Symptoms
- Unable to power on virtual machine
- You receive the following error:
The power on operation failed unexpectedly - VMware Infrastructure Client generates the following error:
Invalid Value "/vmware.log" for configuration key "log.filename"
Resolution
To ensure you can power on the virtual machine:
- Open ESX command line
- Run the following command to change directory to the virtual machine's directory:
cd /vmfs/volumes/<datastore>/<vm_directory> - Open the following file in a text editor:
<vm_name>.vmx - Remove the '/' from the entry log.filename.
- Save and re-add the virtual machine to the inventoryBased on VMware KB 1008513
