This vitual machines policies are too old ..

[HumptyDumpty]

Hello,

my problem is precisely discribed by this KB issue:

kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=2034362&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&dialogID=453338166&stateId=1%200%20453344210

When I want to start a Win 2000 Pro machine I get this message:

This virtual machine's policies are too old to be run by this version of VMware. Contact your system administrator

I did what the KB told: I found 3 lines policy.vm. ... and removed them.

There was also a file host.vmpl which I rename host.vmpl.old.

The message still remains when I want to start this vm.

I think that my vm is an ACE machine and was created with Workstation 7.x -

there is an empty folder 'ACE Ressources' and 2 small files ace.dat and aceMaster.dat.

Today before I upgraded to Workstation 9 I had no problems to work with this machine.

So what can I do?

Thanks

Klaus (H.D.)

[continuum]

If you need to run ACE VMs the answer is very simple : do not use Workstation 9.

Anyway - please post a directory listing of the VM and attach the vmx-file if it is not encrypted

[HumptyDumpty]

Hello Ulli,

very good idea not to use Workstation 9.

Well, here's the file listing

11.10.2012  09:31    <DIR>          .
11.10.2012  09:31    <DIR>          ..
10.10.2012  16:56    <DIR>          ACE Resources
19.06.2009  11:42               431 ace.dat
19.06.2009  11:42               769 aceMaster.dat
27.03.2012  17:19    <DIR>          caches
19.06.2009  11:42             1.416 host.vmpl.old
12.08.2012  11:43           152.155 vmware-0.log
19.07.2012  17:14           162.233 vmware-1.log
18.07.2012  14:35           216.515 vmware-2.log
10.10.2012  14:17           180.070 vmware.log
10.10.2012  14:17             8.684 Win 2000 Pro.nvram
19.06.2009  11:42             9.153 Win 2000 Pro.vmpl
03.02.2009  12:57                 0 Win 2000 Pro.vmsd
10.10.2012  16:44             3.529 Win 2000 Pro.vmx
20.06.2012  07:54             2.939 Win 2000 Pro.vmxf
10.10.2012  14:17           524.288 Windows 2000 Professional-1-cl2-s001.vmdk
10.10.2012  14:17     2.146.369.536 Windows 2000 Professional-1-cl2-s002.vmdk
10.10.2012  14:17     2.146.762.752 Windows 2000 Professional-1-cl2-s003.vmdk
10.10.2012  14:17     2.119.565.312 Windows 2000 Professional-1-cl2-s004.vmdk
10.10.2012  14:17     2.145.320.960 Windows 2000 Professional-1-cl2-s005.vmdk
10.10.2012  14:17     1.453.522.944 Windows 2000 Professional-1-cl2-s006.vmdk
10.10.2012  14:17         2.621.440 Windows 2000 Professional-1-cl2-s007.vmdk
10.10.2012  14:17       232.849.408 Windows 2000 Professional-1-cl2-s008.vmdk
10.10.2012  14:17           131.072 Windows 2000 Professional-1-cl2-s009.vmdk
10.10.2012  14:10             1.042 Windows 2000 Professional-1-cl2.vmdk
10.10.2012  14:17     9.578.938.368 Windows 2000 Professional-cl2.vmdk

The folder 'ACE Resources' is empty.

I have no idea what an ACE vm does different from a non ACE vm.

I'm sure this machine was created with Workstaion 6.x

Klaus

[continuum · Accepted solution]

Looks like you did not rename the vmpl file - try that first

[HumptyDumpty]

Thanks Ulli,

obviously I only saw  the host.vmpl file.

Now the machine runs nicely.

Klaus