VMWARE Tools Status
Good morning, I am currently running ESX 3.0.2. We are also running VCB. I have noticed that the vmtools status for some virtual machines in Virtual Center shows that the tools aren't running. It...
View ArticleDRS affinity rules - if I set to manual, they are preserved, if I disable...
DRS affinity rules - if I set to manual, they are preserved, if I disable DRS, DO I LOSE VM AFFINITY RULES? And if I lose them if DRS is disabled ... can I back them up some way prior or are they...
View Articlespeed in an internal vswitch
Hello, if 2 virtual machines are connected to the same virtual switch (meaning the packets transferred don't go through the physical adapter), what is the maximum actual possible speed? (with vmxnet...
View ArticleUnable to contact the specified host (Servername). This might be because that...
I am getting the following error "Unable to contact the specified host (SERVERNAME). This might be because the host is not available on the network, there's a network configuration problem, or the...
View ArticleReceiving unknown SNMP Trap from ESX Server 3.0.2
Hi!My problem is that I am receiving an unknown trap from the esx server. Traps like "vmHBLost/Detected" or "vmPoweredOn/Off" are resolved (that's not the problem). But about ten times a day I am...
View ArticleBad sectors on a Exchange Information Store virtual disk - please help
CHKDSK is finding 1047300 KB of bad sectors on the E drive (Information Store location) whenever I run a CHKDSK /f /r on my Exchange VM. It has a Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 OS and Exchange 2003...
View ArticleFailed to import client (using Data protector for backup VMware ESX server)
Hi, I've been trying to backup VMWare ESX 3.5 with Data Protector 6.1.Agent, such as da,ma,vmware already installed in ESX.Ports 5555 for comunicating with the server also been opened. But, when I'm...
View ArticleThe server could not interpret the client's request
My VI Client cannot connect to virtual centre , even all VM services is running and pingable .it just pop up with error message " The server could not interpret the client's request" I have using...
View ArticleConverted Hyper-V to VmWare
I have one ESXi 3.5 server. I used WmWare converter 4 to convert a hyper-v virtual windows server 2003 to Vmware. I have imported and can start and login locally on the server. But it will not find...
View Articlefailed to extend disk the called function cannot be performed on partial...
I have taken over administration of our VI3 and encountered this message: "failed to extend disk the called function cannot be performed on partial chains please open the parent virtual disk" when I...
View ArticleP2V linux os (suse entreprise11) reduce vmdk
Hello Is ti possible to reduce the partition during P2V linux suse? Ihave a hard to 100 giga and I would like a vmdk to 50 I have a infrastructure 3.5 u4 an converter 4
View Articlevar log vmware Core file
Hi, Trying to do some cleanup on our ESX3 box. There was a lot of old log files piling up so we removed the majority of them. Can someone explain the larger 'core' file/s in /var/log/vmware/ ?...
View ArticleVirtualcenter server not starting..service hangs on "starting" status
Hi, I have a problem with a virtualcenter server than I have inherited. I needed to reboot the VC server this morning, but the virtualcenter server service is stuck on a "Starting" status. I've...
View ArticleMoving vm's with very old snapshots
Hi, I have some very old ESX 3.0 hosts I have acquired with very old snapshots so deleting the snapshots isn't an option, I can'tclone since we are using vsphere 5, how would I move these without...
View ArticleGreen Screen of Death Dmotion
just did a dmotion of a Windows 2000 server, the screen said you can not migrate a OS of this type, i did it anyway \!!! it crashed the esx host it was on killing all running vms, the migration worked...
View ArticleChange iscsi lun to fcp
We've been using iscsi vmfs luns on our netapp fas270c to provide disks to our vmware servers. We've recently upgraded our fas270c to include Fibre Channel and would like to change the luns to use...
View ArticleRaid Read & Write policy for ESX 3.5
Just wondering, creating a new vmfs partition on an ESX 3.5 server after adding some disks... On a DELL PowerEdge 2900 / PERC 5/I RAID controller with SAS disks, the Raid Read policy, can be either No...
View Articlevmwareuser.exe on Terminalserver
Hi there! we have a virtulized Terminalserver on production. On that TS the vmwareuser.exe is started for every single user logged on. Is there a solution to minimize the vmwareuser.exe to only one...
View ArticleHow to restart a VM when it blue screens
Anyone have an inputs on whether there are any options in ESX 3.5 that if the OS (Windows 2003) blue screened, it will reboot it self? I know in HP, there is a function if the OS isn't reachable, it...
View ArticleAdding NFS Storage: error during the configuration of the host cannot open...
I am trying to add NFS storage to my ESX3.5 host. I keep getting an error (see atttached). I have trouble-shooted for days and cannot get it to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated....
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