Probably not an easy thing to do if you have more than one guest... I have 60 guests across 3 hosts, I wouldn't arbitrarily reboot a single host for a single guest problem...
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:37 AM, N Parr <[email protected]> wrote: > Could always just reboot the host! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:32 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: OT: can't power off a VM on ESX 3.5 > > I agree if it's hung it needs to be nuked anyway. > Let me know if that worked. > dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Leone [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:30 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: can't power off a VM on ESX 3.5 > > 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/> ~ > > > > 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/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
