ESX 4.1 hangs and stuck for a long time ?
Hi,
I'm seeking your help in troubleshooting my production ESX 4.1 host that stuck in the rebooting process.
this host only can see 3x VMFS datastore presented by the old EMC CX3, so I'm not sure why it is stuck more than 4 hours today in rebooting ?
Any kind of help and assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I'm seeking your help in troubleshooting my production ESX 4.1 host that stuck in the rebooting process.
this host only can see 3x VMFS datastore presented by the old EMC CX3, so I'm not sure why it is stuck more than 4 hours today in rebooting ?
Any kind of help and assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert PRO / EE Fellow/British Beekeeper)
No LUNs have been removed from the ESX server which it's expecting to mount?
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HancockA,
Well, you almost right, there used to be plenty of LUN that was presented to this host, since it has been migrated across only 3 remains.
@Akshay: how can I perform any operations when the ESX host is not even working to allow me diagnose or type anything on the console ?
Well, you almost right, there used to be plenty of LUN that was presented to this host, since it has been migrated across only 3 remains.
@Akshay: how can I perform any operations when the ESX host is not even working to allow me diagnose or type anything on the console ?
You could try booting it up with out networking and watch post and see what fails.
If it logs in you then put networking back and restart services.
If it logs in you then put networking back and restart services.
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Santasi and hanccocka, in the data center, we do not have any NAS or iSCSI device, only FC-SAN EMC Clariion array.
You did have NAS/iSCSI previously though, didn't you?
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...Even if no longer connected (which looks to be what's confusing the asker).
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Andy, in this ESX host and same with the rest of the other host in this data center there was no iSCSI or NAS data store only FC presented LUNs.
So after waiting more than 24 hrs I can see that it is now progressing.
After I was able to insert the ESXi 5.1u1 ISO image, it is now has been forced migrate to ESXi
But somehow it is still stuck in the same stage as follows after upgraded successfully to ESXi 5.1u1
I thought that this is not the case ?
So after waiting more than 24 hrs I can see that it is now progressing.
After I was able to insert the ESXi 5.1u1 ISO image, it is now has been forced migrate to ESXi
But somehow it is still stuck in the same stage as follows after upgraded successfully to ESXi 5.1u1
I thought that this is not the case ?
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what should I do to prevent the ESXi reboot comes smoothly without waiting long time ?
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how to do that ?
because from the existing ESXi, I couldn't see it anymore ?
because from the existing ESXi, I couldn't see it anymore ?
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hanccocka, when I remove / unpresent the LUN to the upgraded ESXi host, I can do it from the EMC Unisphere level but then I won't be able todo mass ESX to ESXi migration since this must be done individually per Host ?