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    <title>topic Re: VM disconnected after host failed - How to manually reconnect? in VI: VMware ESX® 3.0 Discussions</title>
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    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I didnt want to go and remove it in case their was a simpler way of reconnecting that i was missing!! Thanks for that, at least i can just do that if it fails again.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>davecon</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-28T09:32:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>VM disconnected after host failed - How to manually reconnect?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/VM-disconnected-after-host-failed-How-to-manually-reconnect/m-p/2000121#M28317</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;During some planned downtime today, i came across an issue which may cause problems in the future - so i am just looking for any insight...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;We have 6 Esx hosts running Win2k3 vm's. All VM's reside on SAN storage. HA/DRS is in use and working fine.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basically we were going through each host and shutting down VM's, then putting each host in to Maintenance mode. Each host was then restarted.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;One of the host servers had a 'pink screen of death' on reboot. Since this host did not come back up, its VM shows as disconnected in Virtual Center. Luckily this host came back up after a second reboot, and its VM was able to power on. During the 'pink screen'/failed host I was unable to migrate or disconnect the VM and reconnect it on another host. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As the host was in maintenance mode, HA obviously wasnt able to migrate the vm to a working host.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My question is - If the failed host had not come back up after a second reboot, how would i manually disconnect the VM and power it up on a working ESX host? I know this can be done using cmd line, but not sure of the proccess. I cannot really play with it as its a 24/7 production system.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Obviously, i still have to find out why my server 'pink screened' but thats another days work!&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;thanks in advance for any replies.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:01:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>davecon</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-07-28T09:01:36Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VM disconnected after host failed - How to manually reconnect?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/VM-disconnected-after-host-failed-How-to-manually-reconnect/m-p/2000122#M28318</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;just select "remove from inventory" and browse the datastore and import the vm. probably the easiest way.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Duncan&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;My virtualisation blog:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.yellow-bricks.com"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you find this information useful, please award points for "correct" or "helpful".&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:07:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>depping</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-07-28T09:07:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VM disconnected after host failed - How to manually reconnect?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/VM-disconnected-after-host-failed-How-to-manually-reconnect/m-p/2000123#M28319</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I didnt want to go and remove it in case their was a simpler way of reconnecting that i was missing!! Thanks for that, at least i can just do that if it fails again.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/VM-disconnected-after-host-failed-How-to-manually-reconnect/m-p/2000123#M28319</guid>
      <dc:creator>davecon</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2008-07-28T09:32:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: VM disconnected after host failed - How to manually reconnect?</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VI-VMware-ESX-3-0-Discussions/VM-disconnected-after-host-failed-How-to-manually-reconnect/m-p/2000124#M28320</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;I have had this happen after a purple screen and there is no ability to remove from inventory, its greyed out.&amp;nbsp; My guess is that vCenter still thinks it is powered on so it removed the option.&amp;nbsp; How do you get the VM back, and changing the name is not an option becuase its a vCloud created VM. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:00:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>JasonBurrell</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2013-02-11T23:00:56Z</dc:date>
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