Zombie Guest

[bradley4681]

I have a server that shows up in esxtop but when i do a ps -aux | grep $vmname and find nothing.

I also cannot start this guest, it hangs at 95%

I also tried creating a new VM and using the original guests disks and the new VM also hangs at 95% but fails with "unable to access a file since it is locked"

there are no .lck files

Cheers,

Bradley Sessions

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[NeonSurge]

Try using ps -auxfww | grep to find the correct PID.

[LucasAlbers]

Try this method.

http://technoblog.org/2009/01/how-to-kill-a-stuck-or-hung-vm-vmware-esx-35/#more-34