VM in state stuck - cannot recover.
All. I have a VM that appears to have a corrupt snapshot and now seems to be in confused state. The summary page for the VM gives. The RedoLog of afasql02-000001.vmdk has been detected to be...
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 Articleyellow exclaimation mark on esx server
recently a yellow exclaimation mark has appeared next to one of my esx servers, nothing shows under alarms and it does not show most information under the summary tab I only have 4 servers running on...
View ArticleESXi Backups ?
I have couple of questions on ESXi backup, appreciate if somebody clarify few things. : - We have only one server having ESXi (free version) which recently setup with 2 VM's having Windows 2003...
View ArticleTemplate and Sysprep
Guys I have prepared a normal windows 2003 VM with SPs and all updates . I like to use this as a template for future server cloning . I want to confirm the steps to avoid any problems once the VMs...
View Articleunable to remove orphaned and inaccessible vm from inventory.
Had a crash during an svmotion, vm orphaned and tried to readd to inventory but no luck. I have since restored the vm from a san snapshot and deleted all the original files and it now sits in a whole...
View ArticleCouldn't find matching file system UUID=
My ups failed last night and my ESX server went down with a power failure. I have four internal drives in two hardware raid 1 groups. One for the ESX install and one for the images running on the...
View ArticleVI Client can't connect to the host
My VMware ESX 3.01 host was up and running for months. Last week I found my virtual center got trouble connection to the host. I reinstall the virtual center server 2.5. It didn't fix it. I bounce the...
View ArticleHow to exclude VM from HA availability constraint calculation
Hi, I would like to confirm if I set "Disable" on few VM HA settings (cluster level), These VMs will not be included in the HA "Prevent VMs from being Powered on if they violate availability...
View Articleclone vm and shrink disk size in process HOW-TO
I have been asked to clone a Linux VM and shrink the disk in the process. What are my options??? thanks, Grant
View ArticleMigrate VM between 2 separate FARMS
All, I am needing to move a VM between 2 separate ESX host clusters and wanted to understand; 1. What Files do i need to move/copy from the VM folder on the Datastore ? 2. How do I import the move...
View Articlevcbmounter error: *A certificate in the host's chain...
getting this error when trying to run vcbmounter: *A certificate in the host's chain is based on an untrusted root. our backup has been working fine but i noticed that it failed to mount last...
View ArticleRDM Configuration (Best Practices...)
Folks, when attaching multiple RDM's on a VM, would you add one RDM per vSCSI adapter, or would you add multiple RDM's to the same vSCSi adapter? Also, when creating the RDM would you keep it with...
View ArticleVLANs and Dell Blades
I know this is more a Dell question than a Vmware question, but I figure some of you are using the same BladeSystem as me and may be able to provide a quicker answer than Dell. We have a new M1000E...
View ArticleKVM migration to VMWare
Hi, all -- We have a KVM virtual machine running latest Ubuntu on a Ubuntu host. We need to migrate this VM to a VMWare ESX farm run by out data center. Is this migration as simple as moving the...
View ArticleAdding storage to VM Best practice
I everyone I have a quick question, maybe someone can help me with this. Here's our environnement: ESX 3.5 Update 4 Storage: SAN FC We just added 2 Tb to our SAN and it created a 2nd vmfs volume....
View ArticleMultiple Port Groups with the same VLanID
Have a question on peoples experience or knowledge, as we are having a little discussion here at work. If you were to have multiple virtual port groups with the same VLanID in the same cluster, does or...
View ArticleFailed Snapshot removal
I am experiencing issues attempting to remove snapshots from some of our virtual machines. All of the virtual machines involved are SQL servers. I am trying to backup all of our VM's with a 3rd party...
View ArticleMount VMFS partition
After an "hot disk replace" on an HP 385 the file system was corrupt.The suggested fsck command found a lot of error and try to fix it.In the result, ESX (3.0.1) start but without a lot of file.I have...
View ArticleUsing VMware Update Manager to Patch Offline Windows 2008 r2 Cluster Nodes
Anyone have any experience of Using VMware Update Manager to Patch Offline Windows Cluster Nodes? I am curious to see if there are any complexities associated with this as we are looking to do this...
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