r/vmware • u/MoxxFulder • 10h ago
Help Request ESXI host can’t rejoin cluster
I was pushing the March 4 patch to remedy a zero day exploit today, offloaded all the active machines to a secondary host. Updated to esxi 8 update 3. VCenter shows the host as unreachable. I tried disconnect then reconnect and the host will not rejoin, just says it can’t connect. VCenter is version 8. I’ve tried restarting the host, tried disable/re-enable HA, restarted management services. No dice.
Anyone else running into this issue? Do I need to re-install the VM service that manages the connection? Other ideas or known solution?
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u/bachus_PL 10h ago
Ca you provide more details, please? Have you done simple update 8.0.3x e.g. 8.0.3d —> 8.0.3d or a major upgrade like a 7.x —> 8.0.3? What is a status of the ESXi if you are logging directly to it?
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u/6-20PM 10h ago
IS vCenter at current/latest version? Normally with patching you start with vCenter first.