Memory error on Red Hat Linux VM

[fgl]

I'm getting an error message of "Unable to find memory information for the guest OS. Using legacy defaults." everytime when I click on "Edit Settings..." on a Red Hat Linux VM that I imported into ESX. After I click on OK which is the only option it opens up in the settings pages and everything seems normal and I can change settings just fine. The VM is also up and running just fine with no noticable issues. I have never seen this error before and don't see any about it on the forum when I did a search. Anyone have any ideas?

[ponpalani2001]

Hi,

Login to ssh and open up the .vmx file and have a check on the mem section for that vm

Thanks

[dominic7]

I've seen it on a 2.x host before when /home filled up to 100% and changes were made through the Virtual Infrastructure Client to the VM. Since the ESX host isn't able to write out a new .vmx file when changes are made, some of the information seems to get lost even if you clear up /home and force the ESX host to write out a new .vmx file.

I never really fixed the problem since I was already in the process of upgrading all my ESX 2.5 hosts to 3.x, and when I did so the problem just disappeared.