i can not create a new virtual machine , for "invalid state" error of vmware

[maxtoscano]

hi , i have a esx server vmware , with some virtual machines of production ;

yestarday i did a new virtual machine , linux suse , froma cdrom ; but the filesystem is crashed , it was corrupted , i dont know why ,

and i had to cancel the machine using "remove from the disk" ;

after i could read "a general system error occurred" and when i do click on create a new virtual machine (ctrl + n) , i can not becouse the answer is "invalid state"

when i click in every virtual machine in "events" , i dont see the logs , i see this errore "a general system error occurred"

somebody can help me ? , must i restart service mgmt-vmware ? (init.d) on the host server ?

thanks in advance , best regards

max toscano

[Rao · Accepted solution]

If you are using Virtual Center, rebbot VC server and try again. If that don't work, you may need to reboot ESX host.

[maxtoscano]

hi , thnks !

do you intend reboot the console vm client esx ?

ok i can do .. but every virtual machine will be rebooted , yes ?

i have to advice users ;

[Rao]

Yes, reboot from console or VC client. Shutdown all guests ( If you don't have HA capacity) and put ESX host in maintenance mode before rebooting. Once you reboot ESX host, remove mainteancne mode and power on all guests...

[maxtoscano]

maybe i dont understand this maintenance mode ; what does it mean ?

the host ?

before to do the reboot , i have to put in power off every single vm machine ?

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