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hodbby
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ESXi 5.5.0 gets pink screen after power failure

I have ESXi 5.0.0 running long time with no issues.

I had few minutes ago a power failure.

Now the ESXi will not start and instead it gives pink screen.

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esx.jpg

Any solution?

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zXi_Gamer
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Are you booting from a USB stick?

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Cooldude09
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hodbby, is this installed version or booted from a USB drive or other medium? reboot and see if it gets sorted out....if it is a production setup, please log a case with vmware support before doing any further R&D.

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hodbby
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No.

Hard Disk like always

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hodbby
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No USB or other medium.

ESXi installed on hard disk.

As i wrote- it happens right after power off. I guess something got corrupted.

How can i go into commandline and fix it?

How can i delete some instances/images to maybe clear some space?

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Cooldude09
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refer the URL http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=200474...

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hodbby
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Thanks but the doc is not helpful since i cannot access my ESXI nor IP.

I have attached a video that shows the process the machine is going from boot to pink.

ESXi pink screen - YouTube

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Rubeck
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Your issue seems very identical to this one https://communities.vmware.com/message/2021454

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zXi_Gamer
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I can suggest two workarounds:

1. Seeing that your system is having 4GB and hopefully it is two separate dimm slots, try to replace one.

2. If this is not a production system, in boot screen, press Shift+R and rollback to previous state which would cause the img.tgz files to be reloaded.

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hodbby
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Shift+R was empty.

Anyway i had to re-install from Live-CD while saving datastores and it is fine now.

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