Usually virtual machines power off without any problems. But now I've got a task "Power Off Virtual Machine" which is stuck at 95% and just sits there.
Is there a way for ESX 3i to force the virtual machine to be shut down?
I'm having this problem too with ESXi 3.5 update 2. I was going to install Windows Server 2003 (before formatting the drive) and the VI Client hung. Upon forcing it closed and logging back in, I tried opening the VM and it said it couldn't connect to the VMX, but showed as on. So I tried forcing the VM off, and now it is hanging at powering off.
Look at the following post:
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1216333#1216333
or either do a service restart of the ESXi