#Esxi usb backup update#

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ESXi stuck in Not responding from vCenter - 24 Aug, 2021 Hot Add NVMe Device Caused PSOD on ESXi - 8 Sep, 2021.For now, IвЂ™ll apply this вЂњworkaroundвЂќ in my environment, which seems to be better than stale IOs againt the ESXi, including the repercussion (failing processes), and possible mutiple reboots needed, etc. Hopefully it wonвЂ™t be that long, until a fix is released. Do CLI commands (which previouly got stuck).ДЄlso: After VMware releases a fix for this, I simply plan to reboot the host first (makes the device working again), then apply the patch, etc.So after vmhba32 is вЂњflagged as failedвЂќ, you may Other procedures which might have failed before, now may start working again. should now work, and you may set the host in maintenance mode, completing vMotion & evacuating VMs as usual (which was stuck before), or do вЂњCLI stuffвЂќ. Note: After restarting the hostd process in my case, I needed to wait another 2-3 minutes, sometimes, before the world was actually stopped, and the process was no longer using vmhba32 (guessing another timeout). Re-check if any process is still using the device # localcli storage core device world list|egrep -ie '(device|mpx)' usr/lib/vmware/hostd/bin/create-statsstore.py:30: DeprecationWarning: pyvsilib is replaced by vmware.vsi Watchdog-hostd: Terminating watchdog process with PID 1051906 1051182 Restart hostd, if needed (or any other processes locking the device) # /etc/init.d/hostd restart I simply added a filter on device & mpx only, to limit output. Tip: You may also just run the command localcli storage core device world list, and check the output. Here we see that device mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0 is being used by hostd (with PID 1051918)

Please use the 'storage core device world list' command to see the VMkernel worlds still using these paths.Д¬heck for any process (worlds) currently using the device # localcli storage core device world list|egrep -ie '(device|mpx)' Rescan complete, however some dead paths were not removed because they were in use by the system. In my case, itвЂ™s vmhba32 esxcfg-rescan -d vmhba32 Running esxcfg-rescan -d on the device that has issues #

#Esxi usb backup update#

u|-update Scan existing paths only and update their state. d|-delete Scan for only deleted devices. a|-add Scan for only newly added devices. Checking the possible options for esxcfg-rescan # esxcfg-rescan -h But only until the issue resurfaces (hours or days, in my experience so far). (wild guess).ДЄ quick reboot seems to make the drive working again, luckily. No timeouts equals working processes etc. The device is in other words marked as failed, with APD/PDL (which IвЂ™m guessing is why the host is somewhat working again not trying any IOs against the vmhba32 device equals no timeouts. will not work, as all IOs against the device (which stores the changes) are not working. That said, any вЂњpermanent configuration changesвЂќ to ESXi, etc.

Mentioned other places, a combination of esxcfg-rescan -d vmhba32, and restarting services/processes currently using the device (vmhba32), frees up the вЂњstale/stuck IOsвЂќ, and ESXi is вЂњhappy againвЂќ (most things seems to be working fine, as VMware ESXi runs fine in RAM). Stopping the вЂњstale IOsвЂќ against vmhba32 makes ESXi happy again #ДЄs I previously just janked out my USB (which also works, by the way), I needed something more remote-friendly. host being able to enter maintenance mode, move VMs around, snapshots/backup, doing CLI-stuff/commands, etc.). As previous workaround (copying VMware Tools to RAMDISK with option ToolsRamdisk) only worked for 8 days (in my case), I needed something more вЂњpermanentвЂќ, to get the ESXi-hosts more вЂњstableвЂќ (e.g. Or eating, he eats a lot.ДЄs VMware has not released a fix yet (regarding issues with SD card and USB drive), IвЂ™m still experiencing issues with ESXi 7.0 U2a Potentially Killing USB and SD drives, running from USB or SD card installs. Espen is usually found in vmkernel.log, esxtop, sexigraf or vSAN Observer. You can find him on Twitter and LinkedIn. This is a guest post by Espen Гdegaard, Senior Systems Consultant for Proact.