Hi,
I tried experimenting with dvSwitches yesterday. I tried with a single ESXi server first. I messed up the conf and it lost network connectivity. I went to to the console to reset the standard vSwitch on the server, but vCenter doesn't seem to pick up that the vmkernel is disconnected from the dvSwitch. Whenever I try to remove the vdvSwitch (or the affected portgroup ftm) now, the following error occurs:
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Remove vNetwork Distributed Switch
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The resource '25' is in use.
DVS dvSwitch port 25 is reserved by to entity <not-found.> vnic vmk0, type:hostVmkVnic
The port indeed is listed as in use, but with Link Down. I can't connect anything else to this port either.
What I tried: reattaching the host and a management network to the dvswitch, paying attention to be vmk0, filling the portgroup with management networks trying to force vcenter to reclaim the "broken" port, removing the host from vcenter. That's all i can think of atm.
Thanks in advance for your help/comments
Fréderic