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    VMware vSphere ESXi Loses Interface

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    • scottalanmiller
      scottalanmiller last edited by

      Our older vSphere ESXi 5.0 system had an issue where its interface went down. The vSphere Client could not connect to it at all. The interface was just gone. Thankfully, SSH access was still available. All that was needed to fix the issue was...

      /etc/init.d/hostd restart
      /etc/init.d/vpxa restart

      We found the issue not because we were attempting to log into the box but because image-based backups were failing. So it was our Unitrends reports that tipped us off. The image-based backups failed with network errors but the agent-based backups on the same systems kept running just fine.

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      • thanksajdotcom
        thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller last edited by

        @scottalanmiller said:

        Our older vSphere ESXi 5.0 system had an issue where its interface went down. The vSphere Client could not connect to it at all. The interface was just gone. Thankfully, SSH access was still available. All that was needed to fix the issue was...

        /etc/init.d/hostd restart
        /etc/init.d/vpxa restart

        We found the issue not because we were attempting to log into the box but because image-based backups were failing. So it was our Unitrends reports that tipped us off. The image-based backups failed with network errors but the agent-based backups on the same systems kept running just fine.

        Cool! Good to know!

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        • Reid Cooper
          Reid Cooper last edited by

          That's an easy fix. As long as you have the foresight to have SSH enabled.

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