This fix for this issue will be included in the next available ESXi 7.x and 8.x patch release.
Workaround:
The workaround is to disable the
hostd cimsvc plugin and avoid running the
"esxcli hardware ipmi" commands. Please note that disabling the
cimsvc plugin will turn-off the hardware health monitoring.
Please find the steps to disable the
hostd cimsvc plugin below:
1. Run the command to create a temporary JSON file with hostd config:
/bin/configstorecli config current get -c esx -g services -k hostd -outfile tmp.json
2. Run the command to edit the file:
/bin/vi tmp.json
Edit the following line in this file:
"cimsvc": {
"enabled": true
},
to
"cimsvc": {
"enabled": false
},
3. Run the command to apply the file to the
configstore database:
/bin/configstorecli config current set -c esx -g services -k hostd -infile tmp.json
4. Run the command to restart
hostd service:
/etc/init.d/hostd restart