A restore job fails when restoring virtual machines to ESX hosts that is managed by vCenter 5.0.

Article:TECH173237

Created: 2011-10-31

Updated: 2013-03-07

Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH173237

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Problem

A restore job of virtual machines to ESX hosts managed by vCenter 5.0 fails with the following error in the job log:

Access to the host is restricted because it is being managed by a Virtual Center.

Error writing file data.

Error

Final error: 0x200095c1 - Access to the host is restricted because it is being managed by a Virtual Center.

Final error category: Resource Errors

[Figure 1 - Job log in English]

[Figure 2 - Job log in Japanese]

Environment

ESXi 5.0, vCenter 5.0

Cause

With the release 5.0, VMware has blocked the ability to restore virtual machines to ESX hosts that are managed by vCenter.

Solution

Restore virtual machines via vCenter, or restore them via ESX after unmanaging the ESX host from vCenter.

Steps on how to unmanage an ESX host from vCenter:

1. Connect to the ESX host using vSphere Client.
2. Select [Home] [Inventory].
3. Open [Summary] tab.
4. Click [Disassociate host from vCenter Server...] in [Host Management]. (See Figure 3.)

[Figure 3]

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ETrack

Value

2415942

Description

AVVI: Restore to ESX managed by vCenter reports unable to create VM

Source	Error Code
Value	0x200095c1
Description	Access to the host is restricted because it is being managed by a Virtual Center.

Source	ETrack
Value	2599694
Description	AVVI: A correct error message is not reported with a final error 0x200095c1 under Japanese environment.