vm is showing up from vcenter but actually down

[avba]

A vm is showing up from vcenter but its actually down. Cant do anything , cant kill from putty as the version is old

ESX 4.0 version

Please help

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The error given below

[root@**** ~]# vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/f14debf9-5be41d98/SIN-AS-CAS.wiley.com/SIN-AS-CAS.wiley.com.vmx stop

vim.fault.ToolsUnavailable: Cannot complete operation because VMware Tools is not running in this virtual machine.

[root@**** ~]# vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/f14debf9-5be41d98/SIN-AS-CAS.wiley.com/SIN-AS-CAS.wiley.com.vmx stop hard

vim.fault.InvalidPowerState: The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Powered On).

[avba]

vm-support -x   is not showing the server name

NEITHER /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmdumper -l is not showing the server name

[avba · Accepted solution]

Have created the vmx file as it was corrupted.

create the vmx file with the help of the log file. It works.