On Nov 28, 2007 4:53 PM, Ray Van Dolson <rvandolson at esri.com> wrote: > > Hmm, could be the memory thing -- as the result of the second guest. > How much memory is allocated to it? > 768MB to each one. > When the slowdown occurs, can you check vmstat / iostat on the host and > see if the system is swapping? Watch free as well. > It's not so much of a slowdown as a hang. The whole system stops (except for something that is hanging everything else). After posting this, I went in and brought up the machine - it took a few minutes to get to the Windows login screen, and then when I clicked on it, the system hung for an hour. There is a hole in the log here, too, a little over an hour long: Nov 28 16:41:36: app| New connection on socket server-vmdb from host localhost (ip address: local) , user: mhr Nov 28 16:41:36: app| SP: New user session for user: mhr, pos: 0 Nov 28 16:41:36: app| The vm-list file has changed! Reloading the list of registered vms Nov 28 16:41:36: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /F/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 16:41:36: app| Could not get canonical path for /F/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx: No such file or directory Nov 28 16:41:36: app| Error Adding vm: /F/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx Nov 28 16:41:36: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /C/vmware/WindowsXPPro2/Windows XP Professional 2.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 16:41:36: app| Could not get canonical path for /C/vmware/WindowsXPPro2/Windows XP Professional 2.vmx: No such file or directory Nov 28 16:41:36: app| Error Adding vm: /C/vmware/WindowsXPPro2/Windows XP Professional 2.vmx Nov 28 16:41:36: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /home/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 16:41:36: app| Could not get canonical path for /home/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx: No such file or directory Nov 28 16:41:36: app| Error Adding vm: /home/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx Nov 28 16:41:37: app| SP: Retrieved username: mhr Nov 28 16:41:44: app| Adding to list of running vms: /G/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx Nov 28 16:41:44: app| Attempting to launch vmx : /G/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx Nov 28 16:41:44: app| New connection on socket server-vmxvmdb from host localhost (ip address: local) , user: mhr Nov 28 16:41:44: app| Connection from : /G/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx Nov 28 16:41:44: app| Setting up autoDetect info. Nov 28 16:41:44: app| VMServerdConnect: connecting to /G/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx Nov 28 16:41:44: app| Connected to /G/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx Nov 28 16:41:44: app| SP: Retrieved username: mhr Nov 28 16:41:44: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOn. Nov 28 16:41:45: app| SP: Retrieved username: mhr Nov 28 16:41:45: app| cleanup: cleaned up 1 objects Nov 28 16:41:45: app| SP: Retrieved username: mhr Nov 28 16:42:22: app| VmsdRegister: Config file has changed: /G/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx Nov 28 18:05:49: app| OvlHostStartIo: errno 104 Nov 28 18:05:49: app| vmdbPipe_Streams: Couldn't read Nov 28 18:05:49: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff. Nov 28 18:05:49: app| Removing from running vm list: /G/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx Nov 28 18:05:50: app| VMServerd IPC closed the connection with thread /G/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx (0x8301ae8) Nov 28 18:05:50: app| Lost connection to /G/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx (/G/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx) unexpectedly. Nov 28 18:05:50: app| cleanup: cleaned up 1 objects Nov 28 18:05:52: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff. Nov 28 18:05:52: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff. Nov 28 18:05:52: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff. Nov 28 18:05:53: app| SP: Retrieved username: mhr Nov 28 18:05:53: app| SP: Retrieved username: mhr Nov 28 18:06:52: app| SP: Retrieved username: mhr Nov 28 18:06:52: app| Error when reading from snhelper: Error:25:The system cannot find the file specified Nov 28 18:06:52: app| VMHS: failed to open '/E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86-000001.vmdk' : The system cannot find the file specified (25) Nov 28 18:06:52: app| Cmd /host2/#dee67551b35613d0/util/disk/cmd/##68_8e/op/getDiskInfo/ failed: The system cannot find the file specified Nov 28 18:07:00: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:07:00: app| Could not get canonical path for /E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86.vmx: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:07:00: app| Adding to