Hello.
We had a restart of one host in a cluster with threee hosts running 6.0.0 (4600944) in HA mode.
Warning on the host: "
The host is being rebooted through the Direct
Console User Interface (DCUI). Please consult
ESXi Embedded and vCenter Server Setup Guide
or follow the Ask VMware link for more
information.
warning
24.07.2017 08:21:27
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Info | 24.07.2017 08:22:20 | VSPHERE.LOCAL\vpxd-extension-9324dfa0-4535-11e7-be07-0050568348d4Benutzer VSPHERE.LOCAL\vpxd-extension-9324dfa0-4535-11e7-be07-0050568348d4@127.0.0.1 als VMware vim-java 1.0 angemeldet |
Info | 24.07.2017 08:21:52 | vCenter gestartet. |
How to troubleshoot this restart ? I looked into the vmware-vpx\vpxd.log and this looks to me as if theres was new vCenter Agent installed on the host.
Was this restart initiated through the vCenter Server?
Thanks.
Michael
You can check /var/log/vmksummary.log file to find out reboot events.
Thanks, but theres nothing to find in this log.
2017-07-24T06:27:30Z bootstop: Host has booted
2017-07-24T07:00:02Z heartbeat: up 0d0h33m57s, 4 VMs; [[36810 vmx 2097152kB] [36836 vmx 4194304kB] [36762 vmx 4583248kB]] [[37643 sleep 0%max] [37648 sh 0%max] [37651 python 0%max]]
2017-07-24T08:00:01Z heartbeat: up 0d1h33m56s, 4 VMs; [[36810 vmx 2097152kB] [36836 vmx 4194304kB] [36762 vmx 4583268kB]] [[41732 sleep 0%max] [41734 sh 0%max] [41736 python 0%max]]
2017-07-24T09:00:01Z heartbeat: up 0d2h33m57s, 4 VMs; [[36810 vmx 2097152kB] [36836 vmx 4194304kB] [36762 vmx 4583280kB]] [[44241 sleep 0%max] [44243 sh 0%max] [44245 python 0%max]]
2017-07-24T10:00:02Z heartbeat: up 0d3h33m57s, 4 VMs; [[36810 vmx 2097152kB] [36836 vmx 4194304kB] [36762 vmx 4583260kB]] [[46788 sleep 0%max] [46793 sh 0%max] [46795 python 0%max]]
2017-07-24T11:00:01Z heartbeat: up 0d4h33m56s, 4 VMs; [[36810 vmx 2097152kB] [36836 vmx 4194304kB] [36762 vmx 4646768kB]] [[49309 sleep 0%max] [49320 sh 0%max] [49322 python 0%max]]
2017-07-24T12:00:01Z heartbeat: up 0d5h33m56s, 4 VMs; [[36810 vmx 2097152kB] [36836 vmx 4194304kB] [36762 vmx 4646848kB]] [[51834 sleep 0%max] [51841 sh 0%max] [51843 python 0%max]]
Check this vmware kb to determine why an esxi host shutdown or restarted.
Determining why an ESXi/ESX host was powered off or restarted (1019238) | VMware KB
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Best Regards,
Deepak Koshal
CNE|CLA|CWMA|VCP4|VCP5|CCAH
Hi.
I checked the logs, but found nothing helpful. Nevertheless maybe the vpxd.log from the vCenter is helpful. Unfortunatley in german. Maybe somebody can help? Problem startet at beginning of log. Maybe because AD services were down or AD services were down because of problem with ESXi host. Don't know yet.
Thanks,
Michael
This log looks like after the reboot of esxi server.
look into var/run/log where you will find the archived files. vmksummary and vmkernel log files will provide you necessary info.
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Best Regards,
Deepak Koshal
Yes, these logs also looks like after the reboot.
Hi.
Any other place where I may find the reason for the restart?
What do setup that next time I have proper logs? Setup an external syslog server and point all three hosts to that syslog server?
Michael
If esxi rebooted due to reason other than VMkernel, you won't find these logs after reboot. These logs will clear. Please refer to below KB for logs persistent location config.
Determining why an ESXi/ESX host was powered off or restarted (1019238) | VMware KB