An error caused the resume operation to fail. Preserve the suspended state and correct the error, or discard the suspended state.`
This issue may occur when the VMware virtual machine is put to suspended state while your machine is shutting down.
To remove the suspend state from the virtual machine:
- Close VMware Workstation.
- Locate the virtual machine's folder.
- Delete the .VMSS and .LCK, files.
- Open the .vmx (virtual machine configuration) file in a text editor. For more information, see Editing the .vmx file of a VMware Workstation and VMware Player virtual machine (2057902)
- Find the line which starts with:
checkpoint.vmState - Remove everything between the quotation marks. It should look like:
checkpoint.vmState = "" - Save and close the .vmx file.
Warning: Deleting the suspend state has the same effect as performing a hard reset of the virtual machine, or pushing the Reset button on a physical computer, in that any unsaved data in open applications is lost.
Unable to start the VM with the following error:- The VMWare Authorization service is not running.
Solution:- Go to services by typing services.msc in run panel and press enter. Restart VMWare Authorization Service and try again.
