Host related issue on vmware

To check if the VM is registered to the host

# vmware-cmd -l

If the VM is registered you will get similar output

#/vmfs/volumes/storage/vmfolder/vm.vmx

To check if the hostd service status and to restart

#service mgmt-vmware status /restart

If the hostd service is not responding

Check for the hostd process ID and Kill the process

#ps –auxwww | grep –i hostd

#Kill -9 (process id)

Also remove the below PID

#rm /var/run/vmware/vmware-hostd.PID

Start the hostd service

#service mgmt-vmware start