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Finally, I found the reboot is actually expected in my case. In this case, guest VM customization is used. The sequence seems like: pre-customization script -> reboot -> post-customization script. Cloud-init is also used to apply some other configurations and that takes a little bit longer. The cloud-init may or may not get interrupted by the reboot, this is why sometimes I was aware of the reboot, sometimes not. VMware folks suggest to use either traditional guest customization or cloud-init, not both of them at the same boot.

Greetings, I saw very similar issue for RHEL8 VM running on ESXi 6.7 - I have VMs running on ESXi 6.7, RHEL 8.5, and the VMs reboot randomly, no obvious errors can be found from guest VM. Seems you ran into same issues. Did you solve the issue? Thanks, Mark

I saw a very similar issue on ESXi 6.7, RHEL8.5. I have 16 VMs running, some of them reboot randomly. If I keep them running long enough, I think all of them will go through reboot. When I first create all 16 VMs and bring them up, almost every time 1~3 of them will reboot just after the first-boot (cloud-init was terminated). I couldn't see anything from guest VM's log, and this can happen on different VMs or hosts. I have the environment ready, it is easy to recreate this problem. I can provide anything can help with this issue when needed. Thanks.