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dmagnoni
Contributor
Contributor
‎03-09-2008 01:38 AM

Disconnect CD-ROM while guest OS is running on ESX 3.0.2

Hi all,

i have a couple of VM with cd-rom connected, i need to disconnect them from cd-rom to perform vmotion.

After clearing the checkmark in edit setting the vmotion is still disabled because cd-rom is connected. Go back to edit setting and the check mark still present!

How I can disconnect the cd-rom without powering down the gest OS?

Thanks a lot!

D.

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AWo
Immortal
Immortal
‎03-09-2008 05:25 AM

In general you always should start with the vCD-ROM disconnected and only connect them when used.

Which checkbox did you remove?

AWo

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dmagnoni
Contributor
Contributor
‎03-09-2008 08:08 AM

The "Connected" one.

D.

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sthoppay_wipro
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎03-09-2008 08:53 AM

Open VI Client & click on Disconnect CD/DVD icon.

If you like to do it from ESX host, you can use vimsh -n -e '/vmsvc/device.connection 32 3000 disconnect'. Where 32 is the VM ID (you can get this info by /vmsvc/getallvms) and 3000 is the deviceID (you can get this by /vmsvc/device.getdevice).

Remember vimsh is undocumented & not sure about the support issues.

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MarkE100
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎03-10-2008 02:50 AM

Install the recent patch ESX-1003513, this will allow you to vmotion a virtual machine with a CD-ROM attached

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