Virtual Machine (VM) is listed as Orphaned and vCenter Shows it Running on the Wrong Host
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Article ID: 423847
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VMware vCenter Server
Issue/Introduction
- vCenter shows a VM as Orphaned
- The VM is online and accessible
- When selecting the orphaned VM in vCenter and going to the Related Objects section on the Summary tab, you see the Host is listed as host1.example.com
- When you log into host1.example.com with the ESXi Host Client, the virtual machine isn't listed in the host's inventory
- When you log into another host in the environment with the ESXi Host Client, you find that the VM is running on the host
Resolution
- In vCenter, right-click the orphaned VM and select Remove from Inventory
- Locate the ESXi host where the VM is running on, right-click it and select Connection > Disconnect > OK
- Right-click the host again and select Connection > Connect
- After the Connect task completes the, previously orphaned VM should no longer be listed as orphaned.
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