VMKernel Error Codes
October 23rd, 2007 | 
Author: VMware Knowledge Base – New vmkerrcode Utility Displays VMkernel Errors
The following is a list of all vmkernel error codes in ESX 3.0.2. This list was generated by using the new vmkerrorcode utility.
To generate this list enter “vmkerrcode -l” at the service console.
If the table is hard to view on your monitor here is the .txt version.
VMK_ReturnStatus table for VMware ESX Server, Build #52542
Name Dec Hex errno equiv Description
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VMK_OK 0 0 OK Success
VMK_FAILURE 195887105 0xbad0001 EINVAL Failure
VMK_WOULD_BLOCK 195887106 0xbad0002 EAGAIN Would block
VMK_NOT_FOUND 195887107 0xbad0003 ENOENT Not found
VMK_BUSY 195887108 0xbad0004 EBUSY Busy
VMK_EXISTS 195887109 0xbad0005 EEXIST Already exists
VMK_LIMIT_EXCEEDED 195887110 0xbad0006 EFBIG Limit exceeded
VMK_BAD_PARAM 195887111 0xbad0007 EINVAL Bad parameter
VMK_METADATA_READ_ERROR 195887112 0xbad0008 EIO Metadata read error
VMK_METADATA_WRITE_ERROR 195887113 0xbad0009 EIO Metadata write error
VMK_IO_ERROR 195887114 0xbad000a EIO I/O error
VMK_READ_ERROR 195887115 0xbad000b EIO Read error
VMK_WRITE_ERROR 195887116 0xbad000c EIO Write error
VMK_INVALID_NAME 195887117 0xbad000d ENAMETOOLONG Invalid name
VMK_INVALID_HANDLE 195887118 0xbad000e EBADF Invalid handle
VMK_INVALID_ADAPTER 195887119 0xbad000f ENODEV No such SCSI adapter
VMK_INVALID_TARGET 195887120 0xbad0010 ENODEV No such target on adapter
VMK_INVALID_PARTITION 195887121 0xbad0011 ENXIO No such partition on target
VMK_INVALID_FS 195887122 0xbad0012 ENXIO No filesystem on the device
VMK_INVALID_MEMMAP 195887123 0xbad0013 EFAULT Memory map mismatch
VMK_NO_MEMORY 195887124 0xbad0014 ENOMEM Out of memory
VMK_NO_MEMORY_RETRY 195887125 0xbad0015 ENOMEM Out of memory (ok to retry)
VMK_NO_RESOURCES 195887126 0xbad0016 ENOMEM Out of resources
VMK_NO_FREE_HANDLES 195887127 0xbad0017 EMFILE No free handles
VMK_NUM_HANDLES_EXCEEDED 195887128 0xbad0018 ENFILE Exceeded maximum number of allowed handles
VMK_NO_FREE_PTR_BLOCKS 195887129 0xbad0019 ENOSPC No free pointer blocks
VMK_NO_FREE_DATA_BLOCKS 195887130 0xbad001a ENOSPC No free data blocks
VMK_CORRUPT_REDOLOG 195887131 0xbad001b EBADF Corrupt RedoLog
VMK_STATUS_PENDING 195887132 0xbad001c EAGAIN Status pending
VMK_STATUS_FREE 195887133 0xbad001d EAGAIN Status free
VMK_UNSUPPORTED_CPU 195887134 0xbad001e ENODEV Unsupported CPU
VMK_NOT_SUPPORTED 195887135 0xbad001f ENOSYS Not supported
VMK_TIMEOUT 195887136 0xbad0020 ETIMEDOUT Timeout
VMK_READ_ONLY 195887137 0xbad0021 EROFS Read only
VMK_RESERVATION_CONFLICT 195887138 0xbad0022 EAGAIN SCSI reservation conflict
VMK_FS_LOCKED 195887139 0xbad0023 EADDRINUSE File system locked
VMK_NOT_ENOUGH_SLOTS 195887140 0xbad0024 ENFILE Out of slots
VMK_INVALID_ADDRESS 195887141 0xbad0025 EFAULT Invalid address
VMK_NOT_SHARED 195887142 0xbad0026 ENOMEM Not shared
VMK_SHARED 195887143 0xbad0027 ENOMEM Page is shared
VMK_KSEG_PAIR_FLUSHED 195887144 0xbad0028 ENOMEM Kseg pair flushed
VMK_MAX_ASYNCIO_PENDING 195887145 0xbad0029 ENOMEM Max async I/O requests pending
VMK_VERSION_MISMATCH_MINOR 195887146 0xbad002a ENOSYS Minor version mismatch
