Cloning a virtual machine in vSphere fails with the error Number of virtual devices exceeds the maximum for a given controller

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
When cloning a virtual machine or deploying from a template, cloning fails at approximately 90% on the vSphere Client with this error:

Number of virtual devices exceeds the maximum for a given controller

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 4.1.x
VMware vCenter Server 4.0.x

Cause

This issue occurs when the Edit Virtual Hardware (Experimental) checkbox is selected as a cloning option in vCenter Server 4.0 and vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1.

Resolution

This is a known issue which is resolved in VMware vCenter Server 4.0 Update 3, for more information see the vSphere 4.0 Update 3 Release Notes.

To resolve this issue, clone the virtual machine again without selecting the Edit Virtual hardware (Experimental) option.

Additional Information

No se puede completar la clonación de máquinas virtuales en vSphere y se muestra un error que indica que la cantidad de dispositivos virtuales excede el máximo para un controlador dado
「Number of virtual devices exceeds the maximum for a given controller」というエラーで vSphere の仮想マシンのクローン作成が失敗する
在 vSphere 中克隆虚拟机失败，并显示以下错误：虚拟设备的数目超过给定控制器的最大值