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        A general system error occurred: Timed out waiting for vpxa to start If you are seeing the error: "A general system error occurred: Timed out waiting for vpxa to start" While adding an esxi to a VCenter server. resolution: verify you are adding an esxi version that is higher than Vcenter server. You cannot add esxi n+1 to a VC version of n

                How to Downgrade VMware VM hardware version 1.Power off the VM. 2.Go to datastore and browse files for the VMs 3.Download the VM.vmx file 4.Edit the file for the parameter:      virtualHW.version = "10"           here value will bet the hw version. 5.Upload this file to the same location. 6.Power ON VM.