ESXi 6.0 boot stuck on iscsivmk_StartConnection

[vXav]

Hi,

The context is, after trying to remediate my host that was non-compliant, I noticed that the remediation went almost straight to 99% then succeeded but actually didn't do anything.

So I proceeded to reboot the host in case something was wrong or a reboot was required.

This is where the problem is, the host is stuck in the boot sequence (see screenshot attached) and it doesn't move from here.

I run Dell blade servers connected to an equallogic pool.

Any ideas? I'd rather avoid pulling the plug...

[vXav · Accepted solution]

It was actually due to the partition that holds the "Store" folder, that I deleted by mistake at some point when configuring coredump.

I booted on a GParted live CD, rebuild the partition with the right partition number, copied the store folder from another host to it and it was fixed.

Quite a fight.