Locate a VM’s ESXi host using VCDB when the vCenter web client cannot be accessed

Products

• VMware vCenter Server 8.0

Issue/Introduction

• The vCenter web client is not accessible, while SSH access to the vCenter is available.
• In certain scenarios, it is necessary to access the ESXi host client where a VM resides to perform operations such as taking snapshots or viewing and modifying configuration.
• In environments with multiple ESXi hosts, manually logging into each host to identify where a VM is running is impractical and inefficient.
• Therefore, the steps in this article can be used to quickly identify the ESXi host on which a VM resides by querying the vCenter database (VCDB).

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 8.x

Resolution

Contact Broadcom Support. See Creating and managing Broadcom support cases.