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April 1st, 2011 | 
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Solution:-
Do not select Edit Virtual Hardware on the last window
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This is the error you will get if you try to connect the VM using the VI client. This error means that session is no longer valid. You should check your network connection to make sure your connection is still alive or VPN tunnel is still active.
vim.fault.NoHost
Resolution: (taken from Vmware KB:1018212)
Resolution
- Process hostd is not running.
- /etc/vmware/hostd/proxy.xml is missing.
- Log in to the ESX host via SSH.
- Run one of these commands to verify if hostd is running:
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- pgrep hostd
- ps -ef | grep hostd
- service mgmt-vmware status
- Run the command:
vmware-cmd -l
- If vmware-cmd -l produces errors, then check the hostd logs at /var/log/vmware/hostd.log for errors similar to:
URL namespace /sdk/vimService?wsdl does not match any server namespace
- Navigate to /etc/vmware/hostd and determine if proxy.xml exists.
- Find another ESX host which is already added to vCenter Server.
- Copy the proxy.xml file of the other ESX host to the affected ESX host.
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- Run these commands to verify that you have root access on both ESX hosts and ensure that SSH ports are enabled on both servers:
- To enable sshClient – esxcfg-firewall -e sshClient
- To enable sshServer – esxcfg-firewall -e sshServer
- Log in to the affected ESX host as root via SSH.
- Run this command to transfer the proxy.xml file of the other ESX host to the affected ESX host:
cd /etc/vmware/hostd
scp root@<IP address of ESX host with the good proxy.xml file>:/etc/vmware/hostd/proxy.xml ./
- Run these commands to verify that you have root access on both ESX hosts and ensure that SSH ports are enabled on both servers:
- If you have vpx agent installed, run these commands to remove it:
rpm -e `rpm -qa | grep vpx`
userdel -rf vpxuser - For ESX 3.x hosts, verify that directory /tmp/vmware-root exists.
- Run this command to restart hostd:
service mgmt-vmware restart
For more information on restarting hostd, see Service mgmt-vmware restart may not restart hostd (1005566).
I have seen this error on the console of the VM through Virtual Center. Searching through the web does not help me much. Most of the people who have the same issue asked the same question and did not get the right solution.
If any of you happen to know the answer, please let me know. Thanks.
Good info to read about thin provisioning in Vmware. See here
For example, if you present a thin provisioned disk to a Microsoft Windows operating system and format the disk, unless you explicitly select the Quick Format option, the Microsoft Windows format tool writes information to all of the sectors on the disk, which in turn inflates the thin provisioned disk.
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