update 2 (Build 8294253) from HPE-ESXi-6.5.0-Update2-iso-Gen9plus-650.U2.10.3.0.24 (Hewlett Packard Enterprise)). Installed a Windows Server 2016 Standard virtual machine, but ESXi kills the VM after running for about 5 minutes. After ESXi killed the VM, I can't power it on anymore.

This appears in the event log of the virtual machine:

Issue detected for vm1-server2016 on esxi1 in ha-datacenter: Configuration file has unexpected changes. Virtual machine has been terminated. Unregister and re-register virtual machine if the configuration file is correct.

I have tried unregistering and re-registering but ESXi keeps doing the same...

Thanks,

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thertel10
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Any resolution here? I have the same issue on a fresh DL360 Gen10 with 6.5U2.

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RedShift9
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Sorry, no, I haven't been able to resolve the issue yet.

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RickVerstegen
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Try updating to the latest build which is ESXi 6.5 U2b (8935087).

Also have you installed the latest patches for Windows Server 2016 VM?

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RedShift9
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Have tried that, also tried ESXi 6.7, same issue. All patches on the Server 2016 VM are installed. It also happens with a CentOS 7 virtual machine.

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RickVerstegen
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Is this also happening if you install  ESXi by using the VMware ISO and not the HP Custom?

To see if it is perhaps the ISO.

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Devi94
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Is that VM part of cluster and HA enabled ?

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RedShift9
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It is not part of cluster, completely standalone. Fresh install of ESXi and installed a virtual machine. That's it.

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Devi94
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can you share VMware.log and vmkernel.log during the time of issue ?

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SupreetK
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Can you share hostd.log, vmkernel.log and the VM name for which the issue has most recently occurred?

Cheers,

Supreet

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RedShift9
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The server is being shipped to somewhere else right now, I'll get back to you on that.

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afsquery
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This is a known issue with VMware (also affecting Veeam proxy VMs). See the following Veeam KB (KB2443) and VMware KB (KB56453) articles:

KB2443: Veeam Backup & Replication support for VMware vSphere

VMware KB : Configuration file has unexpected changes and during backup proxy virtual machine terminates

As of this post (10/30/18), there is no resolution yet. However, VMware does detail a workaround.

nebb2k8
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I am having the same problem, but not related to Veeam... I am running VMware ESXi, 6.5.0, 10884925

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riverson
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Did you end up resolving this issue?

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