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VM win2008 power Off .. 95%

i must power off a virtual machine Windows 2008 server, but from virtual center the task is stop at 95%.

i tried with vmware-cmd

vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/4b9f65df-45531f94-17ab-001517cffb85/2008-veeam/2008-veeam.vmx reset hard

but i recivied :

vim.fault.TaskInProgress: Another task is already in progress.

there is another method ?

thanks too much.

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Restart the vmware hostd service i.e. # service mgmt-vmware restart and this task would be canceled but and I guess the VM would have been powered off.

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Restart the vmware hostd service i.e. # service mgmt-vmware restart and this task would be canceled but and I guess the VM would have been powered off.

If you found this or other information useful, please consider awarding points for "Correct" or "Helpful".

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VCP3,VCP4,HP UX CSA

Regards, Arun Pandey VCP 3,4,5 | VCAP-DCA | NCDA | HPUX-CSA | http://highoncloud.blogspot.in/ If you found this or other information useful, please consider awarding points for "Correct" or "Helpful".
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thanks too much ...

# service mgmt-vmware restart

Stopping VMware ESX Management services:

VMware ESX Host Agent Watchdog

VMware ESX Host Agent

Starting VMware ESX Management services:

VMware ESX Host Agent (background)

Availability report startup (background)

when vcenter reconnet the host ?

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The host will reconnect automatically, however if it does not then right click the host and click on connect.

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shutdown -r -n now

after 5 minute reconnect host to virtual center ...

thanks too much.

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