I didn't update any Windows or Java updates recently. Last I looked at the server it was working (about a week ago) and Windows Update was off.
When people say vpxd.log - I assume they mean the vpxd-###.log files I see? Here is the contents of the latest one:
Thank you!
Section for VMware VirtualCenter, pid=3096, version=5.1.0, build=880146, option=Release
------ In-memory logs start --------
mem> 2013-12-10T03:22:19.429-08:00 [03320 info 'Default'] Process attached
mem> 2013-12-10T03:22:19.523-08:00 [03356 info 'Default'] Thread attached
mem> 2013-12-10T03:22:19.523-08:00 [03204 info 'Default'] Thread attached
mem> 2013-12-10T03:22:19.523-08:00 [03440 info 'Default'] Thread attached
mem> 2013-12-10T03:22:19.523-08:00 [03440 info 'Hooks'] Hooks Initialized
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2013-12-10T03:22:21.278-08:00 [03440 info 'Default'] Logging uses fast path: true
2013-12-10T03:22:21.340-08:00 [03440 info 'Libs'] VThreadBase detected multiple threads.
2013-12-10T03:22:21.403-08:00 [03440 info 'Default'] Handling bora/lib logs with VmaCore facilities
2013-12-10T03:22:21.403-08:00 [03440 info 'Default'] Initialized channel manager
2013-12-10T03:22:22.296-08:00 [03440 info 'Default'] Current working directory: C:\Windows\system32
2013-12-10T03:22:22.296-08:00 [03440 info 'Default'] ThreadPool windowsStackImmediateCommit = true
2013-12-10T03:22:22.296-08:00 [03440 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted
2013-12-10T03:22:22.296-08:00 [03440 info 'Default'] Log path: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs
2013-12-10T03:22:22.296-08:00 [03440 info 'Default'] Initializing SSL
2013-12-10T03:22:23.346-08:00 [03440 info 'Default'] Vmacore::InitSSL: handshakeTimeoutUs = 120000000
2013-12-10T03:22:23.346-08:00 [02604 info 'Default'] Thread attached
2013-12-10T03:22:23.346-08:00 [02604 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted
2013-12-10T03:22:23.346-08:00 [03440 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted
2013-12-10T03:22:23.424-08:00 [02844 info 'Default'] Thread attached
2013-12-10T03:22:23.424-08:00 [03440 info 'Default'] Starting VMware VirtualCenter 5.1.0 build-880146
2013-12-10T03:22:23.424-08:00 [03440 info 'Default'] Log directory: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs.
2013-12-10T03:22:23.424-08:00 [03440 info 'vpxdvpxdMain'] Account name: SYSTEM
2013-12-10T03:22:23.424-08:00 [03440 info 'win32vpxdOsLayer_win32'] Total virtual memory available for the process 8589934464 KB
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03440 info 'win32vpxdOsLayer_win32'] [VpxOsLayer] Enabled low-frag process heap.
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2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03440 info 'win32vpxdOsLayer_win32'] [VpxOsLayer] Enabled low-frag crt heap.
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2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [02708 info 'Default'] Thread attached
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [02708 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03440 info 'commonvpxLro'] [VpxLRO] 640 max LROs
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03440 info 'commonvpxLro'] [VpxLRO] 12 reserved internal LROs
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03440 info 'commonvpxLro'] [VpxLRO] 12 reserved blocker LROs
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03440 info 'commonvpxLro'] [VpxLRO] 12 reserved short LROs
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03440 info 'commonvpxLro'] [VpxLRO] 8 reserved long LROs
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03440 info 'commonvpxLro'] [VpxLRO] 600-second completed task lifetime
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03440 info 'commonvpxLro'] [VpxLRO] 60-second minimum completed task lifetime
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03440 info 'commonvpxLro'] [VpxLRO] 200 maximum completed tasks
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03440 info 'commonvpxLro'] [VpxLRO] 600-second unregistered task lifetime
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03136 info 'Default'] Thread attached
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03136 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03440 info 'utilvpxdVdb'] Registry Item DB 5 value is '50'
2013-12-10T03:22:23.440-08:00 [03440 info 'utilvpxdVdb'] [VpxdVdb::SetDBType] Logging in to DSN: VMware vCenter with username
2013-12-10T03:22:23.455-08:00 [03160 info 'Default'] Thread attached
2013-12-10T03:22:23.565-08:00 [03160 info 'Default'] Thread detached
2013-12-10T03:22:23.581-08:00 [01284 info 'Default'] Thread attached
2013-12-10T03:22:23.722-08:00 [03440 info 'Default'] [VdbSchemaLoader::LookupSchemaFromDB] Loaded schema and index information from DB
2013-12-10T03:22:23.847-08:00 [03440 info 'utilvpxdDbSchemaHash'] [VpxdDbSchemaHash::GetSchemaFilename]: sqlDir: C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VirtualCenter Server\sql\
2013-12-10T03:22:23.910-08:00 [03440 info 'utilvpxdDbSchemaHash'] [VpxdDbSchemaHash::CheckSchema]: schema file: C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VirtualCenter Server\sql\VCDB_mssql.sql
2013-12-10T03:22:23.957-08:00 [03440 info 'win32vpxLdapBackup_win32'] [LdapBackup] Making sure LDAP instance VMwareVCMSDS is running
2013-12-10T03:22:23.957-08:00 [03784 info 'Default'] Thread attached
2013-12-10T03:22:24.019-08:00 [03784 info 'ThreadPool'] Thread enlisted
2013-12-10T03:22:24.019-08:00 [03440 info 'win32vpxLdapBackup_win32'] [LdapBackup] Attempting to start service ADAM_VMwareVCMSDS...
