troubleshooting Question
ESXi 6.7: cannot poweroff VM
Hi, I put one of my ESXi hosts in maintenance mode, but that task is currently in progress because one guest VM seems to have issues.
I am unable to edit anything on that VM, in vSphere console I noticed:
"the operations is not allowed in current state. The operation cannot be performaed because VM migration is in progress"
I tried to shut down affected VM through ESXi hosts (not vCenter).
it seems guest shutdown initiated (it is a very old XP vm!), but if I type:
VM still results on.
I also tried with:
with no luck.
What else can I try to shutdown this VM?
Thank you!
I am unable to edit anything on that VM, in vSphere console I noticed:
"the operations is not allowed in current state. The operation cannot be performaed because VM migration is in progress"
I tried to shut down affected VM through ESXi hosts (not vCenter).
it seems guest shutdown initiated (it is a very old XP vm!), but if I type:
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate 131 Retrieved runtime info Powered on
VM still results on.
I also tried with:
esxcli vm process kill -t=hard -w=2236513 esxcli vm process kill -t=force -w=2236513 esxcli vm process kill -t=soft -w=2236513
with no luck.
What else can I try to shutdown this VM?
Thank you!
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