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    Esxi + rc2 = weekly reset of host machine ?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved 2.0-RC Snapshot Feedback and Problems - RETIRED
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      heper
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      http://fcaltdit.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/powering-off-a-virtual-machine-on-an-esxi-host/

      seems like "unresponsive" vm's can cause esxi to malfunction, as in not being able to power them off or on.
      kill -9 seems to be the only option in that case

      perhaps that is what is happening on my server

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        Supermule Banned
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        Which version of ESXi?

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          heper
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          4.1 / latest build i could find on their official website ….

          perhaps i should try the custom builds by dell

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            Supermule Banned
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            Have you installed VmWare tools on the Pfsense VM??

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              heper
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              @Supermule:

              Have you installed VmWare tools on the Pfsense VM??

              no

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                Supermule Banned
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                Thx :) Which type of virtual machine have you chosen??

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                  heper
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                  i guess a regular 64-bit freebsd setup, using the e1000 nics

                  so far the old RC1 doesn't seem to cause any issues, so i'm still guessing something went wrong with the auto-update from rc1 to rc2

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                    Supermule Banned
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                    Reinstall on 32 bit freebsd and see if it betters the situation. Best advice I can give based on the information.

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                      seanlee
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                      I'd double check your bios on that Dell to ensure you're running the latest suggested version. Make sure you also check the HCL on vmware.com for your version of ESXi (http://tinyurl.com/3pp2ynf). I've seen similar problems when there is a bad RAID card involved.

                      Sean

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                        heper
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                        It ran fine for around 2 months … then "suddenly" it started.

                        But i doubt it is a hardware issue.

                        The reason i doubt this is because
                        The crashes allways happen on a saturday (today is the 3rd time in a row). Also it does not seem to be related with the update to RC2 as today the old RC1 VM crashed.

                        I'm starting to think me or a collegue must have installed some package that is coded to do something on a saturday that causes the VM to go unresponsive .

                        What packages could do this ?
                        AFAIK we have the following installed:
                        squid + squidguard (they ran for 2 months without issues)
                        lightsquid (been installed for a couple of weeks without issues)
                        ntop (probably most recently installed package and most likely suspect ?)

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                          cmb
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                          If your host is still unresponsive you're chasing the wrong problem, it's an ESX issue completely unrelated to the guest(s) if the host doesn't behave.

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                            Supermule Banned
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                            I had the issue with a windows 2008 machine on an early Vpshere snapshot. So not entirely….

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                              heper
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                              i went over there today, it's a national holliday  so nobody around needing internet. I reinstalled esxi and a clean install of pfsense using snapshot of june 12.

                              I used the dell custom esxi (it might have more up to date drivers for dell hardware).
                              Pfsense installed with minimal packages required (only squid and squidguard were added).

                              Also  @cmb:

                              i tried installing squidguard before squid was installed… This install did not complete giving an error bout a missing file (some squid config file).
                              I Manually installed squid. then squidguard reinstalled without issues.

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