Hi All,
I've been browsing the forums for a soution to this for some time and nothing seems to fit:
Periodically, (at least twice a month) I need to reboot my host (Server 2) because the host OS and all of the guests become, well, lethargic. In other words, they seem to run as though the CPU clock speed has been set to ~1/20th of the fastest clock rate. They are running, but only at a fraction of the speed they do when the host first boots. I've gone as long as 6 weeks without having to reboot and as little as a day, but it always happens eventually. I've found no way cure the problem without having to reboot the host machine.
The strange thing is it is happening on 2 hosts, each with different hardware configurations that are not even on the same network (not connected to one another in any way). Both run Centos on the host, one is the 64bit flavor, the other 32bit. Both have a combination of Windows and Linux guests.
There is nothing I can find in the VMWare host or guest logs, nor in the kernel message logs that indicates there is any problem. They host and all guests simply become lethargic. I think the slowdown may be happening after long disk operations but I'm not sure.
Here's what happens when I try to restart the vmware service:
--root@vm1 ~--# /etc/init.d/vmware restart
Stopping VMware autostart virtual machines:
Virtual machines OK
Stopping VMware management services:
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
VMware Server Host Agent
It hangs at the "VMWare Server Host Agent" stop step.
Anyone know of a stone I've left unturned or had a similar problem?
I've been browsing the forums for a soution to this for some time and nothing seems to fit:
Periodically, (at least twice a month) I need to reboot my host (Server 2) because the host OS and all of the guests become, well, lethargic. In other words, they seem to run as though the CPU clock speed has been set to ~1/20th of the fastest clock rate. They are running, but only at a fraction of the speed they do when the host first boots. I've gone as long as 6 weeks without having to reboot and as little as a day, but it always happens eventually. I've found no way cure the problem without having to reboot the host machine.
The strange thing is it is happening on 2 hosts, each with different hardware configurations that are not even on the same network (not connected to one another in any way). Both run Centos on the host, one is the 64bit flavor, the other 32bit. Both have a combination of Windows and Linux guests.
There is nothing I can find in the VMWare host or guest logs, nor in the kernel message logs that indicates there is any problem. They host and all guests simply become lethargic. I think the slowdown may be happening after long disk operations but I'm not sure.
Here's what happens when I try to restart the vmware service:
--root@vm1 ~--# /etc/init.d/vmware restart
Stopping VMware autostart virtual machines:
Virtual machines OK
Stopping VMware management services:
VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web Access
VMware Server Host Agent
It hangs at the "VMWare Server Host Agent" stop step.
Anyone know of a stone I've left unturned or had a similar problem?
