"A general system error occurred: Internal error" when powering on a VM

[rwar]

Anyone have seen this error before when trying to power on a VM in ESX 3i? I can create as much VMs I want, but no one can be powered on.

What points should I check before to start a new installation? Other machines with 3i are ok.

[admin]

Have you looked at the ESX server log for any clues as to the reason your getting the error?

[Dave_Mishchenko]

Welcome to the VMware Community forums. You might want to check the Configuration \ Licensing to make sure the host has picked up a valid license. Also press ALT-F12 at the console, power up the VM and see if any helpful errors are displayed at the console.

[rwar]

Unfortunately I have not found any clue in the logs...

Thanks.

[JRink]

I had this happen recently after powering down a VM (properly). It wouldn't start back up and had the same error. I ended up having the kill the hostd process and restart the mgmt-vmware service. Afterwards, the VM was able to be powered on again. Not really sure what hiccuped or caused the problem.

JR

[rwar]

The license is the evaluation one, and remains 57 days to finish. I did not read the whole license agreement but I presume I can test all the software, including power on a VM and install an OS in it before license expires.

I did reinstall ESX and could power on the VM, but now there is another error message. It something like object not found or something (I'm at home now, tomorrow I can send some pictures). VI Client just can not connect the VM to some ISO to install the OS. It is another issue I must solve.

Anyway, thanks for the welcome and your help.

[rwar]

I am not an expert in ESX/Linux yet JRink. I do not know exactly how to configure/install some stuff. But I will look for how to stop kill and/or processes and try what you did.

Thanks.