Cannot access VMware management

[davene]

I have a server running VI 3.0.1 running on redhat that has been in place for quite a while. I had a hardware error that halted the machine. After restarting the machine, the ESX server boots fine. I can login through the VI client and start the VM's. However, after a few minutes, the VI client loses connection to the ESX server. At that point I cannot reconnect the VI client unless I shutdown and reboot the server through a command line.

If I try to start and stop or even list the vm's through a command line interface, I get the following error:

/usr/bin/vmware-cmd: Could not connect to server

(VMControl error -3: Invalid arguments: Login failed.)

I noticed that the httpd service is stopped. When I try to start it from a command line, it says OK. When I check the status it says it is stopped.

I have searched quite a while and have tried all sorts of things with no luck.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

David

[weinstein5]

When you say you are using the command line are you accessing it through the machine console or via an SSH client like putty? If you are not using an SSH client can you try connecting to the ESX host using an SSH client?.

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[davene]

I can access the command line from both the machine console and an ssh client (putty) with no problems.

[runclear]

have you tried bouncing the vmware hostd service?

>mgmt-vmware

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| VCP[3] | VCP[4]

[davene]

Yes, I have tried restarting the mgmt-vmware service. That does not fix the issue. I have tried restarting various services with no luck.