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is there a way to reload, reset, and or repair &nbsp;the vi /etc/inetd.conf file back to all defaults<br />
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Please update the build number of the ESX3i Server<br />

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how do I do this...I cannot connect to the host via VI Client?<br />

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the current build is VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 build 123629
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Try this from the console before doing anything drastic:<br />
<a href="http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/ESXi_restart_agents.php" rel="ugc">http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/ESXi_restart_agents.php</a>
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this has all been done...I am working with a VMWare support agent now<br />
thanks I will keep you posted on resolution<br />

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I'm working to find a method to start inetd service manually. &nbsp;I don't know yet if correcting the services having problems is possible or if it will correct the Virtual Center connection issue. &nbsp;The ESX 3i hosts provide a limited amount of manageability when issues like what you're experiencing arise. &nbsp;At this time we really have two options: <br />
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1. &nbsp;Continue to try and resolve the issue with services disallowing the successful connection to Virtual Center <br />
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2. &nbsp;re-install ESX
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looks like a reload in my future
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I have been struggling with my ESX 3i server for a while now...3 days ago it was fine...It appears that somehting is stopping it from communicating the way it should...I completly removed the VMare Infastructure client because you could no longer open a virutal machine's console with out getting an actively refused error...went through &nbsp;the a troubleshooting tips from experts exchange...as well as no SSH connection, after trouble shooting...I reloaded VMWare Client from scratch .Now I cannot connect to my host. I added the datastore and when I go to add host I go throught the motions enter the password it sees all the virutal machines see the datastore then when I click finish &nbsp;on ready to complete I get unable to contact the specified host (IP address) this might be because the host is not avaible on the network..The local machines firewall is off.....Is there a way to reload ESX Server with out losing the local datastore and minimal down time...I have my production server running on this ESX server's local datastore
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I have been struggling with my ESX 3i server for a while now...3 days ago it was fine...It appears that somehting is stopping it from communicating the way it should...I completly removed the VMare Infastructure client because you could no longer open a virutal machine's console with out getting an actively refused error...went through  the a troubleshooting tips from experts exchange...as well as no SSH connection, after trouble shooting...I reloaded VMWare Client from scratch .Now I cannot connect to my host. I added the datastore and when I go to add host I go throught the motions enter the password it sees all the virutal machines see the datastore then when I click finish  on ready to complete I get unable to contact the specified host (IP address) this might be because the host is not avaible on the network..The local machines firewall is off.....Is there a way to reload ESX Server with out losing the local datastore and minimal down time...I have my production server running on this ESX server's local datastore

Vmware ESX 3i connections issues, no SSH will not connect to host

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.