https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/esxi-4-stale-vm-after-failure/m-p/4575135#M1226 After an motherboard h/w failure, when host repaired, we have a "stale" VM showing the machine as powered on and "unknown" status.<BR /><BR />We are actually unable to power it off (indeed it is already off) or to restart... <BR /><BR />What can we do ? Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:38:17 GMT Licensing Team 2010-02-01T10:38:17Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/esxi-4-stale-vm-after-failure/m-p/4575135#M1226 After an motherboard h/w failure, when host repaired, we have a "stale" VM showing the machine as powered on and "unknown" status.<BR /><BR />We are actually unable to power it off (indeed it is already off) or to restart... <BR /><BR />What can we do ? Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:38:17 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/esxi-4-stale-vm-after-failure/m-p/4575135#M1226 Licensing Team 2010-02-01T10:38:17Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/esxi-4-stale-vm-after-failure/m-p/4575136#M1227 Can you right-click it and use remove from inventory? If that does not work, can you try to remove the host from the inventory? Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:36:58 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-vmware/esxi-4-stale-vm-after-failure/m-p/4575136#M1227 Uwe Zessin 2010-02-01T18:36:58Z