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bstratton
Contributor
Contributor

Failed to intialize VMware VirtualCenter. Shutting down....

My VC service is failing after running for about 1 hour. I'm running VC 2.0.1 Build 33643.

In the minutes leading up to the failure, I receive a series of these errors in the Windows system log:

The device, \Device\Scsi\vmscsi1, did not respond within the timeout period.

The service then stops with this message in the windows application log:

The description for Event ID ( 1000 ) in Source ( VMware VirtualCenter Server ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following information is part of the event: Failed to intialize VMware VirtualCenter. Shutting down....

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acr
Champion
Champion

Assumming this is a fresh install, id try reinstalling..?

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bretti
Expert
Expert

It sounds like you might have some hardware or disk subsystem errors / issues.

This line usually indicates that type of problem...

The device, \Device\Scsi\vmscsi1, did not respond within the timeout period.

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bister
Expert
Expert

Please check c:\winnt\temp\vpx\vpxd.log for error messages.

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