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VMware vSphere 5.0 VM Console Shows “Unable to connect to the MKS: Console access to the virtual machine cannot be granted since the connection limit of 0 has been reached.”

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Lets dive straight into this error message which happens to be affecting two of my VMs:

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As you can see I’m unable to get the console window working! Exact message displayed across the top sheds some light into why this is happening – “Unable to connect to the MKS: Console access to the virtual machine cannot be granted since the connection limit of 0 has been reached.”

I know of at least three different ways to make this error message go away and get to the console window again.
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