Restart ESXi vvold service | restart esxi service | vvOL iscisi volume inaccessible

Error:

vvOL iscisi volume inaccessible

Solution:

[root@localhost:~] chkconfig -l vvold

vvold                   on

[root@localhost:~] /etc/init.d/vvold stop

/etc/init.d/vvold stop, PID 566186

Added 566186 to /var/run/vmware/.vmware-vvol.lock-dir/vvold-lock-dir-pid (1)

watchdog-vvold: Terminating watchdog process with PID 528725

vvold stopped.

Successfully cleared vvold memory reservation

PID 566186 removed /var/run/vmware/vvold-done-calling-start

Removed /var/run/vmware/.vmware-vvol.lock-dir

[root@localhost:~] /etc/init.d/vvold start

/etc/init.d/vvold start, PID 566231

Added 566231 to /var/run/vmware/.vmware-vvol.lock-dir/vvold-lock-dir-pid (1)

vvold max reserve memory set to 200

WaitVvoldToComeUp /var/run/vmware/.vmware-vvol.started created

vvold started successfully!

PID 566231 Created /var/run/vmware/vvold-done-calling-start

Removed /var/run/vmware/.vmware-vvol.lock-dir

[root@localhost:~]