Just a quick post- Multiple symptoms, one solution>> Symptoms: 1. Unable to ssh into your ESX host 2. Unable to login to the ESX console 3. ESX shows not responding in VirtualCenter 4. HA error (but esx host responding) 5. Unable to VMotion (but esx host responding) Check ps output and if you see # [...]

There’s a new problem a few customers have reported whereby- ESX disconnects randomly from VirtualCenter ESX disconnects when performing VI Client tasks from VirtualCenter. Tasks randomly timeout after a long idle time “An error occurred communicating to the remote host” pops up. This only refers to Update 3. This issue seem to be affecting customers [...]

I have heard that we are getting a few calls into support on this one, so I am rushing this new Knowledgebase article ( http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007755 to be publicly available. It’s not quite out yet, so here’s the scoop. Deployed VM’s base disk will point to the original template’s vmdk if Edit Virtual Hardware is used [...]