esxi VM will not connect to virual switch

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Published on 2010-12-17T06:33:02Z Indexed on 2011/01/17 15:55 UTC
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I have a exsi box with a VM (Windows 2003) that will not connect to any of the switches. The switch shows the VM connected but I can not ping anything on the network. I have double checked the VM's IP. No dice.

There are a ton of messages in the log:

[DATE 'VmMisc' NNNNN warning] Failed to validate VM IP address: unknown

Update: There are 3 other VMs. Each vSwitch has 56 ports.

I can ping from one nic to the other. Each vSwitch shows that the new VM is connect.

VMware ESX Server 3i V 3.5.9 Build 123629

Update 2: Out of the blue it just started working. I didn't change anything. I think it has something to do with RRAS.

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