ESXi host won't power on, in current state (powerd off)

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DawgVonT picture DawgVonT · Jul 12, 2017 · Viewed 31.7k times · Source

I had this working Windows Server 2012 VM, that needed a reboot. After I rebooted the vm, changed some settings (attached a dvd drive), it would boot up again.

Now it says: 

Failed - The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Powered off).

I can't revert the setting, because of this state, I checked the host machine, tried booting it from there, but no luck. Also tried to reboot, reset, etc but nothing worked, it is not in the running VMs list.

Answer

PineNutPesto picture PineNutPesto · Aug 15, 2017

I made changes to the VM using Remote Console (removed ISO from DVD). Received the same error. I had to un-register the VM, then re-register the VM and now it boots fine.

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