in the log a noticed:
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
2013-08-26T13:09:32Z Unknown: out of memory [274552]
so now dont know if this will help but i gave the host some memory in the system resource reservation from 0mb to 892mb
when i do a restart service i noticed this:
</soapenv:Header>
<soapenv:Body>
<HostImageConfigGetAcceptance xmlns="urn:vim25"><_this type="HostImageConfigManager">ha-image-config-manager</_this></HostImageConfigGetAcceptance>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>^@
2013-08-27T11:14:41Z ImageConfigManager: [2013-08-27 11:14:41,606 vmware.runcommand INFO] runcommand called with: args = '['/sbin/esxcfg-advcfg', '-U', 'host-
2013-08-27T11:14:41Z ImageConfigManager: [2013-08-27 11:14:41,646 root DEBUG] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http:
<soapenv:Body><HostImageConfigGetAcceptanceResponse xmlns='urn:vim25'><returnval>partner</returnval></HostImageConfigGetAcceptanceResponse></soapenv:Body></so
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z sfcbd-watchdog: Terminating watchdog process with PID 59406
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z sfcbd-watchdog: stopping sfcbd pid
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z sfcbd: Sending TERM signal to sfcbd
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z EHCMD: ***ERR***:StopService:440:Stopping EHCM service
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z EHCMD: ***ERR***:DellEqlProviderCleanup:125:CIM Provider is unloading
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z EHCMD: ***ERR***:DellEqlProviderMethodCleanup:390:SFCB requested to unload our provider
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z EHCMD: ***ERR***:DellEqlProviderMethodCleanup:395:CIM Provider is unloading
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z EHCMD: ***ERR***:Poll:242:Error polling driver: 0x4
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z sfcbd: Sending TERM signal to sfcbd
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z sfcbd-watchdog: Sleeping for 20 seconds
2013-08-27T11:15:01Z crond[8695]: crond: USER root pid 62719 cmd /sbin/hostd-probe
2013-08-27T11:15:02Z syslog[62720]: starting hostd probing.
2013-08-27T11:15:14Z sfcbd-watchdog: Providers have terminated, lets kill the sfcbd.
2013-08-27T11:15:14Z sfcbd: Stopping sfcbd
2013-08-27T11:15:14Z sfcb-CIMXML-Processor[62751]: [62751] Semop failed (semid:655362 sem_num:4 sem_op:-1 sem_flg:4096 nsops:1) rc -1, error 22:Invalid argume
2013-08-27T11:15:14Z sfcbd-watchdog: Sleeping for 20 seconds
2013-08-27T11:15:17Z syslog[62720]: hostd probing is done.
apenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<soapenv:Header>
<taskKey xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="urn:vim25" versionId="dev2" xsi:type="xs
</soapenv:Header>
<soapenv:Body>
<HostImageConfigGetAcceptance xmlns="urn:vim25"><_this type="HostImageConfigManager">ha-image-config-manager</_this></HostImageConfigGetAcceptance>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>^@
2013-08-27T11:14:41Z ImageConfigManager: [2013-08-27 11:14:41,606 vmware.runcommand INFO] runcommand called with: args = '['/sbin/esxcfg-advcfg', '-U', 'ho
2013-08-27T11:14:41Z ImageConfigManager: [2013-08-27 11:14:41,646 root DEBUG] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="ht
<soapenv:Body><HostImageConfigGetAcceptanceResponse xmlns='urn:vim25'><returnval>partner</returnval></HostImageConfigGetAcceptanceResponse></soapenv:Body><
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z sfcbd-watchdog: Terminating watchdog process with PID 59406
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z sfcbd-watchdog: stopping sfcbd pid
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z sfcbd: Sending TERM signal to sfcbd
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z EHCMD: ***ERR***:StopService:440:Stopping EHCM service
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z EHCMD: ***ERR***:DellEqlProviderCleanup:125:CIM Provider is unloading
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z EHCMD: ***ERR***:DellEqlProviderMethodCleanup:390:SFCB requested to unload our provider
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z EHCMD: ***ERR***:DellEqlProviderMethodCleanup:395:CIM Provider is unloading
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z EHCMD: ***ERR***:Poll:242:Error polling driver: 0x4
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z sfcbd: Sending TERM signal to sfcbd
2013-08-27T11:14:54Z sfcbd-watchdog: Sleeping for 20 seconds
2013-08-27T11:15:01Z crond[8695]: crond: USER root pid 62719 cmd /sbin/hostd-probe
2013-08-27T11:15:02Z syslog[62720]: starting hostd probing.
2013-08-27T11:15:14Z sfcbd-watchdog: Providers have terminated, lets kill the sfcbd.
2013-08-27T11:15:14Z sfcbd: Stopping sfcbd
2013-08-27T11:15:14Z sfcb-CIMXML-Processor[62751]: [62751] Semop failed (semid:655362 sem_num:4 sem_op:-1 sem_flg:4096 nsops:1) rc -1, error 22:Invalid arg
2013-08-27T11:15:14Z sfcbd-watchdog: Sleeping for 20 seconds
2013-08-27T11:15:17Z syslog[62720]: hostd probing is done.
could this have something to do with the dell multipathing module i have installed (dell-eql-mem-esx5-1.1.2.292203)