VMware Cloud Community
foxy1977
Contributor
Contributor

Error restarting host management service and 'another task already in progress'

Hi there,

I am having a problem restarting the management service on a host. I have logged onto the host using SSH. Logged in as my normal user and switched to root user. I then typed:

service mgmt-vmware stop

I then get the error message:

bash: service: command not found

Anyone any ideas? I am running esx 4.0.0 236512. I have a VM that has stopped responding after what looks like a snapshot problem running a backup into the vmware data recovery appliance. I am unable to power off or reset the VM (or do anything with it!!!) as it says 'another task already in progress'

I have put a ticket into VMware and despite it being a priority 2 call i havent had a call back. I think the management service restart will cure it but just can't get it to restart.

Thanks in advance

Reply
0 Kudos
3 Replies
mlubinski
Expert
Expert

are you typing this as root? Also you can try /etc/init.d/mgmt-vmware restart

If you found this or any other answer useful please consider the use of the Helpful or correct buttons to award points

[I]If you found this or any other answer useful please consider the use of the Helpful or correct buttons to award points[/I]
foxy1977
Contributor
Contributor

Hi there

Yes I am running as root user.

I have just tried that command and it worked a treat. Thanks for your help

Reply
0 Kudos
AndreTheGiant
Immortal
Immortal

Have you switched to root with su and not with "su -"...

Right?

In this case you haven't in your PATH the /sbin and similar directory.

Andre

Andrew | http://about.me/amauro | http://vinfrastructure.it/ | @Andrea_Mauro
Reply
0 Kudos