Inaccessible VM in UI

Products

• VMware vCenter Server

Issue/Introduction

• vCenter UI will show VMs as inaccessible
• Cannot power on the VMs
• Cannot migrate the VMs

Environment

7.x

8.x

Resolution

Validate if the storage was removed:

1. Login to ESXi host via ssh
2. Check to see if the path to the vm is accessible (/vmfs/volumes/<Datastore-Name>/<VM-Name>) 
3. If the path is not available, it means the back end storage has been removed
4. Engage with your storage team to investigate what happened to the storage