ESX 3.5.0, 64607 - VIC 2.5.0, 84767
Hi. I hope someone can advise:
Our ESX server, running 7 VMs, recently started using up most of its physical memory, triggering CPU and memory usage alerts. It got to the point where VIC was not responding. I disconnected the host (which seemed like a good idea at the time) but now I cannot reconnect. The error I get when I try reconnect is: "Unable to access the specified host. It either does not exist, the server software is not responding, or there is a network problem."
Fortunately the VMs are all still running.
I can connect to the VMs through web access. After enabling root access I can SSH to the ESX server successfully.
Using SSH, I restarted the physical server but it still refuses to connect. Furthermore, I get the message in SSH console "ALERT: Configuration changes were not saved successfully during previous shutdown. Please file a problem report including output of vm-support." (VIC -> Export diagnostic data reports ok for Virtual Center & VIC; ESX = log bundle hasn't been generated).