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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>Error replicating when virtual machines or datastore names containing special characters</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <p>VirtualMachine is null or empty is a generic error for virtual operations that are not able to find a virtual machine, there are a lot of possible causes for that -most of the times the VM is simply deleted-, but this issue could also appear if the virtual machine or concerned datastore names contain extended characters.<br> </p> <p><img alt="no_special_chars.png" src="https://phdreliabledr.zendesk.com/attachments/token/DqDRNweKdNDbTMcYnkQhgzkBx/?name=no_special_chars.png" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></p> <p> </p> <p> This issue is seen when special characters like: (, ), <code class="code codeInline" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0">%, &, *, $, #, @, !, \, /, :, *, ?, , <, >, |, ;, ' </code>etc.</p> <p>VMware indicates that usage of special characters in VMware objects is also not advisable.</p> <p>A more detailed information <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fkb.vmware.com%2Fselfservice%2Fmicrosites%2Fsearch.do%3Flanguage%3Den_US%26cmd%3DdisplayKC%26externalId%3D2046088">in this article of VMware Kbase</a>.</p> <p> </p> </article> </main>