The Windows virtual machine with VMware Tools reports Event ID 105 in the Event Viewer tab

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• A Windows virtual machine that has VMware Tools installed reports Event ID 105 in the Windows Application Event Viewer
• In the Windows Event Viewer tab, you see these messages:
  
  Event Type: Information
  Event Source: VMTools
  Event Category: None
  Event ID: 105
  Date: 2/25/2011
  Time: 7:54:53 AM
  User: N/A
  Computer: Name
  Description: The description for Event ID ( 105 ) in Source ( VMTools ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: The event log file is corrupt.

Environment

VMware ESXi 4.1.x Installable
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Embedded
VMware ESX 4.1.x

Resolution

This issue is resolved in ESX/ESXi 4.1 Update 2. You can download the most recent update from the vSphere Download Center.

This message is harmless and can be safely ignored.

To workaround this issue:

1. Click Start > Run, type regedit, and click OK. The Registry Editor window opens.
2. Navigate to HLEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\vmtools.
3. Modify the value of Event Messages File from C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmwareservice.exe to C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmtoolsd.exe.