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W32AuthConnectionLaunch: Reply error “Cannot power on the virtual machine. This may be because you are running inside a Terminal Services or Remote Desktop session or are in Fast User Switch Mode.

I received this error after trying run my virtual machine  that I copied my backup file to the freshly installed Win 7. It was running fine on my previous Windows Vista 64-bit. Looking at the error, I can’t see any way that I can disable the Fast User Switch Mode in Win 7.

The solution that worked for me is to run the Vmware Workstation using administrative right by right click and run as administrator.

vCenter Server installation failed with the error below.

Error 25060. Setup failed to execute sqlcmd.exe

Go to Microsoft Download Center to download these files:

1) Microsoft SQL Server Native Client
2) Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Command Line Query Utility

It worked for me

Source: Thanks to Vmware Forum

Details: The server closed the connection. (The underlying connection was closed. The connection was closed unexpectedly)

That means the all the services have yet to load completely. Please wait a while until all the services have been loaded successfully. This usually happens when you just powered on your ESX server and you tried to manage remotely through vSphere Client.

Vmware Workstation detected your processor speed is 2527 MHz but your Windows reported as 2535 MHz. This may cause your time clock not to be synchronized properly. This problem on some host computers with Intel SpeedStep, AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet, or other similar power-saving technologies.

Please go to Vmware Knowledge Base for solution

Workaroud:

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From VMware documentation, the limits are

• ESX/ESXi 4.0 can support up to 1TB of RAM
• ESX/ESXi 4.0 can support up to 64 logical CPUs
• ESX/ESXi 4.0 can support up to 512 Virtual CPUs per host
• ESX/ESXi 4.0 can support up to 320 virtual machines per host

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