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Microsoft Scripting VMware Web Server (Linux) Cloud Native Apps You are here: Home / VMware / VMware ESX Error: Unable to connect to the MKS: vmx connection handshake failed for mks of…VMware ESX Error: Unable lock [type 10c00001 to connect to the MKS: vmx connection handshake failed for mks of… March vmware kb investigating virtual machine file locks on esxi/esx 3, 2010 by Ray Heffer 5 Comments When you power on a virtual machine with VMware ESX VI3 or file is being locked by a consumer on host with exclusive lock vSphere it may reach 95% progress in the tasks, but when you open the console you'll notice the error: "Unable to connect to the MKS: vmx connection handshake failed for mks of https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2109735 /vmfs/volumes…". The MKS is the virtual Mouse, Keyboard, Screen (aka. KVM - Keyboard, Video, Mouse), and the error is simply unable to map this to the guest OS, hence the power on will fail. This issue isn't very common, but should be relatively easy to resolve. First check the following: 1) Edit the settings of the virtual machine, click the Options tab and http://www.rayheffer.com/vmware-esx-error-unable-to-connect-to-the-mks-vmx-connection-handshake-failed-for-mks-of/ make sure that the guest operating system version is correct. This can cause this error, so make sure you select the correct OS. E.g. "Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)". 2) Try removing the virtual machine from the vCenter inventory and re-adding it. 3) Try restarting the VMware management agents (service mgmt-vmware restart and service vmware-vpxa restart). I have only had this issue occur twice and both times it was related to the guest operating system type being set incorrectly. Please share this post, I'd really appreciate it!TwitterGoogleLinkedInPrintFiled Under: VMware Tagged With: mks, vmware console, vmware esx, vmx connection, vsphereComments Amit Suman says April 28, 2010 at 20:19 hi, there is a patch avaliable for this kindly go through the mentioned links. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd =displayKC&externalId=1017458 Patch Download Link: https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-192-20100228- 732240/ESX4 Reply Ray Heffer says July 14, 2010 at 22:50 VMware KB: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1002001 Reply Sarge says January 10, 2011 at 01:23 Thank you for the article on the above fix. it is well written. Thanks again Reply Ray Heffer says January 10, 2011 at 17:17 I'm glad you like it, thanks for the comment! Ray Reply Trackbacks Running VM shows â€
and cannot open a local pipe to local virtual machine By Mariusz | April 13, 2015 6 Comments Today, when I wanted to http://www.settlersoman.com/error-connecting-to-binvmx-process-and-cannot-open-a-local-pipe-to-local-virtual-machine/ power one my virtual machine, I got the following error: An error was received from the ESX host while powering on MK_SIM. Connection error while establishing connection (11): http://www.goline.ch/en/news/it-f-a-q/87-investigating-virtual-machine-file-locks-on-esx-esxi Error connecting to /bin/vmx process. Cannot open a local pipe to local virtual machine '/vmfs/volumes/.... Under investigating I realized that there was a VM process on my ESXi host:I unable to killed the above process by running kill 168482 and I could power on the VM. So steps to solve the problem: Log in to ESXi host via SSH (how to enable SSH, please follow here). Run command ps | grep name_of_vm. Then kill the process nr that you received in the step 2. kill id. tweet VMware troubleshooting esx error connecting VM vSphere Author: Mariusz Systems Architect: Virtualization&Cloud&Storage. Several certifications including: MCSE:2003/2008, MCSE:Server Infrastructure, MCSE: Private Cloud, VCP4/5/6-DCV, VCP5-DT, VCP-Cloud, VCAP5-DCA/DCD, VCP-NV, NCDA, NetBackup Catalog Manipulation Consultant Related Posts How to add correctly the second NIC to VDP appliance? How to limit (restrict) access to VMware DVS port group? VCAP 6 – DCV Design Beta Exam 3V0-622 - Passed! VMworld 2016 US - I will be there! Post navigation ← Failed to register NetApp VASA Provider - NVPF-00014: Unable to contact VASA server on host. Understanding VMware HA Admission Control. → 6 thoughts on “Error connecting to /bin/vmx process and cannot open a local pipe to local virtual machine” Paul Greeff April 28, 2015 Great! Any reason why this occured in the first place? I'd like to be sure there isn't something wrong with my VM resulting in this problem. Reply ↓ Mariusz Post authorApril 28, 2015 Hi Paul, in my case, even I powered off VM, I could find VM's process on ESXi host. Looks like there was somet
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