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08-28-2011, 05:25 PM #1Junior Guru
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Missing VMs after rebooting the host
Hi everyone,
Today we changed our server's main IP address and then rebooted the host. Once back on, I can't see any VMs on the host. and also I get a notice:
Configuration Issues: The virtual machine inventory file on host {hostname} is damaged or unreadable.
we use: ESXi 4.1
There are no VMs listed under vsphere client.
can anyone help?
thanks
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08-28-2011, 05:28 PM #2Temporarily Suspended
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Hi
Do you have a support contract with vmware ? if so your first port of call would be to them.
Also when you rebooted ESXi was it a forced reboot ? and was it in maintenance mode when you booted it ?
Just did a quick google for "recreate vmware inventory" and there seem to be a few hits for it.
Thanks
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08-28-2011, 05:30 PM #3Junior Guru
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I dont have any support contract.
It was a regular reboot from consule.
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08-28-2011, 05:34 PM #4Temporarily Suspended
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Are the VM's on local disk ? or SAN ?
Also did you see my edit re the google search ? "recreate vmware inventory"
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08-28-2011, 05:37 PM #5Junior Guru
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all are on Local disk.
I've been Googling for the past half an hour. nothing yet
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08-28-2011, 05:42 PM #6Temporarily Suspended
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Hi
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1647048?tstart=0
Did you look at this and then follow the links ?
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08-28-2011, 05:45 PM #7Junior Guru
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Yes. not relevant to my issue actually
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08-28-2011, 06:12 PM #8Junior Guru
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If this has customers on it why not just pay up a support company from here and get it done right now... Stop wasting your time.
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08-28-2011, 07:00 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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Are the VM's still present in your data store, if so the long way round (depending how many VM's you have there) would simply be to re import them using the .vmx (from memory cant remember the file extension)
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08-28-2011, 10:15 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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What's the currently loaded kernel? Maybe you booted into the wrong kernel without realizing it?
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08-29-2011, 12:19 AM #11Junior Guru
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I imported the VMX from the datastore and it solved the problem.
Thanks everyone
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