Error Connecting To Bin Vmx Process Vmware Esxi
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and cannot open a local pipe to local virtual machine By Mariusz | April 13, 2015 6 Comments Today, when I wanted to power one my virtual machine, I got the following error: An error was received from the ESX host vmware support while powering on MK_SIM. Connection error while establishing connection (11): Error connecting to /bin/vmx process. Cannot open a local pipe to local virtual machine '/vmfs/volumes/.... Under investigating I realized that there was a VM process on my ESXi host:I killed the above process by running kill 168482 and I could power on the VM. So steps to solve the problem: Log in to ESXi host via SSH (how to enable SSH, please follow here). Run command https://kb.vmware.com/kb/2065135 ps | grep name_of_vm. Then kill the process nr that you received in the step 2. kill id. tweet VMware troubleshooting VM vSphere Author: Mariusz Systems Architect: Virtualization&Cloud&Storage. Several certifications including: MCSE:2003/2008, MCSE:Server Infrastructure, MCSE: Private Cloud, VCP4/5-DCV, VCP5-DT, VCP-Cloud, VCAP5-DCA, VCAP5-DCD, VCP-NV, NCDA, NetBackup Catalog Manipulation Consultant Related Posts How to add correctly the second NIC to VDP appliance? How to limit (restrict) access to VMware DVS port group? VCAP 6 – DCV Design http://www.settlersoman.com/error-connecting-to-binvmx-process-and-cannot-open-a-local-pipe-to-local-virtual-machine/ Beta Exam 3V0-622 - Passed! VMworld 2016 US - I will be there! Post navigation ← Failed to register NetApp VASA Provider - NVPF-00014: Unable to contact VASA server on host. Understanding VMware HA Admission Control. → 6 thoughts on “Error connecting to /bin/vmx process and cannot open a local pipe to local virtual machine” Paul Greeff April 28, 2015 Great! Any reason why this occured in the first place? I'd like to be sure there isn't something wrong with my VM resulting in this problem. Reply ↓ Mariusz Post authorApril 28, 2015 Hi Paul, in my case, even I powered off VM, I could find VM's process on ESXi host. Looks like there was something wrong with my ESXi host not VM. Unfortunately, I was not able to reproduce this issue again. Reply ↓ Brian May 19, 2015 Mine was related to an active backup job running on Veeam locking that file. Unknown to me at the time. Reply ↓ SRK November 11, 2015 After following these steps, i am not getting any error but In Progress bar hangs indefinitely.. What to do? Reply ↓ Mariusz Post authorNovember 11, 2015 Are you sure you have killed processes? Have you checked the progress bar via vCenter or directly on ESXi host? Sometimes vCenter does not refresh. Reply ↓ SRK November 11, 2015 Progres
the MKS: Error connecting to /bin/vmx process Thread Tools Show Printable Version Subscribe to this Thread… tprice5 Senior Member Join Date May 2012 Location Nashville Posts 758 Certifications BS:CS, VCP5-DCV, Sec/Svr+, MCSA:08/12, MCITP:SA/EA, CASP, VCA:WM/DCV/Cloud, ITIL-F, MOF, ISO/IEC http://www.techexams.net/forums/virtualization/98662-unable-connect-mks-error-connecting-bin-vmx-process.html 20000/27000 03-13-201405:24 PM #1 Unable to connect to the MKS: Error connecting to /bin/vmx process So I rebuilt my lab a couple months back due to the prevalence of this error. Would prefer to not have to do that again. My best guess is the HDDs are overtaxed and can't service the VM. I have two WD Green 2TB drives configured as a single data store that are connected directly to the MB. Also have 2 or error connecting 3 server OSs on an SSD. I've tried powering off the VM but it is stuck at 95%. In the past hard resetting the host has resolved the issue but I dont view this as an acceptable solution would like to determine the root cause so as to remedy it rather than bandaid it. Not educated on which logs to look at.Online resources haven't been super helpful. I've also heard the Green drives can be problematic. Any advice? error connecting to Screenshot:Capture.jpg Sorry if it's too small. I suppose if I can't resolve the problem I'll chalk it up to a storage error and shell out for this Whitebox SAN Quote Login/register to remove this advertisement. tomtom1 Senior Member Join Date Feb 2014 Posts 374 Certifications JNCIP,SP, JNCIS-SP, CCNP, VCAP5-DCA, VCP5, MCITP 2008 SA, CCNA 03-13-201407:18 PM #2 You could kill the VMX process: VMware KB: Powering off an unresponsive virtual machine on an ESX host Quote tstrip007 Senior Member Join Date May 2013 Location Birmingham, AL Posts 279 Certifications VCP5-DCV 03-14-201401:50 AM #3 Don't know what version ESXi you have installed but have you tried the suggested patch? VMware KB: After reloading a virtual machine console access fails with the error: Unable to connect to the MKS: The operation is not allowed in the current state Quote tprice5 Senior Member Join Date May 2012 Location Nashville Posts 758 Certifications BS:CS, VCP5-DCV, Sec/Svr+, MCSA:08/12, MCITP:SA/EA, CASP, VCA:WM/DCV/Cloud, ITIL-F, MOF, ISO/IEC 20000/27000 03-16-201403:42 AM #4 Originally Posted by tomtom1 You could kill the VMX process: VMware KB: Powering off an unresponsive virtual machine on an ESX host I do not have vCenter installed as I have not been able to get my hands on 5.1 and 5.5 is giving me grief on the install. Everything is A-Okay when I am stepping through the installation. Once it finishes I plug