Comments on: VMware: Reconnecting “Disconnected” VMWare ESX Server to Virtual Infrastructure (vpx,vmware-hostd) http://blog.colovirt.com/2008/10/27/reconnecting-disconnected-vmware-esx-server-to-virtual-infrastructure/ and linux between Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:51:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anonymous http://blog.colovirt.com/2008/10/27/reconnecting-disconnected-vmware-esx-server-to-virtual-infrastructure/#comment-426 Anonymous Tue, 04 May 2010 19:50:50 +0000 http://colovirt.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-426 This worked great! Thanks for posting this! I had two hosts that would disconnect themselves a couple minutes after reconnecting them through vsphere. Now they stay connected. [root@ESX01 ~]# ps -auxc | grep vmware Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.7/FAQ root 2741 0.0 0.3 65940 1280 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog root 2865 0.0 0.3 65936 1280 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog root 2904 0.0 0.3 65936 1276 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog root 2924 0.0 0.3 65936 1284 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog root 4693 0.0 0.3 65940 1284 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog root 4700 3.9 19.7 122444 78688 ? Ssl May01 147:04 vmware-hostd root 4887 0.0 0.3 65936 1288 ? Ss May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog [root@ESX01 ~]# /etc/init.d/mgmt-vmware status vmware-hostd (pid 4700) is running... [root@ESX01 ~]# /etc/init.d/mgmt-vmware restart Stopping VMware ESX Management services: VMware ESX Host Agent Watchdog [ OK ] VMware ESX Host Agent [ OK ] Starting VMware ESX Management services: VMware ESX Host Agent (background) [ OK ] Availability report startup (background) [ OK ] [root@ESX01 ~]# ps -auxc | grep vmware Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus '-'? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.7/FAQ root 2741 0.0 0.3 65940 1280 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog root 2865 0.0 0.3 65936 1280 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog root 2904 0.0 0.3 65936 1276 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog root 2924 0.0 0.3 65936 1284 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog root 4887 0.0 0.3 65936 1308 ? Ss May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog root 15250 0.0 0.2 63844 1192 pts/0 S 12:44 0:00 vmware-watchdog root 15256 25.8 9.4 84680 37628 ? Ssl 12:44 0:01 vmware-hostd This worked great! Thanks for posting this!

I had two hosts that would disconnect themselves a couple minutes after reconnecting them through vsphere. Now they stay connected.

[root@ESX01 ~]# ps -auxc | grep vmware
Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus ‘-’? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.7/FAQ
root 2741 0.0 0.3 65940 1280 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog
root 2865 0.0 0.3 65936 1280 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog
root 2904 0.0 0.3 65936 1276 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog
root 2924 0.0 0.3 65936 1284 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog
root 4693 0.0 0.3 65940 1284 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog
root 4700 3.9 19.7 122444 78688 ? Ssl May01 147:04 vmware-hostd
root 4887 0.0 0.3 65936 1288 ? Ss May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog
[root@ESX01 ~]# /etc/init.d/mgmt-vmware status
vmware-hostd (pid 4700) is running…
[root@ESX01 ~]# /etc/init.d/mgmt-vmware restart
Stopping VMware ESX Management services:
VMware ESX Host Agent Watchdog [ OK ]
VMware ESX Host Agent [ OK ]
Starting VMware ESX Management services:
VMware ESX Host Agent (background) [ OK ]
Availability report startup (background) [ OK ]
[root@ESX01 ~]# ps -auxc | grep vmware
Warning: bad syntax, perhaps a bogus ‘-’? See /usr/share/doc/procps-3.2.7/FAQ
root 2741 0.0 0.3 65940 1280 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog
root 2865 0.0 0.3 65936 1280 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog
root 2904 0.0 0.3 65936 1276 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog
root 2924 0.0 0.3 65936 1284 ? S May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog
root 4887 0.0 0.3 65936 1308 ? Ss May01 0:00 vmware-watchdog
root 15250 0.0 0.2 63844 1192 pts/0 S 12:44 0:00 vmware-watchdog
root 15256 25.8 9.4 84680 37628 ? Ssl 12:44 0:01 vmware-hostd

]]> By: Tiago Ramos http://blog.colovirt.com/2008/10/27/reconnecting-disconnected-vmware-esx-server-to-virtual-infrastructure/#comment-341 Tiago Ramos Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:55:57 +0000 http://colovirt.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-341 a big thanks a big thanks

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.colovirt.com/2008/10/27/reconnecting-disconnected-vmware-esx-server-to-virtual-infrastructure/#comment-207 Anonymous Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:44:52 +0000 http://colovirt.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-207 Thanks for the description. Definitely helped me. One thing to note that... the mgmt-restart didn't restart for me, so I had to kill the vmware-hostd process (ps -ef|grep vmware-hostd... kill PID etc etc). Then the restart process worked beautifully and connection restored. Thanks once again. Thanks for the description. Definitely helped me.

One thing to note that… the mgmt-restart didn’t restart for me, so I had to kill the vmware-hostd process (ps -ef|grep vmware-hostd… kill PID etc etc). Then the restart process worked beautifully and connection restored.

Thanks once again.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.colovirt.com/2008/10/27/reconnecting-disconnected-vmware-esx-server-to-virtual-infrastructure/#comment-195 Anonymous Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:33:36 +0000 http://colovirt.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-195 Thank you ! :-) Thank you ! :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.colovirt.com/2008/10/27/reconnecting-disconnected-vmware-esx-server-to-virtual-infrastructure/#comment-82 Anonymous Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:03:45 +0000 http://colovirt.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-82 Very good description. This information helped immediatly and saved hours :-) Very good description. This information helped immediatly and
saved hours :-)

]]> By: Ray http://blog.colovirt.com/2008/10/27/reconnecting-disconnected-vmware-esx-server-to-virtual-infrastructure/#comment-58 Ray Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:42:55 +0000 http://colovirt.wordpress.com/?p=133#comment-58 This Saved me hours of hunting thanks This Saved me hours of hunting thanks

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