ESXi standalone host cannot power on any virtual machines
- by Mark Henderson
I have a standalone VMWare ESXi host on ESXi 5.1. It currently has a handful of VMs powered on, and they are running fine.
If I try to power on any other VM - any VM at all - I am receiving the following message:
Power On virtual machine:A general system error occurred: The virtual machine could not start
I have been through everything on KB2001005 and KB1006232 and their steps are either not applicable, or don't change anything. Nothing is generated in the virtual machine's log file.
Where can I troubleshoot from here?