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edmandsj
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PSOD on "Reset" of Windows VM

I have a Windows VM that I ported over from Virtual Box. I told Virtual Box to export as "OVA 9.0". Added to VM inventory on the ESXi host and booted it up. After playing with the VM for a little bit, I decided to reset the virtual machines power. Upon reset of the VM, the entire ESXi 5.1 host to PSODs on me. Any idea why this would happen? I did it 3 times in a row to make sure it was the only resaon for PSOD.

This clip below is all in the same second that the host crashes.

A vmkcore disk partition is available and/or a
network coredump server has been configured. 
Host core dumps will be saved.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Port vmk0 is now protected by Firewall.
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Physical NIC vmnic0 linkstate is up.
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set vprobeServer succeeded.
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set remoteSerialPort succeeded.
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host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set vSPC succeeded.
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set WOL succeeded.
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set WOL succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set IKED succeeded.
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set syslog succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set DVSSync succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set DHCPv6 succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set DHCPv6 succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set DVFilter succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set gdbserver succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set httpClient succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set ftpClient succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set HBR succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set HBR succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set NFC succeeded.
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host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set NFC succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set activeDirectoryAll succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'setrequired' for rule set vSphereClient succeeded
.
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set vSphereClient succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set vSphereClient succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set vMotion succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set vMotion succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set webAccess succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set webAccess succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set faultTolerance succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set faultTolerance succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set updateManager succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set vpxHeartbeats succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set vpxHeartbeats succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set iSCSI succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set CIMSLP succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set CIMSLP succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set CIMHttpsServer succeeded.
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host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set CIMHttpsServer succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set CIMHttpServer succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set CIMHttpServer succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set ntpClient succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set snmp succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set snmp succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set dns succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set dns succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set dhcp succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set dhcp succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
host2.domain.com

Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'addIP4' for rule set nfsClient succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'noallowall' for rule set nfsClient succeeded.
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set nfsClient succeeded.
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set nfsClient succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set sshClient succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'setrequired' for rule set sshServer succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'enable' for rule set sshServer succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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Firewall configuration has changed. Operation
'add' for rule set sshServer succeeded.
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1/10/2013 2:34:18 PM
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memaad
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Hi,

Can you add screen shot of PSOD.

Regards

Mohammed

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edmandsj
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Image Attached

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memaad
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Hi,

Fixed in this patch

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=2035777&sl...

Regards

Mohammed

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edmandsj
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OK. I will try that. KB is down :smileyconfused: . So I found it here

https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-368-20121217-718319/ESXi510-201212001.zip

Is this the file?

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memaad
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Virtuoso

Hi,

Yes KB is down .  Need to wait till KB is up.  One more think you can do is to update the host to latest patch. I will confirm once KB is up.

Regards

Mohammed

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memaad
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Hi,

KB is up now.  VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-201212401-BG: Updates esx-base

Regards

Mohammed

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