"Virtual machine is already in the inventory" - Because of "Invalid VM"?

Hi!

I installed RC2 (Build 27828) on Windows XP. I then installed a Guest Win 2k3. All fine. Next, I rebooted the machine and started VMware again. The guest was gone from the inventory list. When I try to add it again (by clicking on File -> Open -> Brows), I get the following well known error message:

Unable to add virtual machine "C:\Virtual Machines\DGD Server\Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmx" to the inventory:

Virtual machine is already in the inventory[/b]

In "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware Server\vmlist", I find:

# This file is automatically generated.

\# Hand-editing this file is not recommended.

config "C:\Virtual Machines\DGD Server\Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmx"[/b]

I now emptied that file, started VMware and tried to open the guest. A different error message:

Unable to add virtual machine "C:\Virtual Machines\DGD Server\Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmx" to the inventory:

Invalid virtual machine[/b]

Is that the reason, why the guest didn't show up in the inventory? Why is the VM invalid? I created it with RC2 just prior to rebooting.

Edit:

I did not mess with the .vmx file. It contains:

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "140"

scsi0:0.present = "FALSE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "C:\Documents and Settings\vz6tml\Desktop\ISOs\DGD\Server\E60201SR.ISO"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"

floppy0.present = "FALSE"

Ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

displayName = "DGD Server"

guestOS = "winnetstandard"

priority.grabbed = "normal"

priority.ungrabbed = "normal"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.fileName = "Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (2).vmdk"

ide0:0.deviceType = "disk"

ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"

workingDir = "."

scsi0:0.redo = ""

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

uuid.location = "56 4d b6 fb b8 d2 3a da-cd 57 91 2b ee c6 b0 c5"

uuid.bios = "56 4d b6 fb b8 d2 3a da-cd 57 91 2b ee c6 b0 c5"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:c6:b0:c5"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

ide0:1.present = "TRUE"

ide0:1.fileName = "Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (3).vmdk"

ide0:1.deviceType = "disk"

ide1:0.startConnected = "FALSE"

ide0:0.redo = ""

ide1:1.present = "FALSE"

ide1:1.fileName = "C:\Documents and Settings\vz6tml\Desktop\ISOs\DGD\Server\E60201SR.ISO"

ide1:1.deviceType = "cdrom-image"

ide0:1.redo = ""[/b]

Thanks,

Alexander

Message was edited by:

        askwar

Message was edited by:

        askwar