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The Number of Virtual Machine keeps changing on vCenter Server
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Article ID: 312474
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VMware vCenter Server
VMware vSphere ESXi
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Issue/Introduction
Symptoms:
When checking ESXi hosts' Summary or Virtual Machine menu, the number of virtual machines keeps changing.
Same symptom can be observed on ESXi host client.
Cause
Same virtual machine is running on two different ESXi hosts due to abnormal HA behavior before the problem happens
Resolution
Select one unstable virtual machine as example.
Run command "localcli vm process list|grep <VM name>" on all ESXi hosts in the cluster
Find the duplicate VM World ID and stop it.
Reference:
Powering off an unresponsive virtual machine on an ESXi host
Additional Information
Impact/Risks:
This symptom has no impact to service
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