If the systems are still actually on the LUNs, then you should be able to reconnect them and bring them up. Rebooting vCenter should not have had anything to do with shutting down guests but rebooting the SAN might possibly have been required to address it's fire.
>From vCenter just reconnect to the ESX hosts, and then start connecting to the guests. Frankly I'd get on hold with VMware now. They are pretty good at getting this sort of thing sorted out so rebuilding shouldn't be necessary unless the data on the SAN went poof. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org . On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > Machines are recalcitrant, they're just misunderstood. > > > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 5:51 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I have 7 production systems ... >> >> Oh, boy. Fun. I've had days like that. Not many, fortunately (and >> knock on wood). Hope you get it all sorted out in time for the >> weekend! >> >> Today I find myself having to arbitrate a pooch screw regarding >> important procedures, and thus get everyone's story and try and make >> sense of it all. I feel like I'm playing the cop in a police >> interrogation scene. I much prefer dealing with recalcitrant machines >> than people. >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
