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When a Legacy Template Is Converted to a Virtual Machine, the Resulting Virtual Machine Must Be Registered on the Host Where the Template Was Created

Details

This issue occurs when converting a template stored on a VMFS2 volume to a virtual machine and attempting to register the resulting virtual machine on a host different from the one where the template was created. Doing so yields the following error:
 
Unable to access virtual machine configuration file.

Solution

Register the resulting virtual machine on the host where the template was created.

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  • KB Article: 1003100
  • Updated: Aug 14, 2009
  • Products:
    VMware VirtualCenter
  • Product Versions:
    VMware VirtualCenter 2.5.x