I've also tried this but without success. I have now looked in the log bpVMutil and have since received the following message.
13:06:55.244 [1320.2068] lockVM: VixDiskLib_PrepareForAccess returned:3014 [Insufficient permissions in the host operating system]
13:07:55.257 [1320.2068] lockVM: Calling VixDiskLib_PrepareForAccess
13:07:55.257 [1320.2068] vddkLog: VixDiskLibVimResolveHostName: Resolving IP address for hostname xxxxxx.xxxx.xx.
13:07:55.257 [1320.2068] vddkLog: VixDiskLibVimResolveHostName: Resolved to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
13:07:55.272 [1320.2068] vddkLog: VixDiskLibVim: VixDiskLibVimLogin
13:07:56.426 [1320.2068] vddkLog: VixDiskLibVim: TicketFindVMByMoRef: vmxPath = -vm-3226-
13:07:56.442 [1320.2068] vddkLog: VixDiskLibVim: VixDiskLibVimLoadVM
13:07:56.723 [1320.2068] vddkLog: VixDiskLibVim: VixDiskLibVimLoadAuthMgr
13:07:56.723 [1320.2068] vddkLog: VixDiskLibVim: VixDiskLibVimLoadVMCb
13:07:57.035 [1320.2068] vddkLog: VixDiskLibVim: VixDiskLibVimLogout
13:07:57.238 [1320.2068] vddkLog: VixDiskLibVim: VixDiskLibVimLogout
13:07:57.238 [1320.2068] lockVM: VixDiskLib_PrepareForAccess returned:3014 [Insufficient permissions in the host operating system]
The rights of the technote I according to
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH130493