ESX 3.5 U4: Unable to apply DRS resource settings on host (Reason: A general system error occurred: Invalid fault).

[COSNA2]

How do you resolve this?

Unable to apply DRS resource settings on host (Reason: A general system error occurred: Invalid fault). This can significantly reduce the effectiveness of DRS.

[bulletprooffool]

Verify that your Datastores and port groups are mapped identically.

If you have the Cluster properl;y set up, run a health check script to conpare configuration:

Plenty available online

e.g.

http://communities.vmware.com/blogs/virtuallysi/2009/04/02/esx-healthcheck-script-winner

Fix any anomalies and try again