Virtual machine operations are not functional

Last Updated : Mar 10, 2021 |

Cause

Virtual machine name has special characters, such as, Percent(%), Forward-Slash(/), and Backward-Slash(\).

Solution

Procedure

  1. Rename the virtual machine using vSphere Web client.
  2. After renaming the virtual machine, refresh the virtual machine host. To refresh, on the Platforms tab, select the platform and click Refresh.

    After platform refresh, retry the virtual machine operation.