I tend to check google, then this list or my gmail archive of this list before I persue support on general products. Nine times out of ten someone has already invented the wheel. For our tax compliance and engagement software I go to support, though.
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 2:22 PM, N Parr <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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