VM is in (invalid) satate

[usmansiddiqui]

Hi,

I am running a vsphere 4 updat 1 environment.

Recently, I tried to shutdown a virtual machine (which is a clone machine) but it stuck at 95%.When I opened its console from vcenter server it showed following error

"Unable to connect to the MKS:Error connecting to /vmfs/volumes/....../MachineName.vmx because the vmx is not started.."

I restarted mgmt and vpxa services on ESX server, hosting the VM.After executing the command VM turned off successfully. However, status of VM is shown "invalid" in vCenter. When I try to turn it on , a dialogue box pops up showing

"The operation is not allowed in the current state"

Regards

[vcpguy]

Try removing the host from the cluster and add it back again. If that is not helping how about reconfiguring the HA agent on that host. I don't this HA has anytthing to do with this but just give it a shot.

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[jamesbowling · Accepted solution]

You could also attempt to remove the VM from inventory and then adding it back in.

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[usmansiddiqui]

Problem resolved Thanks