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ESX disconnects randomly or when doing VI client tasks from VC, task randomly timeout after a long idle time.

В VI 3.5 Update 3 у некоторых возникают проблемы:

* ESX disconnects randomly from Virtualcenter
* ESX disconnects when performing VI Client tasks from Virtualcenter.
* Tasks randomly timeout after a long idle time
* "An error occurred communicating to the remote host" pops up.

Мое внимание привлекло временное(до исправления бага) решение:

# Create a dummy VM on each host (e.g. 16 MB RAM, no disk, no network).
# Set CPU affinity to the last core to prevent VMotion.
# Create a new Scheduled Task that performs:

* Change power state: Power-on dummy VM. Every hour, on the hour.

# Create another Scheduled Task that performs:

* Change power state: Power-off dummy VM. Every hour, 30 minutes after the hou

Оно описано в KB, статья 1008142.