ESXi Host not displaying VMs when connected through vCenter

[asrarguna]

Hi All,

I am facing an issue with 1 ESXi hosts. All other hosts are working fine.

All the hosts are managed by vCenter 5.1 VM. When I select this problematic host in vCenter and click on the virtual machines tab, it displays nothing but a blank page. Then it throws an error saying that the object has already been deleted or has not completely created. Attached is the screenshot of the error popup.

However if i connect directly to the host through VI client, it does not throw the error and I can see the VMs there. If I vmotion the vms over to this host, I cannot see those VMs through vcenter but i connect to the host directly and I can see the VMs. They are running fine.

What could be causing this issue.

Thanks,

AG

[weinstein5 · Accepted solution]

I would try restarting the management agent on the troubled host or removing it from vCenter and readding it -

[asrarguna]

Thank You for replying. I tried to remove the host from vCenter but this host is a part of vDS in the cluster and when I try to remove it, it says: The resource "esxi host" is in use. Cannot remove the host because it's part of VDS dvSwitch.

Thanks - AG

[ScreamingSilenc]

To ensure that the host is no longer connected to the vDS:

1. Log in to vCenter Server using the vSphere Client.
2. Click Home.
3. Click Networking.
4. Click on the vDS.
5. Click Hosts.
6. Right-click on the host, and click Remove from vDS.

You can now right-click the host in the vSphere Client and click Remove.

[asrarguna]

Thank You Mustafa. I managed to remove the server from the cluster.

weinstein5: Thanks for the suggestion. It worked like a charm. I vmotioned a VM to this host after adding it back to the cluster and the VM is visible now

Thanks All - AG