Wenn sich eine Virtual Machine so verhangen hat, dass per GUI jedweder Art nichts mehr zu machen ist, dann hilft nur noch eines: elemen elimen killen!

How can I kill a stuck virtual machine?

ESX 3.0 method
o Login to the service console
o You can check the VM state by typing “vmware-cmd /<path to VM directory>/server.vmx getstate”
o Type “ps -ef | grep <virtualmachinename>”
o The second column is your pid of the vmkload_app of the Virtual Machine, you can also type “ps –eaf” to see all running processes
o Type “kill -9 <pid>”
o Check VM state again, it should now be off
o Type “vmware-cmd /<path to VM directory>/server.vmx start” to power on VM

ESX 3.0 Alternate method
o Login to the service console
o Get the vmid of the VM you want to kill by typing “vm-support –x”
o Kill the VM and generate core dumps and logs by typing “vm-support –X <vmid>”
o You will be prompted if you want to include a screenshot of the VM, send an NMI to the VM and send a ABORT to the VM, you must answer Yes to the ABORT question to kill the VM. The entire process will take about 5-10 minutes to run. It will create a tar archive in the directory you run it in.

It´ll be back!

siehe VMTN