SSH crashes on ESXi 8.0.3 hosts in VxRail environment
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Article ID: 383926
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Products
VMware vSphere ESXiVMware Cloud Foundation 5.x
Issue/Introduction
Running esxcli commands (with or without any arguments/parameters) in ESXi causes a python stack trace error.
When connecting via KVM esxcli commands works correctly
VMkernel logs shows SSH is out of memory
2024-12-02-T10:52:52.923Z In(182) vmkernel: cpu67:50490087)uw.50490087 (411285562) requires 256KB, asked for 256 KB from ssh (758) which has 819012 KB occupied and 188 KB available
Auth logs on the host shows the VxRail manager causing the memory issue.
Environment
VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0U3
Resolution
Reboot the VxRail manager
Engage with Dell Support for further assistant if required.