Manage ESXi VM Processes with CLI: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 03:27, 19 January 2024

Get World ID of VM

   esxcli vm process list | grep -A 2 <VM Name>

To kill unresponsive VM

   esxcli vm process kill --type=soft --wordld-id=<WorldID>

If this does not help:

   esxcli vm process kill --type=hard --wordld-id=<WorldID>

If all os so bad then as a last resort:

   esxcli vm process kill --type=force --wordld-id=<WorldID>

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      esxcli vm process kill --type=soft --wordld-id=<WorldID>
-    If this does not help:
+If this does not help:
      esxcli vm process kill --type=hard --wordld-id=<WorldID>
-    If all os so bad then as a last resort:
+If all os so bad then as a last resort:
      esxcli vm process kill --type=force --wordld-id=<WorldID>
 See also [[Power on a virtual machine from ESXi cli]]