Neither would I other than a last resort, I had this same issue with a guest not shutting down a couple weeks ago and called tech support to resolve the problem. That's the first solution, but I'm assuming he doesn't have support or he wouldn't have been asking here.
________________________________ From: Don Ely [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 12:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: can't power off a VM on ESX 3.5 I have vmotion, I have DRS, I have it all, I still wouldn't do that for one guest... On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:43 AM, 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/> ~
