Sometimes a Virtual Machine can’t be stopped via the VIClient. The job just hangs. There are a number of options to stop your Virtual Machine from within the Service Console. Keep in mind that these are last resort options!
Stopping the virtual machine by issuing the command: vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/vmname/vmname.vmx stop This must be done on the ESX host where the Virtual Machine is running!
If this does not work, one can issue the following command: vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/datastorename/vmname/vmname.vmx stop hard This will try to kill the Virtual Machine instantly.
| A final solution is to kill the PID (process ID). Issue the following command: **ps auxfww | grep vmname** to locate the correct PID (BTW: this cannot be done via ESXTOP). The first number to appear in the output is your PID. The PID can be used to terminate the process by issuing the command: kill -9 PID. |