2013-12-10T03:22:24.098-08:00 [03440 info 'win32vpxLdapBackup_win32'] [LdapBackup] Service stopped, starting
2013-12-10T03:22:35.503-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-8fee79e2] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T03:22:47.558-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-3bfff25b] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T03:22:59.588-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-8634cbf2] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T03:23:11.619-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-26e3168d] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T03:23:23.649-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-10f01905] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T03:23:26.696-08:00 [03356 info 'Default'] Thread detached
2013-12-10T03:23:35.726-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-8f503d2] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12059 ms
2013-12-10T03:23:47.913-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-94ce49b0] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12168 ms
2013-12-10T03:23:49.835-08:00 [02896 info 'Default'] Thread attached
2013-12-10T03:23:49.944-08:00 [02928 info 'Default'] Thread attached
2013-12-10T03:24:00.084-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-95b6156a] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12152 ms
2013-12-10T03:24:12.270-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-d16e9b4d] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12168 ms
2013-12-10T03:24:24.660-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-2c7332ac] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12371 ms
2013-12-10T03:24:37.050-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-c4f74deb] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12371 ms
2013-12-10T03:24:49.283-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-982113c6] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12215 ms
2013-12-10T03:24:56.939-08:00 [02896 info 'Default'] Thread detached
2013-12-10T03:24:57.048-08:00 [02928 info 'Default'] Thread detached
2013-12-10T03:25:01.314-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-d31b0816] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T03:25:13.391-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-86df7b3c] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12059 ms
2013-12-10T03:25:20.062-08:00 [01888 info 'Default'] Thread attached
2013-12-10T03:25:20.062-08:00 [03340 info 'Default'] Thread attached
2013-12-10T03:25:25.421-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-ec398969] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T03:25:37.514-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-12dca753] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12074 ms
2013-12-10T03:25:49.544-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-8b30e0e7] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T03:26:01.575-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-729c8014] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T03:26:13.605-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-1e25a95e] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T03:26:25.635-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-b18df31c] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T03:26:27.166-08:00 [01888 info 'Default'] Thread detached
2013-12-10T03:26:27.166-08:00 [03204 info 'Default'] Thread detached
2013-12-10T03:26:37.665-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-c6b6abec] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
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2013-12-10T04:03:16.379-08:00 [03136 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-a854910a] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T04:03:23.383-08:00 [03440 error 'win32vpxLdapBackup_win32'] [LdapBackup] Timed out waiting for service.
2013-12-10T04:03:24.694-08:00 [03292 info 'Default'] Thread attached
2013-12-10T04:03:26.800-08:00 [03440 error 'commonvpxLdap'] [LDAP Client] Failed to connect to LDAP: 0x81 (Cannot contact the LDAP server.)
2013-12-10T04:03:27.315-08:00 [03440 error 'utilvpxdLdap'] [VpxdLdap] Failed to create LDAP client
2013-12-10T04:03:27.471-08:00 [03440 warning 'VpxProfiler'] Vpxd::ServerApp::Init [VpxdLdap::Init()] took 2462554 ms
2013-12-10T04:03:27.985-08:00 [03440 error 'vpxdvpxdMain'] [Vpxd::ServerApp::Init] Init failed: VpxdLdap::Init()
--> Backtrace:
--> backtrace[00] rip 000000018018a8ca
--> backtrace[01] rip 0000000180102f28
--> backtrace[02] rip 000000018010423e
--> backtrace[03] rip 000000018008e00b
--> backtrace[04] rip 0000000000495c2c
--> backtrace[05] rip 00000000004b6512
--> backtrace[06] rip 00000001401a9e58
--> backtrace[07] rip 00000001401a859c
--> backtrace[08] rip 00000001403ca78b
--> backtrace[09] rip 000007feff60a82d
--> backtrace[10] rip 000000007727652d
--> backtrace[11] rip 00000000773ac521
-->
2013-12-10T04:03:28.391-08:00 [03136 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-5aee2457] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T04:03:28.641-08:00 [03440 warning 'VpxProfiler'] ServerApp::Init [TotalTime] took 2464239 ms
2013-12-10T04:03:28.812-08:00 [03440 error 'Default'] Failed to intialize VMware VirtualCenter. Shutting down...
2013-12-10T04:03:29.530-08:00 [03440 info 'vpxdvpxdSupportManager'] Wrote uptime information
2013-12-10T04:03:40.404-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-b1db912f] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T04:03:52.416-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-3e2e79ad] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T04:04:04.818-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-4c8226f] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12402 ms
2013-12-10T04:04:16.831-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-1cadf190] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12012 ms
2013-12-10T04:04:29.296-08:00 [02708 warning 'VpxProfiler' opID=SWI-a371d0f6] VpxUtil_InvokeWithOpId [TotalTime] took 12464 ms
2013-12-10T04:04:29.405-08:00 [03440 info 'Default'] Forcing shutdown of VMware VirtualCenter now