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Upgrade Migration with VMotion Can Fail if CPU Utilization or I/O Load on a Virtual Machine or Host System Are Too Heavy

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While performing an upgrade migration of my virtual machine, I'm getting the following error message:

 "A general system error occurred. The upgrade has failed. Please power-off the virtual machine and complete the migration."

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Solution

This error might occur when your virtual machine or host system is experiencing a heavy I/O load or CPU utilization. The error forces migration to be completed with the virtual machine powered off. To avoid this problem, decrease the workload of the virtual machine to a medium level before performing any upgrades.

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  • KB Article: 7136768
  • Updated: Aug 14, 2009
  • Products:
    VMware ESX
    VMware VirtualCenter
  • Product Versions:
    VMware ESX 3.0.x
    VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.x