A general system error occurred: Timed out waiting for vpxa to start

       

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

                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.