[CentOS] VM Ware guest shutdown hangs with highloadin uninterruptible sleep was RE: Deciphering top's data

[Jason Pyeron]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Tru Huynh
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 12:17
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] VM Ware guest shutdown hangs with 
> highloadin uninterruptible sleep was RE: Deciphering top's data
> 
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 11:57:15AM -0500, Jason Pyeron wrote:
> > 
> > $ ps -f 8112
> > UID        PID  PPID  C STIME TTY      STAT   TIME CMD
> > root      8112     1 17 11:49 ?        Ds     0:51
> > /usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-vmx -C /var/lib/vmware/VMs/proxy/RHEL.vmx
> have you applied the recommended vmware boot flags for your vm?
> 
> other ideas but this is becoming off topic for CentOS since 
> it's seems to be a vmware server issue for a RHEL guest..

Windows 2000 pro, server, centos 3, 4 i386 guests, and even the linux boot cd
manifest the same issues.

> - moved vmware guest and a vmware console question left unanswered.

Since the problems with the production box this morning, the exchange server vm
has been relocated, it has no problems on the new host.




> - damaged vmdk

Does not appear to be so

> - anything on the vmware logs?

Nothing useful or unusual that I see.

> ...
> 
> Tru
> --
> Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) 
> http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B
> 




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