Hi Team,
ESXi host halts and displays a purple diagnostic screen with PF Exception 14. Please see the below details. Could you please help me to trace out this issue?
2018-09-26T15:08:17.668Z cpu15:37062)World: 8773: PRDA 0x418043c00000 ss 0x4018 ds 0x4018 es 0x4018 fs 0x0 gs 0x0
2018-09-26T15:08:17.668Z cpu15:37062)World: 8775: TR 0x4000 GDT 0xfffffffffc013000 (0xffff) IDT 0xfffffffffc043000 (0xffff)
2018-09-26T15:08:17.668Z cpu15:37062)World: 8776: CR0 0x80010033 CR3 0x128808000 CR4 0x42660
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)Backtrace for current CPU #15, worldID=37062, ebp=0x4123c319d4c8
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319d4c8:[0x41802ba10c57]E1000PollRxRing@vmkernel#nover+0xb73 stack: 0x3f4cdf9b089cc0, 0x4111
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319d538:[0x41802ba13bb5]E1000DevRx@vmkernel#nover+0x3a9 stack: 0x4123c319d578, 0x4108d797100
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319d5d8:[0x41802b992164]IOChain_Resume@vmkernel#nover+0x174 stack: 0x434cdf, 0x4123c67e7000,
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319d628:[0x41802b979e22]PortOutput@vmkernel#nover+0x136 stack: 0x4108d781f780, 0x4108d797150
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319d688:[0x41802bf24f58]EtherswitchForwardLeafPortsQuick@<None>#<None>+0x4c stack: 0x3600000
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319d8a8:[0x41802bf25f51]EtherswitchPortDispatch@<None>#<None>+0xe25 stack: 0x412300000013, 0
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319d918:[0x41802b97a7d2]Port_InputResume@vmkernel#nover+0x192 stack: 0x41084013ef80, 0x4108d
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319d968:[0x41802b97ba39]Port_Input_Committed@vmkernel#nover+0x25 stack: 0x12b82e254, 0x4123c
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319d9f8:[0x41802b9cad25]Vmxnet3VMKDevTQDoTx@vmkernel#nover+0x28d stack: 0xf00000000, 0x0, 0x
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319da68:[0x41802b9cec13]Vmxnet3VMKDev_AsyncTx@vmkernel#nover+0xa3 stack: 0x4123c319dbe8, 0x4
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319dad8:[0x41802b9add70]NetWorldletPerVMCB@vmkernel#nover+0x218 stack: 0x417feb8ee090, 0x412
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319dc38:[0x41802b8eae77]WorldletProcessQueue@vmkernel#nover+0xcf stack: 0x4123c319dc78, 0x20
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319dc78:[0x41802b8eb93c]WorldletBHHandler@vmkernel#nover+0x54 stack: 0x181bf4fb2f334, 0x417f
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319dce8:[0x41802b82e5b9]BH_Check@vmkernel#nover+0xc9 stack: 0xac1800, 0x4100067a4000, 0x200a
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319dd58:[0x41802ba4e72d]CpuSchedIdleLoopInt@vmkernel#nover+0x391 stack: 0x400000002, 0x0, 0x
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319deb8:[0x41802ba54930]CpuSchedDispatch@vmkernel#nover+0x1630 stack: 0x4123c319df28, 0x4123
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319df28:[0x41802ba55c65]CpuSchedWait@vmkernel#nover+0x245 stack: 0x1, 0x90c6, 0x412300002001
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319df98:[0x41802ba561cb]CpuSched_VcpuHalt@vmkernel#nover+0x197 stack: 0x418000000000, 0x4100
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x4123c319dfe8:[0x41802b8cde30]VMMVMKCall_Call@vmkernel#nover+0x48c stack: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0
2018-09-26T15:08:17.718Z cpu15:37062)0x41802b8cd484:[0xfffffffffc223baa]__vmk_symbol_NFSVolume_GetLocalPath@com.vmware.nfsmod#1.0.0.0+0x
2018-09-26T15:08:17.740Z cpu15:37062) [45m [33;1mVMware ESXi 5.5.0 [Releasebuild-1331820 x86_64] [0m
#PF Exception 14 in world 37062:vmm5:XX-AAA IP 0x41802ba10c57 addr 0x0
Have a look at this https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2079094 and it looks like a known problem that has been resolved with later patches/releases of ESXi 5.5.
Have a look at this https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2079094 and it looks like a known problem that has been resolved with later patches/releases of ESXi 5.5.
Hi,
We use VMXNET3 virtual adapter for most of the VMs and still, we are facing the PSOD issue. That means I need to update the ESXi 5.5 with the latest patch.
I think the below-mentioned version might help me to get the issue resolved.
VMware vSphere 5: Private Cloud Computing, Server and Data Center Virtualization
Description Cisco Custom Image for ESXi 5.5.0 U3 GA
Version 5.5 U3
Documentation: Blade Servers Rack Servers E-Series Blades Support Matrix
Release Date 2018-09-21
Your current build is ESXi 5.5 GA
You required upgrade it by ESXi 5.5 Patch 2 ( 1892794)
Please follow this KB