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tdubb123
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Unable to add the virtual machine to the inventory

I got a vm that I am unableto add back into vcenter

The vm intially got grayed out. Then I went into the datastore and saw a lcl file still there. Also there was vswp and could not view the vmx file.

I tracked down the host the vm still had a process running on. then i killed it.

then I remove that vm and tried to re-register it but keep getting this error

The speciied key, name or identifier already exists

but I cannot find that vm in the inventory

any idea?

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rcporto
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Check this KB article: VMware KB: Determining a virtual machine's associated vmx/.vmtx file

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Richardson Porto
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tdubb123
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thanks for the kb,

I did find the vm and its was named "unknown"

I removed it from inventory and tried to readded it

but it keeps failing

now the unknown ghost vm is back in the inventory

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