Troubleshoot: VM Does Not Power On After Cloning or Deploying from Template

VM Does Not Power On After Cloning or Deploying from Template
VM Does Not Power On After Cloning or Deploying from Template

This is an exclusive article for troubleshooting tips when your trying to Power on Virtual Machine which does not switched on instead your getting error message, How to troubleshoot..? We are going to help you out with Troubleshoot: VM Does Not Power On After Cloning or Deploying from Template.

Issue:

The swap file size is not reserved when the virtual machine disks are created.

We can re-mediate this issue by following any of the below steps.

Troubleshoot: VM Does Not Power On After Cloning or Deploying from Template
1. You can increase the amount of space available for the swap file by moving other virtual machine disks of the data store that is being used for the swap file.

Steps are as below:

a) In the vSphere Client inventory, select the data store and click the Virtual Machines tab.

b) For each virtual machine to move, right-click the virtual machine and select Migrate.

c) Select Change data store.

d) Proceed through the Migrate Virtual Machine wizard.

 

2. You can also increase the amount of space available for the swap file by changing the swap file location to a data store with adequate space.

Below are the steps for this:

a) In the vSphere Client inventory, select the host and click the Configuration tab.

b) Under Software, select Virtual Machine Swap File Location.

c) Click Edit.

 

3. Reduce the size of the swap file that is required for the virtual machine. We can achieve this by increasing the virtual machine memory  reservation.

Follow the below steps:

a) In the vSphere Client inventory, right-click the virtual machine and select Edit     Settings.

b) Select the Resources tab and click Memory.

c) Use the Reservation slider to increase the amount of memory allocated to the virtual   machine.

d) Click OK.

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