vSphere Update 2 - VM power off/restart faild

[Tomek24VMWARE]

Hi All,

I'm testing new Update 2 on ESXi, and vCenter 4 Update 2

When VM have very high load

vcpu and memory on VM then I can't power off or restart VM. Then VM stop

responding.

I have Server R710 2x Intel X5680 3,33 Ghz 96 GB RAM.

VM: Debian Lenny 5.0.4 with stress sofrware

I'm trying power off or reboot VM in vCenter 4 U2 on ESXi 4 U2.

Result:

VM couldn't stop and I can't killing process in console RCLI

Trick & Tips from <!-- m -->[http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014165]

Not

working.

Any sugestion?

When vSphere Client is directly connect to ESXi or vCenter result is

this same.

I Think this is bug in Hypervisor, because I can't

kill process on ESXi.

Tom

[Tomek24VMWARE]

I testing this case on vSphere 4 Update 1 and I have this same results VM can't power off, progress stop on 95%

In console:

~ # ps ax|grep v0

46065 vmm0:v047

46066 vmm1:v047

46068 vmm0:v046

46069 vmm1:v046

46083 46064 mks:v047 /bin/vmx

46084 46064 vcpu-0:v047 /bin/vmx

46087 46064 vcpu-1:v047 /bin/vmx

46093 46067 mks:v046 /bin/vmx

46094 46067 vcpu-0:v046 /bin/vmx

46095 46067 vcpu-1:v046 /bin/vmx

46607 vmm0:v048

46608 vmm1:v048

46609 46606 mks:v048 /bin/vmx

46610 46606 vcpu-0:v048 /bin/vmx

46611 46606 vcpu-1:v048 /bin/vmx

47115 vmm0:v045

47116 vmm1:v045

47124 47114 mks:v045 /bin/vmx

47125 47114 vcpu-0:v045 /bin/vmx

47126 47114 vcpu-1:v045 /bin/vmx

47129 vmm0:v044

47130 vmm1:v044

47164 vmm0:v043

47165 vmm1:v043

47271 vmm0:v042

47272 vmm1:v042

47278 vmm0:v041

47279 vmm1:v041

47285 vmm0:v040

47286 vmm1:v040

47294 vmm0:v039

47295 vmm1:v039

47296 47293 mks:v039 /bin/vmx

47298 47293 vcpu-0:v039 /bin/vmx

47299 47293 vcpu-1:v039 /bin/vmx

47302 vmm0:v038

47303 vmm1:v038

47304 47301 mks:v038 /bin/vmx

47305 47301 vcpu-0:v038 /bin/vmx

47307 47301 vcpu-1:v038 /bin/vmx

47354 vmm0:v037

47355 vmm1:v037

47356 47353 mks:v037 /bin/vmx

47357 47353 vcpu-0:v037 /bin/vmx

47358 47353 vcpu-1:v037 /bin/vmx

47361 vmm0:v036

47362 vmm1:v036

47363 47360 mks:v036 /bin/vmx

47364 47360 vcpu-0:v036 /bin/vmx

47365 47360 vcpu-1:v036 /bin/vmx

47368 vmm0:v035

47369 vmm1:v035

47375 vmm0:v034

47376 vmm1:v034

47599 vmm0:v020

47606 47538 mks:v020 /bin/vmx

47607 47538 vcpu-0:v020 /bin/vmx

47622 vmm0:v019

47623 47621 mks:v019 /bin/vmx

47624 47621 vcpu-0:v019 /bin/vmx

47627 vmm0:v018

47628 47626 mks:v018 /bin/vmx

47629 47626 vcpu-0:v018 /bin/vmx

47632 vmm0:v017

47633 47631 mks:v017 /bin/vmx

47634 47631 vcpu-0:v017 /bin/vmx

I can't kill proces.

Technical

support can handle anything?

Tom

[KamilAzmer]

Restart your management agents will cancelled all the tasks. Power off your VM one by one.. don't did all in one time.

If still can't, you use CLI, vmware-cmd &lt;path.vmx&gt; getstate ( to see the vm status ) if still on, type vmware-cmd &lt;path.vmx&gt; stop soft ( if still on then change soft to hard ). then getstate again.

Otherwise, you can kill by PID, ps -auwx | grep vmx, type kill -INT PID and kill -9 PID

Have a nice day!

[DSTAVERT]

>

Technical support can handle anything?

If you have a current support contract I would contact support. From the image it looks like you have an unresponsive Host.

I would caution against killing processes on the ESXi host. It can cause the host to be unstable and potentially result in data loss.

[Tomek24VMWARE]

Hi ,

I didn't have support contract because this is lab enviroment. I'm testing this software before software purchasing for production.</span>

tried these methods already. But this is not the solution to my problems and this solution not work for me.</span>

<span class="medium_text">vSphere allows to power off many virtual machines at the same time. Even as a one VM power off the effect is the same.

<span class="short_text">This problem may be caused by the new X5680 processor?

<span class="medium_text">I do not know what to do, restart the host is not a solution for me. Execution command vmware-cmd or kill it is not the solution.

Please help</span>

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