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    <title>topic Re: Could not start VMX: msg.vmk.status.VMK_NOT_FOUND in ESXi Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Could-not-start-VMX-msg-vmk-status-VMK-NOT-FOUND/m-p/374631#M22120</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #242729; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"&gt;Create a new VM and mount the VMDKs from the failed VM. This may fix your issue.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2017 14:19:34 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>deepaksel</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2017-05-31T14:19:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Could not start VMX: msg.vmk.status.VMK_NOT_FOUND</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Could-not-start-VMX-msg-vmk-status-VMK-NOT-FOUND/m-p/374627#M22116</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi Guys,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anyone faced the below issue&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Could not start VMX: msg.vmk.status.VMK_NOT_FOUND&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Failed to create swap file '/vmfs/volumes/528532f6-ae5b9e36-bd62-7c050710dfee/xxx/vmx-xxx-276554991-1.vswp' : Not found&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:31:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Could-not-start-VMX-msg-vmk-status-VMK-NOT-FOUND/m-p/374627#M22116</guid>
      <dc:creator>UmashankarQA</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-01-27T14:31:08Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Could not start VMX: msg.vmk.status.VMK_NOT_FOUND</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Could-not-start-VMX-msg-vmk-status-VMK-NOT-FOUND/m-p/374628#M22117</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;This error is due to it unable to locate it's .vswp file.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Has the VM recently been moved storage wise? Or has it vmotioned to a host which does not have access to the storage in which the vswap file is located?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:44:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>corvettefisher</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-01-27T15:44:57Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Could not start VMX: msg.vmk.status.VMK_NOT_FOUND</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Could-not-start-VMX-msg-vmk-status-VMK-NOT-FOUND/m-p/374629#M22118</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check out this kb&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1003648" title="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1003648"&gt;http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&amp;amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;amp;externalId=1003648&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2015 15:52:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Could-not-start-VMX-msg-vmk-status-VMK-NOT-FOUND/m-p/374629#M22118</guid>
      <dc:creator>MauroBonder</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-01-27T15:52:05Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Could not start VMX: msg.vmk.status.VMK_NOT_FOUND</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Could-not-start-VMX-msg-vmk-status-VMK-NOT-FOUND/m-p/374630#M22119</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi corvettefisher / MauroBonder,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thank You for your input.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After a long research I had fixed it.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;ISSUE&lt;/STRONG&gt;: The .vmx file associated with the virtual machine is corrupted.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;FIX&lt;/STRONG&gt;: Recreate a corrupted .vmx file [ &lt;A href="http://techhead.co/vmware-esx-how-to-easily-recreate-a-missing-or-corrupt-vmx-file/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" target="_blank" title="http://techhead.co/vmware-esx-how-to-easily-recreate-a-missing-or-corrupt-vmx-file/"&gt;http://techhead.co/vmware-esx-how-to-easily-recreate-a-missing-or-corrupt-vmx-file/&lt;/A&gt; ] // Thanks to &lt;SPAN class="entry-author" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;A class="entry-author-link" href="http://techhead.co/author/simon-seagrave/" rel="author" style="color: #2b2b2b;"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="entry-author-name"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Simon Seagrave&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"&gt; for a great blog on how to recreate .vmx file.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Cheers,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Umashankar Velliah&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:26:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Could-not-start-VMX-msg-vmk-status-VMK-NOT-FOUND/m-p/374630#M22119</guid>
      <dc:creator>UmashankarQA</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2015-01-28T11:26:42Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Could not start VMX: msg.vmk.status.VMK_NOT_FOUND</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Could-not-start-VMX-msg-vmk-status-VMK-NOT-FOUND/m-p/374631#M22120</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="color: #242729; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"&gt;Create a new VM and mount the VMDKs from the failed VM. This may fix your issue.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2017 14:19:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>deepaksel</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-05-31T14:19:34Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Could not start VMX: msg.vmk.status.VMK_NOT_FOUND</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Could-not-start-VMX-msg-vmk-status-VMK-NOT-FOUND/m-p/2861061#M277328</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Excellent solution. Thanks Simon &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;SPAN&gt;Umashankar Velliah&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Cheers,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Zamir Mushtaq&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2021 17:54:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/ESXi-Discussions/Could-not-start-VMX-msg-vmk-status-VMK-NOT-FOUND/m-p/2861061#M277328</guid>
      <dc:creator>zamirmushtaq</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2021-08-06T17:54:07Z</dc:date>
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