routerOS on vmware hangs

RouterOS General
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Hi, i’ve a virtual mikrotik (on vmware esxi) , running for years. it was (iirc) 3.X when i purchased and installed it.
since then, it was running perfect, and i 've done all upgrades without any problem. (currently it is 5.18)

Yesterday, i wanted to add a new nic to it, so i shut it down, however it did not come back. Then i noticed that, the host itself is not answering at all.

Walked down to server room, and vmware host was on debug screen, rebooted it, everything worked again. I tested again, then it hanged again.

So whenever i give a reboot or shutdown command to it, the host itself hangs.

i tried installing demo on several vmware hosts, all hanged the host.

So i basicly want to ask if anyone using vmware as a guest to vmware esxi server (latest hypervisor is 5.1 ), and if anyone having same issues.

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Hi not sure if I fully understand your situation (you say “using vmware as a guest to vmware esxi server”).

I’m running RouterOS (various versions in the 5.x branch) on ESXi 5.1 and having no problems if that’s what you’re asking.

Rich

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You need to patch hypervisor 5.1 to the latest version. Download patches from VMware and upload it to any of your servers datastore and do as follows.

Download link:

http://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/download.portal


Installing patches on an ESXi 5.x host from the command line

Upgrade:

Maintenance mode:

vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

Update:

esxcli software vib update -d "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ESXi510-201212001.zip"

After the patch has been installed, reboot the ESX host:

Reboot:

reboot

After the host has finished booting, exit maintenance mode and power on the virtual machines:

Exit maintenance mode:

vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit

4

Yeah it runs, but when i reboot routerOS, vmware host goes into some kind of debug mode, and needs a reboot.

5

Thanks for the info, but i actually did not understand what you mean, is this a known issue fixed with patch, or you are basicly telling me to try

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You need to upgrade if you run hypervisor 5.1. Log in with your account and download product patches.

vSphere 5.1 Upgrade Guide