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I am in the process of setting up a fresh Plex server on a VMware ESXi host via an Ubuntu VM with 8 core and 16GB ram. 4 times I have attempted this and every time once Plex gets installed (after all OS updates are done) the server becomes unresponsive. I am unable to ssh & console is unresponsive. I can confirm this happens via downloading the deb with wget and dpkg-i as well as installing the package via the repo list.
Anyone else seeing this issue?
If you can’t complete the setup, two things:
- Restarted Ubuntu ? (the runtime libs for networking will be in flux)
- How is the network configured? Same subnet as the client being setup from?
Restarted a few times.
Network is configured as a typical server. Nothing unique, full access outbound no inbound.
Didn’t answer my network question 
Are setup client and server on the same subnet?
Rewording: LAN or Remote only?
Create a tar.gz of the Logs directory (under /var/lib/plexmediaserver) and attach please. I’ll take a look.
How do you suggest I do that when the server is unresponsive?
Open a terminal window and go grab it manually.
If the host itself isn’t responding then you have a good indication where to start looking first.
I’m not sure you fully understand what I am reporting. The sever STOPS responding after the Plex install. I am not able to SSH.
To be 100% clear;
The moment you install Plex the entire Linux host becomes unresponsive?
If so, which packaging variant are you installing?
From Plex via dpkg ?
From Linuxserver.io (Docker) ?
From Ubuntu store (SNAP) ?
(I’m really surprised here. In all I’ve seen, I’ve never encountered this type of issue so am trying to grasp everything happening)
To also confirm please? (extremely important to me)
PMS brings the entire host to a full stop the moment it’s installed?
Is the VM Guest the only thing impacted or is all of ESXi halted?
That is correct. I am installing right now on Ubuntu 16.
Which ethernet adapter emulation is assigned?
If you have VMNET3 assigned, try e1000e.
there is/was a known Ubuntu/ESXi incompatibility which would crash the guest and some hosts too
It is VMXNET3
I’ve never seen this before
I chased that one for about 3 months before we stumbled on it.
ESXi 6.5 or 5.5 (?) with Ubuntu -> BOOM.
It is/was an incompatibility in Ubuntu’s adapter driver where it interfaced with the IP stack.
It started on Ubuntu 16 and I would hope (?) it’s resolved?
