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Management Agent stuck; No console access both direct and TSM

  • 1.  Management Agent stuck; No console access both direct and TSM

    Posted Sep 25, 2012 03:18 AM

    Long LONG story short I was working with VMware Support today and the tech agent did something while I was AFK (I believe he was using the DCUI inside of the SSH console to restart management services) and now I have an ESXi 4.1 (502767) that when I attempt access from console I get the error "Authentication denied. Direct console access has been disabled by the administrator".  I am unable to SSH to the box.  I am also unable to connect to the host from vCenter.  This host has over 60 production VMs on it and if I am forced to reboot this host I am scrabnord when I tell my bosses.

    Is there ANYTHING I can do to get those VMs moved off of that host or get the management console back up or anything to avoid a reboot???



  • 2.  RE: Management Agent stuck; No console access both direct and TSM

    Posted Sep 25, 2012 06:16 AM

    doesnt look like you have an option beyond a hard reboot.

    no console access, no ssh, no vcenter...

    hard boot might fix it.