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Could it be due to the swap space residing on the physical drives.
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Could it be due to the swap space residing on the physical drives.

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hanccocka,<br />
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We'll test that some more.. &nbsp;All firmware's are up to date.. &nbsp;Will double check &nbsp;That's exactly what happened.
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hanccocka,

We'll test that some more..  All firmware's are up to date..  Will double check  That's exactly what happened.

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if you want to know the details in ESXi look for a dump file in esx host and check the log<br />
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&nbsp;# ls &nbsp;/var/core/<br />
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something like this file &quot;vmkernel-zdump-????&quot;<br />
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use this command to extract<br />
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# vmkdump -l <br />
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jandel basanal<br />
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<a href="http://myvirtualstorage.workincebu.com/" rel="ugc">http://myvirtualstorage.workincebu.com/</a>
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if you want to know the details in ESXi look for a dump file in esx host and check the log

 # ls  /var/core/

something like this file "vmkernel-zdump-????"

use this command to extract

# vmkdump -l


jandel basanal

http://myvirtualstorage.workincebu.com/ [http://myvirtualstorage.workincebu.com/]

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I have a Dell 2950 running ESXi v5.1 &nbsp;I had a few VM's running on it and then all of the sudden they all stopped responding. &nbsp;I looked at the server and saw HDD1 had an error and a purple screen on the ESXi console. &nbsp;I'm using ESXi v5.1 to boot via a USB memory stick via hard disk emulation mode. &nbsp;Why would a failed array member cause this? &nbsp;When rebooting the server it came back up with a failed member being noted.. &nbsp;But.. The drive is green.. I'll figure the failed drive part out.. But.. &nbsp;Any ideas to ESXi going to a purple screen like this? &nbsp;Also, the ESXi server is running vCenter with VSA Manager on it.
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I have a Dell 2950 running ESXi v5.1  I had a few VM's running on it and then all of the sudden they all stopped responding.  I looked at the server and saw HDD1 had an error and a purple screen on the ESXi console.  I'm using ESXi v5.1 to boot via a USB memory stick via hard disk emulation mode.  Why would a failed array member cause this?  When rebooting the server it came back up with a failed member being noted..  But.. The drive is green.. I'll figure the failed drive part out.. But..  Any ideas to ESXi going to a purple screen like this?  Also, the ESXi server is running vCenter with VSA Manager on it.

ESXi v5.1 purple debug screen after hard disk fail

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