{"id":252,"date":"2010-12-16T13:41:38","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T13:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/data-centers\/kb\/?p=252"},"modified":"2015-06-23T10:58:43","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T10:58:43","slug":"disable-frozen-virtual-machine-on-vmware-esxi-4-out-of-vsphere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/kb\/disable-frozen-virtual-machine-on-vmware-esxi-4-out-of-vsphere\/","title":{"rendered":"Disable Frozen Virtual Machine On VMware ESXi 4 Out Of vSphere"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a situation, when in VMware vSphere Client VM on ESXi does not obey commands Shut Down \/ Power Off and remained “unresponsive” to you. The following describes the same three ways to “kill” the unruly virtual machine, but only as to the VMware ESXi.<\/p>\n

1. <\/strong>Because the service console in VMware ESXi is not formal, we can use a special remote management tool VMware vSphere CLI , which allows access to the ESXi interface from the command line. It can be installed as a framework for Windows and Linux, and manage ESXi via script, and you can use ready-made virtual machines with this interface, called vSphere vMA.<\/p>\n

Once put vMA, type the following command to list the VMs on the host VMware ESXi with paths to configuration files:<\/p>\n

vmware-cmd.pl-H <ESXi host name>-l<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then type the following command in the console vMA for output of the virtual machine with the specified path to the vmx-file on the host ESXi:<\/p>\n

vmware-cmd.pl-H <ESXi host name> <VM config file path & name> getstate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next, type the following command to stop the virtual machine:<\/p>\n

vmware-cmd.pl-H <ESXi host name> <VM config file path & name> stop hard<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check the status of the virtual machine with the previous command, and if does not work, go to the next method.<\/p>\n

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2. <\/strong>In fact, as many know, kind of service console in BusyBox in VMware ESXi, is still there. Therefore, enter into it like this way:<\/p>\n