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ESXi 4.1 looses connectivity intermittently
we have 2 esxi 4.1 hosts running which loose connectivity intermittently when connected with various clients - vsphere client, FastSCP or VM Explorer. This prevents us to back up VMs.
From vsphere client we get the following message:
The request failed becuase the server '192.168.0.6' closed the connection. (The underlying connection was closed: A connection that was expected to be kept alive was closed by the server.)
Error Stack
Call "PropertyCollector.CreateF
The problem disappears if we shut down one host, we can backup VMs with trilead or FastSCP without issues.
Any insight will be appreciated.
From vsphere client we get the following message:
The request failed becuase the server '192.168.0.6' closed the connection. (The underlying connection was closed: A connection that was expected to be kept alive was closed by the server.)
Error Stack
Call "PropertyCollector.CreateF
The problem disappears if we shut down one host, we can backup VMs with trilead or FastSCP without issues.
Any insight will be appreciated.
are you using VLAN's for the management console connections?
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I had read that post before posting mine. We use unmanaged switches, nothing out of the ordinary there. How do i get to /var/log on the esxi host?
@ danm66,
We did not set up VLAN on the hosts. the management network is on the same vSwitch as some VMs.
what puzzles me is that it works flawlessly with only 1 host on the LAN but the hosts starts dropping their connection when the second one is on.
@ danm66,
We did not set up VLAN on the hosts. the management network is on the same vSwitch as some VMs.
what puzzles me is that it works flawlessly with only 1 host on the LAN but the hosts starts dropping their connection when the second one is on.
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Have you double and triple checked you don't have the same IP configured anywhere on both hosts? It is interesting that all works with one host down. This definately indicates some kind of conflict.
Can you post the Network Configuration screenshots from each host?
Can you post the Network Configuration screenshots from each host?
did you find the cause? Inquiring minds want to know what you found. :)
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We moved the second host to a different location/LAN so we do not have the issue. Thank you for the comments.
it still puzzles me though. I will look at the logs when i get a chance and see if i can find the cause.
it still puzzles me though. I will look at the logs when i get a chance and see if i can find the cause.
Anyway - recommendations would be the same here.