vMotion fails with the general system error: 0xbad003f

Products

• VMware vCenter Server
• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Cannot vMotion a virtual machine
• vMotion fails at 10%
• You see the general system error:
  
  0xbad003f
  
  
• Running the vmkping command reports this error for at least one host:
  
  getaddrinfo() for "hostname" failed (success)

Environment

VMware ESX Server 3.5.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0
VMware vCenter Server 5.0.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5
VMware vCenter Server 5.5.x
VMware ESX 4.1.x
VMware ESXi 3.5.x Embedded
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Embedded
VMware ESX 4.0.x
VMware ESXi 4.0.x Installable
VMware ESXi 4.0.x Embedded
VMware VirtualCenter 2.5.x
VMware ESXi 3.5.x Installable
VMware ESXi 4.1.x Installable
VMware vCenter Server 4.1.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.1
VMware vCenter Server 5.1.x
VMware vCenter Server 4.0.x

Cause

This issue occurs if the VMkernel port group is corrupted.

Resolution

To resolve this issue, remove and recreate the vSwitch and recreate the port group.

Additional Information

vMotion fails with the error: Error bad003F