Cannot connect the ESXi 5.5.0 server with vCenter server 5.5.0

[ManivelR]

Hi All,

Immediately 2 ESXi servers went disconnected(not responding from vCenter server.

Getting error while try to restart the hostd agent.

watchdog-hostd: PID file /var/run/vmware/watchdog-hostd.PID does not exist

watchdog-hostd: Unable to terminate watchdog: No running watchdog process for hostd

sh: can't kill pid 34033: No such process

Ramdisk 'hostd' with estimated size of 553MB already exists

Please help on this.

I tried vpxa and hostd restart but no luck.

Message was edited by: ManivelR I could not able to connect the ESXi server via vsphere client directly and getting error as "operation timeout"

[Kamuthiking]

hi

Check the below kb

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/documentLinkInt.do?micrositeID=&popup=true&languageId=&externalID=1...

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=100556...

try to kill the PID 34033

VMware KB: Service mgmt-vmware restart may not restart hostd in ESX/ESXi

Worst case jusr do a hard rest of one host and check if that connects to vcenter

regards

[SavkoorSuhas]

Any info on the Build Number of vCenter and ESXi?

Suhas

[hussainbte]

try the below linked KB

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007261

Regards,

Hussain

[sarikrizvi]

1. Disable firewall and check host connect back in vcenter.

# esxcli network firewall get

# esxcli network firewall set --enable false

2. If host connected back in vcenter after disabling firewall , then re-enable firewall again and monitor host.

# esxcli network firewall set --enabled true

3. if host disconnected in vcenter again , enable "VMware vCenter Agent"

Go to Host through vClient >> Select Configuration >> Go to "Security Profile" >>> click on "Edit" >> Click Check-mark on box  "VMware vCenter Agent" for Port 902.

Check now host will connect back in vcenter