Hi,
We have a VM that is showing as:
(Invalid) <vm-name> in the Hosts & Clusters view.
I have had a look at the ESXi Host's /var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxa.log file and it shows entries such as:
2013-02-11T10:19:07.625Z [FFF8BB90 verbose 'Default' opID=3CBC4ABD-0000449E-6a] [VpxaVmprov::VmRegistered] VM (/vmfs/volumes/d202ea55-7ca0949a/oms2.ipt/oms2.ipt.vmx) is discovered, but is still initializing...
2013-02-11T10:19:07.625Z [FFF8BB90 error 'Default' opID=3CBC4ABD-0000449E-6a] [VpxaVmprov::VmRegistered] Bad connection state (invalid) for registered vm (/vmfs/volumes/d202ea55-7ca0949a/oms2.ipt/oms2.ipt.vmx)
2013-02-11T10:19:07.625Z [FFF8BB90 verbose 'Default' opID=3CBC4ABD-0000449E-6a] [VpxaVmProv::VmRegistered] Skipping processsing for vm path '/vmfs/volumes/d202ea55-7ca0949a/oms2.ipt/oms2.ipt.vmx', invalidVm: true, null config: true.
Attached is the vmx file for the VM.