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uehguaglio
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restart system from esx shell

Hi guys,

I have a strange problem.

My license is expired and I'm waiting for the new. But now I have a Virtual Machine with Linux Red Hat that is completely freezed and I cant reboot it or suspend it because after I'll not able to restart ( there are not enough licenses installed blablabla) And I neither can't use the net because this vm doesn't answer to my ping. Does somebody know if exists a way for restarting the linux system from Esx shell (that is the only shell I can join) ??

tnks

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cheeko
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vmware-cmd /vmfs/path/to/server.vmx stop

vmware-cmd /vmfs/path/to/server.vmx start

uehguaglio
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Now all is ok because I received the licenses (fortunately)

but are you sure that the second command works even without licenses? I didn' try

In each case thnks you

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cheeko
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I can't answer you that one. But a valid license helps definitely in every case ... Smiley Wink

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sbeaver
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It would NOT have started again

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