VMK_VERSION_MISMATCH_MAJOR 195887147 0xbad002b ENOSYS Major version mismatch
VMK_IS_CONNECTED 195887148 0xbad002c EINVAL Already connected
VMK_IS_DISCONNECTED 195887149 0xbad002d ENOTCONN Already disconnected
VMK_IS_ENABLED 195887150 0xbad002e EINVAL Already enabled
VMK_IS_DISABLED 195887151 0xbad002f EINVAL Already disabled
VMK_NOT_INITIALIZED 195887152 0xbad0030 EINVAL Not initialized
VMK_WAIT_INTERRUPTED 195887153 0xbad0031 EINTR Wait interrupted
VMK_NAME_TOO_LONG 195887154 0xbad0032 ENAMETOOLONG Name too long
VMK_MISSING_FS_PES 195887155 0xbad0033 ENOTDIR VMFS volume missing physical extents
VMK_NICTEAMING_VALID_MASTER 195887156 0xbad0034 EINVAL NIC teaming master valid
VMK_NICTEAMING_SLAVE 195887157 0xbad0035 EEXIST NIC teaming slave
VMK_NICTEAMING_REGULAR_VMNIC 195887158 0xbad0036 EINVAL NIC teaming regular VMNIC
VMK_ABORT_NOT_RUNNING 195887159 0xbad0037 ECANCELED Abort not running
VMK_NOT_READY 195887160 0xbad0038 EIO Not ready
VMK_CHECKSUM_MISMATCH 195887161 0xbad0039 EIO Checksum mismatch
VMK_VLAN_NO_HW_ACCEL 195887162 0xbad003a EINVAL VLan HW Acceleration not supported
VMK_NO_VLAN_SUPPORT 195887163 0xbad003b EOPNOTSUPP VLan is not supported in vmkernel
VMK_NOT_VLAN_HANDLE 195887164 0xbad003c EINVAL Not a VLan handle
VMK_BAD_VLANID 195887165 0xbad003d EBADF Couldn't retrieve VLan id
VMK_MIG_PROTO_ERROR 195887166 0xbad003e EINVAL Migration protocol error
VMK_NO_CONNECT 195887167 0xbad003f EIO No connection
VMK_SEGMENT_OVERLAP 195887168 0xbad0040 EINVAL Segment overlap
VMK_BAD_MPS 195887169 0xbad0041 EIO Error parsing MPS Table
VMK_BAD_ACPI 195887170 0xbad0042 EIO Error parsing ACPI Table
VMK_RESUME_ERROR 195887171 0xbad0043 EIO Failed to resume VM
VMK_NO_ADDRESS_SPACE 195887172 0xbad0044 ENOMEM Insufficient address space for operation
VMK_BAD_ADDR_RANGE 195887173 0xbad0045 EINVAL Bad address range
VMK_ENETDOWN 195887174 0xbad0046 ENETDOWN Network is down
VMK_ENETUNREACH 195887175 0xbad0047 ENETUNREACH Network unreachable
VMK_ENETRESET 195887176 0xbad0048 ENETRESET Network dropped connection on reset
VMK_ECONNABORTED 195887177 0xbad0049 ECONNABORTED Software caused connection abort
VMK_ECONNRESET 195887178 0xbad004a ECONNRESET Connection reset by peer
VMK_ENOTCONN 195887179 0xbad004b ENOTCONN Socket is not connected
VMK_ESHUTDOWN 195887180 0xbad004c ESHUTDOWN Can't send after socket shutdown
VMK_ETOOMANYREFS 195887181 0xbad004d ETOOMANYREFS Too many references: can't splice
VMK_ECONNREFUSED 195887182 0xbad004e ECONNREFUSED Connection refused
VMK_EHOSTDOWN 195887183 0xbad004f EHOSTDOWN Host is down
VMK_EHOSTUNREACH 195887184 0xbad0050 EHOSTUNREACH No route to host
VMK_EADDRINUSE 195887185 0xbad0051 EADDRINUSE Address already in use
VMK_BROKEN_PIPE 195887186 0xbad0052 EPIPE Broken pipe
VMK_NOT_A_DIRECTORY 195887187 0xbad0053 ENOTDIR Not a directory
VMK_IS_A_DIRECTORY 195887188 0xbad0054 EISDIR Is a directory
VMK_NOT_EMPTY 195887189 0xbad0055 ENOTEMPTY Directory not empty
VMK_NOT_IMPLEMENTED 195887190 0xbad0056 ENOSYS Not implemented
VMK_NO_SIGNAL_HANDLER 195887191 0xbad0057 EINVAL No signal handler
VMK_FATAL_SIGNAL_BLOCKED 195887192 0xbad0058 EINVAL Fatal signal blocked
VMK_NO_ACCESS 195887193 0xbad0059 EACCES Permission denied
