On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Eldridge, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree if it's hung it needs to be nuked anyway. > Let me know if that worked.
WooHoo! Yes, it did. Thanks so much. I'm not going to actually upload the files to VMware, as the tool suggests. But good to know it's there, and that it works as advertised. Now to delete the VM, and re-create. Thanks, everyone who contributed. BTW ... yes, I considered rebooting the ESX host. I do have VMotion enabled. And there was only 1 other VM on that ESX host, so I probably would have migrated it manually, first. All other VMs on that ESX host had been shutdown prior to the problem showing up. > 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/> ~
