a general system error occurred on vmware - i have to do service mgmt-vmware restart ?

[maxtoscano]

hi all !

i have some many virtual machines on a vmware infrastructure client ;

one virtual machine linux suse has had problems , a file system corrupted , and not was possible to repair it ;

in spite of many fsck -y etc etc ...

now i have deleted this virtual machine linux , using "delete from the disk" option ;

but .. from when i used this command "delete from the disk" , i can not create new virtual machines , i have this error "a general system error occurred" and even "invalid state" ,

i can not create new virtual machine , and if i do a "power off" i can not put in "power on" that machine ;

when i click in"events" inside every virtual machine , i get this " a general system error ocurred" as i wrote before ,

so .. must i restart init.d/mgmt-vmware restart ??

or maybe must i do a physical reboot of the host ?

is it sufficient ? , or maybe the virtual disk is corrupted ?

if it is corrupted , what i must do ??

thanks a lot for attention !

best regards

massimiliano toscano

[Texiwill]

Hello,

Which version of ESX are you using? Is it ESXi or ESX?

Also, I would start reviewing your vmkernel log files as you may have more issues than just restarting the management agents. Restart the management agents is the first thing to do. But I would also investigate everything else.

Also are you using vCenter or direct to ESX via the VIC?

Best regards,

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[maxtoscano]

hi !

i 'm using ESX , and i use vm i client , the vic ,

how i can do for restarting vmkernel log file and the mgm agents ?

i say from the vic ,

or i must use the server host ?

2009/11/5 Texiwill <communities-emailer@vmware.com<mailto:communities-emailer@vmware.com>>

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[Texiwill]

Hello,

Which version of ESX once more... v3 or v4?

You need to restart the agents from the service console using 'service mgmt-vmware restart' as the root user.

Best regards,

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