VMK_NO_PERMISSION 195887194 0xbad005a EPERM Operation not permitted
VMK_UNDEFINED_SYSCALL 195887195 0xbad005b ENOSYS Undefined syscall
VMK_RESULT_TOO_LARGE 195887196 0xbad005c ERANGE Result too large
VMK_VLAN_FILTERED 195887197 0xbad005d ERANGE Pkts dropped because of VLAN (support) mismatch
VMK_BAD_EXCFRAME 195887198 0xbad005e EFAULT Unsafe exception frame
VMK_MODULE_NOT_LOADED 195887199 0xbad005f ENODEV Necessary module isn't loaded
VMK_NO_SUCH_ZOMBIE 195887200 0xbad0060 ECHILD No dead world by that name
VMK_NO_SUCH_CARTEL 195887201 0xbad0061 ESRCH No cartel by that name
VMK_IS_A_SYMLINK 195887202 0xbad0062 ELOOP Is a symbolic link
VMK_CROSS_DEVICE_LINK 195887203 0xbad0063 EXDEV Cross-device link
VMK_NOT_A_SOCKET 195887204 0xbad0064 ENOTSOCK Not a socket
VMK_ILLEGAL_SEEK 195887205 0xbad0065 ESPIPE Illegal seek
VMK_ADDRFAM_UNSUPP 195887206 0xbad0066 EAFNOSUPPORT Unsupported address family
VMK_ALREADY_CONNECTED 195887207 0xbad0067 EISCONN Already connected
VMK_DEATH_PENDING 195887208 0xbad0068 ENOENT World is marked for death
VMK_NO_CELL_ASSIGNMENT 195887209 0xbad0069 EINVAL No valid scheduler cell assignment
VMK_CPU_MIN_INVALID 195887210 0xbad006a EINVAL Invalid cpu min
VMK_CPU_MINLIMIT_INVALID 195887211 0xbad006b EINVAL Invalid cpu minLimit
VMK_CPU_MAX_INVALID 195887212 0xbad006c EINVAL Invalid cpu max
VMK_CPU_SHARES_INVALID 195887213 0xbad006d EINVAL Invalid cpu shares
VMK_CPU_MIN_OVERFLOW 195887214 0xbad006e EINVAL Cpu min outside valid range
VMK_CPU_MINLIMIT_OVERFLOW 195887215 0xbad006f EINVAL Cpu minLimit outside valid range
VMK_CPU_MAX_OVERFLOW 195887216 0xbad0070 EINVAL Cpu max outside valid range
VMK_CPU_MIN_GT_MINLIMIT 195887217 0xbad0071 EINVAL Cpu min exceeds minLimit
VMK_CPU_MIN_GT_MAX 195887218 0xbad0072 EINVAL Cpu min exceeds max
VMK_CPU_MINLIMIT_LT_RESERVED 195887219 0xbad0073 ENOSPC Cpu minLimit less than cpu already reserved by children
VMK_CPU_MAX_LT_RESERVED 195887220 0xbad0074 ENOSPC Cpu max less than cpu already reserved by children
VMK_CPU_ADMIT_FAILED 195887221 0xbad0075 ENOSPC Admission check failed for cpu resource
VMK_MEM_MIN_INVALID 195887222 0xbad0076 EINVAL Invalid memory min
VMK_MEM_MINLIMIT_INVALID 195887223 0xbad0077 EINVAL Invalid memory minLimit
VMK_MEM_MAX_INVALID 195887224 0xbad0078 EINVAL Invalid memory max
VMK_MEM_MIN_OVERFLOW 195887225 0xbad0079 EINVAL Memory min outside valid range
VMK_MEM_MINLIMIT_OVERFLOW 195887226 0xbad007a EINVAL Memory minLimit outside valid range
VMK_MEM_MAX_OVERFLOW 195887227 0xbad007b EINVAL Memory max outside valid range
VMK_MEM_MIN_GT_MINLIMIT 195887228 0xbad007c EINVAL Memory min exceeds minLimit
VMK_MEM_MIN_GT_MAX 195887229 0xbad007d EINVAL Memory min exceeds max
VMK_MEM_MINLIMIT_LT_RESERVED 195887230 0xbad007e ENOSPC Memory minLimit less than memory already reserved by children
VMK_MEM_MAX_LT_RESERVED 195887231 0xbad007f ENOSPC Memory max less than memory already reserved by children
VMK_MEM_ADMIT_FAILED 195887232 0xbad0080 ENOSPC Admission check failed for memory resource
VMK_NO_SWAP_FILE 195887233 0xbad0081 ENOENT No swap file
VMK_BAD_PARAM_COUNT 195887234 0xbad0082 EINVAL Bad parameter count
VMK_BAD_PARAM_TYPE 195887235 0xbad0083 EINVAL Bad parameter type
