VMware vSphere ESXi Loses Interface
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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 restartWe 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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@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 restartWe 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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That's an easy fix. As long as you have the foresight to have SSH enabled.
