Issue: the vm was orphaned and unpingable.
Resolution: Open the datastore browser of the datastore which contains the VM files.
Remove the host from the inventory.
Right click on the cluster which contains the VM and rescan for datastores.
Right click on the .vmx file of the VM in the datastore browser and add to inventory.
Power on the VM.
Caution: It will fail once or twice when you try to add the VM to the inventory but try 2 to 3 times in different resource pools of the cluster if you have more than one resource pool and it will work.
Cause: interrupted power to the host or cluster will make the host lose its connection to the storage improperly and when the hosts are powered on we should always right click on the host and rescan for datastores and such issues can then be avoided.
Resolution: Open the datastore browser of the datastore which contains the VM files.
Remove the host from the inventory.
Right click on the cluster which contains the VM and rescan for datastores.
Right click on the .vmx file of the VM in the datastore browser and add to inventory.
Power on the VM.
Caution: It will fail once or twice when you try to add the VM to the inventory but try 2 to 3 times in different resource pools of the cluster if you have more than one resource pool and it will work.
Cause: interrupted power to the host or cluster will make the host lose its connection to the storage improperly and when the hosts are powered on we should always right click on the host and rescan for datastores and such issues can then be avoided.
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