On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Damien Solodow <[email protected]> wrote: > To shut down VM > # vmware-cmd /path/to/config/file.vmx stop soft
[r...@esx010 Testing-RDC004-Win2000]# vmware-cmd Testing-RDC004-Win2000.vmx stop soft VMControl error -999: Unknown error: SoapError: ServerFaultCode(0) : (Operation failed since another task is in progress.) > or > # vmware-cmd /path/to/config/file.vmx stop hard [r...@esx010 Testing-RDC004-Win2000]# vmware-cmd Testing-RDC004-Win2000.vmx stop hard VMControl error -999: Unknown error: SoapError: ServerFaultCode(0) : (Operation failed since another task is in progress.) > if you get a 1 in the responce then it is shut down. Looks like neither worked ... Thanks for the CLI tips, tho. Much appreciated! > > service mgmt-vmware restart > > to have it reflected in VC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Leone [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 12:03 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: can't power off a VM on ESX 3.5 > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:58 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Or alternatively, is a snapshot being removed/still open? > > No snapshot. At least, I didn't tell it to take a snapshot, and > there's nothing that schedules snapshots. > > I'm not trying to shut down the ESX server, just one of the VMs. I can > SSH directly to that ESX server, but what would I do once I got there? > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
