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lanwan
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‎03-30-2011 03:34 AM

Cannot power up a 1-cpu VM

Hi all, this my very first post. I am running an ESXi lab, but cannot power up a 1-cpu VM. I get the error "The operation is not allowed in the current connection state of the host."

I end up having to restart the host, for it to work. There are no CPU reservations on the VM. Any help is appreciated.

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MauroBonder
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‎03-30-2011 04:04 AM

check if help http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=101226...

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idle-jam
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‎03-30-2011 04:09 AM

seems like some other test is working on the particular VM is there any pending task during that time?

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lanwan
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‎03-30-2011 04:44 AM

Hi,

Thx for reply. My esx hosts are not on any drs cluster...

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lanwan
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‎03-30-2011 04:45 AM

Hi,

No others test taking place on VM. Thx

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Walfordr
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‎03-30-2011 06:53 AM

lanwan wrote:

Hi all, this my very first post. I am running an ESXi lab, but cannot power up a 1-cpu VM. I get the error "The operation is not allowed in the current connection state of the host."

I end up having to restart the host, for it to work. There are no CPU reservations on the VM. Any help is appreciated.

Can you please describe your full set up?

Which version of ESXi? Do you have any other guest that you can power on?  Is the Host in Maintenance mode? etc.

Screenshots would be helpful as well.

Robert -- BSIT, VCP3/VCP4, A+, MCP (Wow I haven't updated my profile since 4.1 days) -- Please consider awarding points for "helpful" and/or "correct" answers.
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