Message "VMX has left the building"

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

This article explains the causes of this message.

At the end of the vmware.log file, located in the virtual machine directory, you see this message:

VMX has left the building: 0

Environment

• VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5
• VMware ESXi 4.0.x Installable
• VMware ESXi 4.0.x Embedded
• VMware ESXi 4.1.x Embedded
• VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
• VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
• VMware ESXi 4.1.x Installable

Resolution

This is an informational message and is caused by powering off a Virtual Machine or performing a vMotion of the Virtual Machine to a new host. It can be safely ignored.