Yeah, I'd like that, if I could get any budget for it. I have two ESX servers, and that's it. I feel lucky to have my 4tb Lefthand SAN - almost all of which is consumed by the virtualised file server.
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 09:43, N Parr <[email protected]> wrote: > That's what vmotion's for. You should be able to lose a host a keep > running. > ________________________________ > From: Don Ely [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:39 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: OT: can't power off a VM on ESX 3.5 > > 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/> ~
