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15. Re: unresponsive host
sdnbtech Aug 24, 2015 11:34 AM (in response to DSchef)I checked this morning and there are a few options. 1) Apply a debug build of ESXi that will still be affected by the problem but gather more information for the development team, 2) There is a script that has to be run at each boot of each ESXi server that they believe fixes the issue entirely but can cause performance degradation, 3) Downgrade to 5.5 or below.
My case has now been open 60 days regarding this issue. It's very disappointing.
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16. Re: unresponsive host
gregory Aug 24, 2015 12:34 PM (in response to sdnbtech)hello,
i have the same problem with 2 hp dl 580 G7.
any chance you could share the script to run on each reboot ?
thanks !
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17. Re: unresponsive host
cesprov Sep 10, 2015 1:44 PM (in response to gregory)The fix script for this is now available here.
That KB article seems to have been published today, the same day 6.0 U1 came out. No mention that 6.0U1 fixes this problem. In fact it specifically states "After upgrading to or installing ESXi 6.0.x and ESXi 6.0 Update 1, you may experience these symptoms" so one would have to assume the problem still persists in 6.0 U1 also. If it was fixed in 6.0 U1, I would expect the article to say as much.
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18. Re: unresponsive host
Kisan_VMware Sep 11, 2015 8:14 AM (in response to shaheed_a_m)Hi,
Check below article, It could be firewall issue at VC, hope this will help
VMware KB: ESXi/ESX hosts enter a Not Responding state after connecting to vCenter Server
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19. Re: unresponsive host
rseabrooke Sep 11, 2015 8:19 AM (in response to Kisan_VMware)Thanks for the info. I guess I will wait for the patch I don`t want to run into performance issues:(
VMware really needs to have a warning on their download page that references this KB.
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20. Re: unresponsive host
bansne Sep 12, 2015 7:12 AM (in response to shaheed_a_m)Did you try to connect ESXi using VI Client directly?is it working?
1) I would suggest to try starting managment agent and see if it works.
2) The very moment you try connecting ESXi to vCenter sevrer , have vCenter Server logs been open to analyse the logs and identify the cause of problem.
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21. Re: unresponsive host
rseabrooke Sep 15, 2015 6:27 AM (in response to bansne)In my case you couldn`t try it even when accessing it through the console. The host appears to be locked up.
I have not seen this issue before and I have been working with Vmware since version 3.
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22. Re: unresponsive host
bansne Sep 16, 2015 2:34 AM (in response to shaheed_a_m)Neither i had came across such problem.
In ESXi, there are several menu options provided to test the management network. If the ESX host responds to user interaction, but does not respond to pings, you may have a networking issue.
As stated by you that you are not even able to access the console. Can you check what the Enclosure says about the state of host? What i suspect is the hardware might be incompatible with version 6 or vice versa.
try rollback the settings and check if the blade respond well. If yes, then suggest you to first update hardware firmware/bios version and then install ESXi 6.x
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23. Re: unresponsive host
bansne Sep 16, 2015 2:35 AM (in response to rseabrooke)Neither i had came across such problem.
In ESXi, there are several menu options provided to test the management network. If the ESX host responds to user interaction, but does not respond to pings, you may have a networking issue.
As stated by you that you are not even able to access the console. Can you check what the Enclosure says about the state of host? What i suspect is the hardware might be incompatible with version 6 or vice versa.
try rollback the settings and check if the blade respond well. If yes, then suggest you to first update hardware firmware/bios version and then install ESXi 6.x
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25. Re: unresponsive host
rseabrooke Sep 21, 2015 6:44 AM (in response to shaheed_a_m)ESXi 6.0 network connectivity is lost with NETDEV WATCHDOG timeouts in the vmkernel.log (2124669)
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