Hello,
VMX wants to shutdown VMs since ESX upgrade to 7.0
Logs say:
INFO [2490953] Source: 'hyp005.example.com' (License 'Unknown') Target: 'Local Machine' (V:\vmbak\{VM}\{DATETIME})
INFO [2490953] ForceSnapshot is enabled.
ERROR [2490953] Storage snapshot will not be performed, because it's supported only with Enterprise License!
INFO [2490953] Disabling vMotion for VM VM001 on host "vcsa.example.com"
INFO [2490953] PrepareForAccess on host "vcsa.example.com" VM VM001 (vm-66032) started
INFO [2490953] PrepareForAccess VD Service at host: vcsa.example.com:443
INFO [2490953] PrepareForAccess VD Service at host: vcsa.example.com:443 error: VIX_E_HOST_USER_PERMISSIONS
ERROR [2490953] Could not PrepareForAccess to VD Service. Host:'vcsa': VIX_E_HOST_USER_PERMISSIONS VM: VM001(vm-66032).
ERROR [2490953] vMotion cannot be disabled for VM VM001 on host "vcsa.example.com"
INFO [2490953] Current value of ShutDownGuest: False. Setting it to true.
INFO [2490953] Shutting down guest for vm 'VM001'...
Why?
Gladly RBAC on Vcenter is configured such that VMX user is not allowed to do this!
Any option asking to shut down or restart VM is NOT selected.
VMX 7.1.4, ESX 7.0.3
Thanks