On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Eldridge, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > Try these two commands. Notice the small x and then a large X. > Ssh in as root. > > vm-support -x > > This will give you a list of vm's with a vmid. > Look for the vmid of the vm that is hung. > > > vm-support -X vmid > > this will crash the vm though. I just had to do this last week.
Don't care about the VM, as I am about to delete it from disk, anyway. So it's in the process of slapping it into submission. :-) I told it to include a snapshot, and to try the NMI and ABORT. And it says it will take another 5-10 minutes ... So we'll see ... Thanks so much for that! > hth > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:08 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OT: can't power off a VM on ESX 3.5 > > I'm sure there are appropriate commands to turn off the VM from the > console, but you might not need to go that way. Try browsing to the ESX > host (by ip, if necessary) and logging in to "VMware Virtual > Infrastructure Web Access". > > -----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/> ~ > > > > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the > intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not > read, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately > via e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake; then, delete this > e-mail from your system. > > ~ 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/> ~
