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Error: The operation is not allowed in the current state

Problem

User tries to restart VM machine and gets the following errors

The operation is not allowed in the current state.

the attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (powered off)

Solution

Restart the VMware services from the command line to reset the state

SSH to host

/etc/init.d/hostd restart

/etc/init.d/vpxa restart

 

Another errors

Failed to power on virtual machine <VIRTUAL MACHINE NAME>. The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Powered off). Click here for more details