Failed to start VMware Host Agant service

VMware Host Agant サービス起動失敗

突然、同サービスが上がらなくなった。ログを確認する。

・ログの場所

Windows Vista, 7	%SYSTEMROOT%\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Server\hostd-?.log
Windows XP	%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware Server\hostd-?.log
Windows Server 2008	%SYSTEMROOT%\AppData\VMware\VMware Server\hostd-?.log

・ログの内容

Log for VMware Server, pid=3988, version=2.0.2, build=build-203138, option=Release, section=2 [2011-03-06 18:54:57.541 'App' 6112 info] Current working directory: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Server [2011-03-06 18:54:57.543 'App' 6112 info] Trying blklistsvc [2011-03-06 18:54:57.543 'App' 6112 info] Trying cimsvc [2011-03-06 18:54:57.543 'App' 6112 info] Trying directorysvc [2011-03-06 18:54:57.543 'App' 6112 info] Trying hostsvc [2011-03-06 18:54:57.584 'App' 6112 panic] error: not well-formed (invalid token) [2011-03-06 18:54:57.584 'App' 6112 panic] backtrace: (backtraces not supported) [2011-03-06 18:54:57.584 'App' 6112 info] Win32 service stopped

・対応
datastores.xmlが異常になっているようで、ファイルを退避（リネーム）したら解決。

Windows Vista, 7	%SYSTEMROOT%\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Server\hostd\datastores.xml
Windows XP	%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware Server\hostd\datastores.xml
Windows Server 2008	%SYSTEMROOT%\AppData\VMware\VMware Server\hostd\datastores.xml

参考
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1009150