We were having trouble running backups with our esx ranger saying a server was not available. I tried to see which server but could not find the ip it was looking for, so when I tried to go into the Infastructure client it said the second esx was not responding and the servers were disconnected, when they were all running fine. I tried to disconnect the esx and reconnect but when it ask for credentials it says a problem and cannot connect. Can someone please advise? What would be the next steps to attempt?
you may have to log on to that service console physically as a root user and may restart management agents with the following commands
service mgmt-vmware restart
service vmware-vpxa restart
check if Vmkernal and Service console have proper ip addresses and see if they are assigned to correct NIC cards.
try to rejoin them to the vCenter server then.
i hope this would resolve the problem.
please reply me back if this helps.
ESX ranger completely unable to backup VMs on second esx or it managed to backup some VMs but then failed for the rest VMs due to service console load? If this the case, you may want to increase memory & cpu reserve for SC.
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I will try this when I get to the server, thanks for your help so far
Says cannot connect to the server, I believe it has enough resources.
How do I get back to the main idle screen? I saw 2 errors, but I logged in and ran some of the commands, which did not work. I would like to see that main screen again, but its stuck on the login. Do I just wait or is there a keyboard shortcut
This is the error I get, does anyone have a solution?
518 :20 :35 :53 .814 cpu3:1055SCSI : 4506: Cannot find path to device vmhba32:1 :smileyshocked: in a good state. Trying path vmhba32:1 :smileyshocked:
518 :20 :35 :53 .815 cpu3:1057SCSI : 4506: Cannot find path to device vmhba32:1 :1 in a good state. Trying path vmhba32:1 :1
Im going to restart the ESX, however, I need help turning the the machines off via console, so I know I can turn them on. What would be the command?
I see on the site http://www.vmware.com/support/esx21/doc/vmware-cmd.html
vmware-cmd
This site might be better http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/vmware-cmd-utility-examples.html
How do I turn off/on the servers individually? Say the name is "work"
vmware-cmd /nas/vms/work.esx stop
then
vmware-cmd /nas/vms/work.esx start after esx restart?
Also, what is the command to restart the ESX?
shutdown -r now
Im new at this sorry
Stop VM = $vmware-cmd /vmfs/..../.vmx stop soft
Start VM = $vmware-cmd /vmfs/..../.vmx start soft
Reboot ESX = $reboot
or
Reboot ESX = $shutdown -r now
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