Cannot connect to host when deploying VM from template

I have a W2K8 template that will not deploy a VM. The error is "Cannot connect to the host". I have tried numerous tricks - Convert back to VM and power up; Remove from inventory; Migrate to a different host. I am getting the same error. I am trying to avoid opening up an SR with VCE, which will take forever to get VMware support. This problem just seems to simply to fix but all my Googling is not finding the fix. Any help would be appreciated.