Hi,
The below issue pertains to a standalone ESX server 3.0 which ash 2 vms running on it.
I have an issue with the mgmt-vmware startup. when I start the mgmt-vmware, I get the below /var/log/messages entries. I have checked the PID files vmware-hostd.PID and the watchdog-hostd.PID under /var/run/vmware and killed those processes before restarting mgmt-vmare.
Interestingly the watchdog-hostd and vmware-hostd process crash when I try connecting using a VI client.
I have through google and the vmware site, trying to dig up any relevant info, all the articles I came across don't mention this issue.
log entries on mgmt-vmware startup -->
Oct 11 10:10:58 GVT4-NSW watchdog-hostd: PID file /var/run/vmware/watchdog-hostd.PID not found
Oct 11 10:10:58 GVT4-NSW VMware[init]: [3055] Begin '/usr/sbin/vmware-hostd -u -a', min-uptime = 60, max-quick-failures = 5, max-to
tal-failures = 1000000
Oct 11 10:10:58 GVT4-NSW VMware[init]: connect: No such file or directory.
Oct 11 10:11:40 GVT4-NSW last message repeated 2 times
Oct 11 10:11:40 GVT4-NSW watchdog-hostd: Executing cleanup command '/usr/sbin/hostd-support'
Oct 11 10:11:40 GVT4-NSW VMware[init]: connect: No such file or directory.
Oct 11 10:12:00 GVT4-NSW VMware[init]: connect: No such file or directory.
Oct 11 10:12:00 GVT4-NSW watchdog-hostd: Executing cleanup command '/usr/sbin/hostd-support'
Oct 11 10:12:01 GVT4-NSW VMware[init]: connect: No such file or directory.
Oct 11 10:12:21 GVT4-NSW VMware[init]: connect: No such file or directory.
Oct 11 10:12:21 GVT4-NSW watchdog-hostd: Executing cleanup command '/usr/sbin/hostd-support'
Oct 11 10:12:21 GVT4-NSW VMware[init]: connect: No such file or directory.
log entries when trying to connect using VI client just before the processes crash -->
Oct 11 10:12:40 GVT4-NSW VMware[init]: connect: No such file or directory.
Oct 11 10:12:40 GVT4-NSW watchdog-hostd: Executing cleanup command '/usr/sbin/hostd-support'
Oct 11 10:12:41 GVT4-NSW VMware[init]: connect: No such file or directory.
Oct 11 10:13:00 GVT4-NSW watchdog-hostd: Executing cleanup command '/usr/sbin/hostd-support'
Oct 11 10:13:00 GVT4-NSW VMware[init]: connect: No such file or directory.
Oct 11 10:13:00 GVT4-NSW VMware[init]: connect: No such file or directory.
Oct 11 10:13:20 GVT4-NSW watchdog-hostd: Executing cleanup command '/usr/sbin/hostd-support'
Oct 11 10:13:20 GVT4-NSW VMware[init]: connect: No such file or directory.
Any ideas at all?