VMK_UNMAP_RETRY 195887236 0xbad0084 ENOMEM Dueling unmaps (ok to retry)
VMK_INVALID_IOCTL 195887237 0xbad0085 ENOTTY Inappropriate ioctl for device
VMK_MAPFAULT_RETRY 195887238 0xbad0086 EBUSY Mmap changed under page fault (ok to retry)
VMK_EINPROGRESS 195887239 0xbad0087 EINPROGRESS Operation now in progress
VMK_ADDR_UNMAPPED 195887240 0xbad0088 EFAULT Address temporarily unmapped
VMK_INVALID_BUDDY_TYPE 195887241 0xbad0089 ENOMEM Invalid buddy type
VMK_SNAPSHOT_DEV 195887242 0xbad008a EIO SCSI LUN is in snapshot state
VMK_IN_TRANSITION 195887243 0xbad008b EIO SCSI LUN is in transition
VMK_TXN_FULL 195887244 0xbad008c ENOSPC Transaction ran out of lock space or log space
VMK_LOCK_NOT_FREE 195887245 0xbad008d EBUSY Lock was not free
VMK_NUM_FILES_EXCEEDED 195887246 0xbad008e ENOSPC Exceed maximum number of files on the filesystem
VMK_MIGRATE_VMX_FAILURE 195887247 0xbad008f EINVAL Migration determined a failure by the VMX
VMK_VSI_LIST_OVERFLOW 195887248 0xbad0090 EFBIG VSI GetList handler overflow
VMK_INVALID_WORLD 195887249 0xbad0091 EINVAL Invalid world
VMK_INVALID_VMM 195887250 0xbad0092 EINVAL Invalid vmm
VMK_INVALID_TXN 195887251 0xbad0093 EINVAL Invalid transaction
VMK_FS_RETRY_OPERATION 195887252 0xbad0094 EAGAIN Operation should be retried due to temporary error condition
VMK_VCPU_LIMIT_EXCEEDED 195887253 0xbad0095 EINVAL Number of running VCPUs limit exceeded
VMK_INVALID_METADATA 195887254 0xbad0096 EINVAL Invalid metadata
VMK_INVALID_PAGE_NUMBER 195887255 0xbad0097 EINVAL Invalid page number
VMK_NFS_CONNECT_FAILURE 195887256 0xbad0098 EHOSTDOWN Unable to connect to NFS server
VMK_NFS_MOUNT_NOT_SUPPORTED 195887257 0xbad0099 EINVAL The NFS server does not support MOUNT version 3 over TCP
VMK_NFS_NFS_NOT_SUPPORTED 195887258 0xbad009a EINVAL The NFS server does not support NFS version 3 over TCP
VMK_NFS_MOUNT_DENIED 195887259 0xbad009b EPERM The mount request was denied by the NFS server. Check that the export exists and that the client is permitted to mount it
VMK_NFS_MOUNT_NOT_DIR 195887260 0xbad009c ENOTDIR The specified mount path was not a directory
VMK_NFS_BAD_FSINFO 195887261 0xbad009d EACCES Unable to query remote mount point's attributes
VMK_NFS_VOLUME_LIMIT_EXCEEDED 195887262 0xbad009e EINVAL NFS has reached the maximum number of supported volumes
VMK_NO_MEMORY_NICE 195887263 0xbad009f ENOMEM Out of nice memory
VMK_MIGRATE_PREEMPTIVE_FAIL 195887264 0xbad00a0 ENOMEM VMotion failed to start due to lack of cpu or memory resources
VMK_CACHE_MISS 195887265 0xbad00a1 EFAULT Cache miss
VMK_STRESS_INDUCED_ERROR 195887266 0xbad00a2 EIO Error induced when stress options are enabled
VMK_TOO_MANY_LOCK_HOLDERS 195887267 0xbad00a3 EUSERS Maximum number of concurrent hosts are already accessing this resource
VMK_NO_JOURNAL 195887268 0xbad00a4 EIO Host doesn't have a journal
VMK_RANK_VIOLATION 195887269 0xbad00a5 EDEADLK Lock rank violation detected
VMK_MEM_MIN_GT_MEMSIZE 195887270 0xbad00a6 EINVAL Memory min exceeds memSize
VMK_INVALID_MULTIWRITER_OBJECT 195887271 0xbad00a7 EDEADLK Can't open sparse/TBZ files in multiwriter mode
VMK_GENERIC_LINUX_ERROR 732758016 0x2bad0000 EIO Generic service console error
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