I have a 10 esxi host 5.1 vsphere farm and one of my hosts 'out of the blue' lost all its performance metrics.. i.e. reported 0% mem/cpu etc. I then attempted to restart management agent from cli and got a bunch of "connect to localhost failed" errors. Host is now disconnected from vCenter and I cannot reconnect. Performing a "test management network" from esxi system config console it will resolve everything except local hostname.
I have verified:
- all running VM's are fine
- esxi hostname still in DNS
- I can ping/putty to esxi host
- DNS and all other network settings are still configured correctly on host
Below is what I get when attempt the management agent restart:
~ #
~ #
~ # ./sbin/services.sh restart
Running vmware-fdm stop
Stopping vmware-fdm:success
Running xorg stop
Running wsman stop
Stopping openwsmand
Openwsmand is not running.
Running sfcbd stop
This operation is not supported.
Please use /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog stop
Running snmpd stop
root: snmpd is not running.
Running sfcbd-watchdog stop
sh: bad number
sh: you need to specify whom to kill
sfcbd is not running.
Connect to localhost failed: Connection failure
Connect to localhost failed: Connection failure
Running vpxa stop
vpxa is not running
Connect to localhost failed: Connection failure
Running vobd stop
vobd is not running
Running dcbd stop
dcbd is not running
Running smartd stop
smartd is not running
Running cdp stop
cdp is not running
Running lacp stop
lacp is not running
Running memscrubd stop
memscrubd is not running
Running slpd stop
Stopping slpd
Running hostd stop
hostd is not running.
Running sensord stop
sensord is not running
Running storageRM stop
storageRM is not running
Running lbtd stop
net-lbt is not running
Running vprobed stop
vprobed is not running
Running rhttpproxy stop
rhttpproxy is not running.
Running usbarbitrator stop
usbarbitrator is not running
Running SSH stop
SSH login disabled
VobUserLib_Init failed with -1
Connect to localhost failed: Connection failure
Errors:
Invalid operation requested: This ruleset is required and connot be disabled
Running DCUI stop
Disabling DCUI logins
VobUserLib_Init failed with -1
Running ESXShell stop
ESXi shell login disabled
VobUserLib_Init failed with -1
Running ntpd stop
Stopping ntpd
Connect to localhost failed: Connection failure
Running ntpd restart
Connect to localhost failed: Connection failure
Starting ntpd
Running ESXShell restart
ESXi shell login enabled
VobUserLib_Init failed with -1
Running DCUI restart
Enabling DCUI login: runlevel =
VobUserLib_Init failed with -1
Running SSH restart
Connect to localhost failed: Connection failure
SSH login enabled
VobUserLib_Init failed with -1
Running usbarbitrator restart
~ # ./sbin/services.sh restart
Running vmware-fdm stop
Stopping vmware-fdm:success
Running xorg stop
Running wsman stop
Stopping openwsmand
Openwsmand is not running.
Running sfcbd stop
This operation is not supported.
Please use /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog stop
Running snmpd stop
root: snmpd is not running.
Running sfcbd-watchdog stop
sh: bad number
sh: you need to specify whom to kill
sfcbd is not running.
Connect to localhost failed: Connection failure
Connect to localhost failed: Connection failure
Thanks in advance,
Jaime