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Re: ESXi - Timeout
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:42 pm
by ssax
Is your XI server a physical system or a VM?
When you're able to get it to timeout again, run this right after and send the output:
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cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
Re: ESXi - Timeout
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:54 am
by sneha.irali
here is the o/p:
[root@hpenagios ~]# /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_vmware_api.pl -H 10.16.68.28 -u hpemon -p bG6Xw6nB -l cpu -s usage -w 80 -c 90
CHECK_VMWARE_API.PL UNKNOWN - plugin timed out (timeout 30s)
You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
[root@hpenagios ~]# cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
69
[root@hpenagios ~]#
Re: ESXi - Timeout
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 9:36 am
by sneha.irali
Can I get an update on this please as to how do we proceed further.
Re: ESXi - Timeout
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:42 pm
by ssax
You are running out of entropy (random numbers), please run these commands and let us know if it resolves the issue:
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yum install rng-tools
systemctl enable rngd
systemctl start rngd
Re: ESXi - Timeout
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2022 5:24 am
by sneha.irali
its working now thanks..!!
Re: ESXi - Timeout
Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2022 1:15 pm
by ssax
That's great to hear! Let us know when we're okay to lock this up and mark it as resolved.
Re: ESXi - Timeout
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2022 1:26 pm
by sneha.irali
please lock it