Chris Bradshaw • 2/19/2019

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This technical article details a specific VMware ESXi 6.5 issue where a powered-off virtual machine fails to power on, returning a contradictory state error. It describes the scenario following a VM configuration change and provides a step-by-step solution involving unregistering and re-registering the VM using its vmx file. This is a practical guide for homelab or sysadmin troubleshooting in a virtualization environment.

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