Situations for Invalid or Orphaned VM State

Many times you guys might have seen the Orphaned or Invalid Connection state of the VM. Now the question is what are the situations those can trigger Invalid or Orphaned Connection State of a VM? Here is summary of those situations:-

Please refer VMware KB for more Info:-
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003742&src=vmw_so_vex_ragga_1012