list of running vms: /E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86.vmx Nov 28 18:07:00: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:07:00: app| Could not get canonical path for /E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86.vmx: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:07:00: app| Failed to add running vm: Schema path not found Nov 28 18:07:00: app| Adding to list of running VM's failed Nov 28 18:07:00: app| VmsdVmxLostVmxMountCb failed: VMDB failure Nov 28 18:07:00: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:07:00: app| Attempting to launch vmx : /E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86.vmx Nov 28 18:07:01: app| Error during launch: 9, The config file /E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86.vmx is not registered. Nov 28 18:07:01: app| Please register the config file on the server. For example: Nov 28 18:07:01: app| vmware-cmd -s register "/E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86.vmx" Nov 28 18:07:01: app| VmsdVmStatePendingCmdFailed: cmd status is already set Nov 28 18:07:27: app| VmsdRegister: Config file has changed: /E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86.vmx Nov 28 18:07:27: app| Error monitoring the file: /E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86.vmx: error: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:11:35: app| Accepted new connection at 36 for thread server (0x8301ae8) Nov 28 18:11:35: app| IPC version negotiation version: VMServerd returning 2.1 to server Nov 28 18:11:35: app| IPC vmcontrol-temp version: VMServerd returning 11.4 to server that tried 11.4 Nov 28 18:11:35: app| VMServerd IPC closed the connection with thread server (0x8301ae8) Nov 28 18:11:35: app| VMServerd: server disconnected. Nov 28 18:12:20: app| Accepted new connection at 36 for thread server (0x8301ae8) Nov 28 18:12:20: app| IPC version negotiation version: VMServerd returning 2.1 to server Nov 28 18:12:20: app| IPC vmcontrol-temp version: VMServerd returning 11.4 to server that tried 11.4 Nov 28 18:12:20: app| VMServerd IPC closed the connection with thread server (0x8301ae8) Nov 28 18:12:20: app| VMServerd: server disconnected. Nov 28 18:12:27: app| VmsdRegister: Config file has changed: /E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86.vmx Nov 28 18:12:27: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff. Nov 28 18:12:27: app| VM suddenly changed state: poweredOff. Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Accepted new connection at 34 for thread server (0x8301ae8) Nov 28 18:12:47: app| IPC version negotiation version: VMServerd returning 2.1 to server Nov 28 18:12:47: app| IPC vmcontrol-temp version: VMServerd returning 11.4 to server that tried 11.4 Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /F/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /C/vmware/WindowsXPPro2/Windows XP Professional 2.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /home/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /F/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /C/vmware/WindowsXPPro2/Windows XP Professional 2.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /home/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:12:47: app| SP: Removing VM: /E/vmware/CentOS 5/CentOS 5.0 x86.vmx Nov 28 18:12:47: app| VMServerd IPC closed the connection with thread server (0x8301ae8) Nov 28 18:12:47: app| VMServerd: server disconnected. Nov 28 18:12:47: app| The vm-list file has changed! Reloading the list of registered vms Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /F/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Could not get canonical path for /F/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Error Adding vm: /F/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /C/vmware/WindowsXPPro2/Windows XP Professional 2.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Could not get canonical path for /C/vmware/WindowsXPPro2/Windows XP Professional 2.vmx: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Error Adding vm: /C/vmware/WindowsXPPro2/Windows XP Professional 2.vmx Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Failed to lookup owner for: /home/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx. Reason: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Could not get canonical path for /home/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx: No such file or directory Nov 28 18:12:47: app| Error Adding vm: /home/vmware/Windows XP Professional/Windows XP Professional.vmx There should be only two registered VMs: /G/vmware/Windows... and /E/vmware/CentOS... I have since unregistered the CentOS machine, and it still runs with a brief hang every time I click the mouse anywhere in the VM window. I'll look into the other VMs - they should all have been deleted (the files do not, in fact, exist). Thanks. mhr