https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/p4000-vsa-kernel-panic-error-while-reading-file-5-state-tgz/m-p/4679645#M1454 ok - i lucked out.<BR /><BR />Ran the ESXi in repair mode, it found the existing VMFS. I had to manually browse and add the VSA back, tweak the network configuration, but it powered up fine and i'm in the process of migrating off of this HW.<BR /><BR />Phew. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:10:20 GMT Jim Silvia 2010-08-26T03:10:20Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/p4000-vsa-kernel-panic-error-while-reading-file-5-state-tgz/m-p/4679644#M1453 One of my VSA's running 8.x has died. It was hung. I powered cycled. On boot up received the Kernel Panic error noted above.<BR /><BR />I'm left at a boot: prompt.<BR /><BR />I suppose this is more of a VMware recovery at this point, but, has anyone been able to recover a failed VMware partition to get their VSA up and running again? Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:38:29 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/p4000-vsa-kernel-panic-error-while-reading-file-5-state-tgz/m-p/4679644#M1453 Jim Silvia 2010-08-26T01:38:29Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/p4000-vsa-kernel-panic-error-while-reading-file-5-state-tgz/m-p/4679645#M1454 ok - i lucked out.<BR /><BR />Ran the ESXi in repair mode, it found the existing VMFS. I had to manually browse and add the VSA back, tweak the network configuration, but it powered up fine and i'm in the process of migrating off of this HW.<BR /><BR />Phew. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:10:20 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/storevirtual-storage/p4000-vsa-kernel-panic-error-while-reading-file-5-state-tgz/m-p/4679645#M1454 Jim Silvia 2010-08-26T03:10:20Z