VMware ESX(i) 3.5 U3 HA with Virtual Machine Monitoring Alert!

There has been an alert issued by VMware that highlights an issue with VMware ESX(i) 3.5 U3 installations running HA with Virtual Machine Monitoring.  This issue has potentially quite serious implications – so this is worth reading!

Here is a summary of the issue:

A Virtual Machine may unexpectedly reboot when using VMware HA with Virtual Machine Monitoring on ESX 3.5 Update 3

Symptoms:
Virtual Machines may unexpectedly reboot after a VMotion migration to an ESX 3.5 Update 3 Host OR after a Power On operation on an ESX 3.5 Update 3 Host, when the VMware HA feature with Virtual Machine Monitoring is active.

Click here for the official alert release which contains more details from VMware.

 

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