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  • 1.  VM showing up as Invalid

    Posted Dec 15, 2009 01:58 PM

    I had a vm that was displaying as invalid and I couldn't open the console to view it or do anything with it.

    SSH, and other services were working on the vm, so I log in to the host to check the state and it said off, weird.

    I don't know what was wrong with the vm, why it was showing up as invalid, state off, and all the services working.

    It was like a zombie, a living dead vm. Anyways the fix was to vmotion it to another host and everything was back to normal.

    Anyone has any idea why would this happen and how can I prevent it.



  • 2.  RE: VM showing up as Invalid

    Posted Dec 15, 2009 02:10 PM

    Hello,

    Do you receive any heartbeat alert from vcenter? Also update the VM tools, if applicable.

    Regards,

    Aravind K

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  • 3.  RE: VM showing up as Invalid

    Posted Dec 15, 2009 02:11 PM

    have you tried to restart the vCener Service and/or the management agents of the ESX(i) Host where the VM was/is registered?



  • 4.  RE: VM showing up as Invalid

    Posted Jan 14, 2010 03:31 PM

    I have this same issue with a VM. I've restarted the VC agent on the host (service mgmt-vmware restart). The VM got stuck powering down.