Decrease Guest Server Drive Size
Hello, I have a Windows 2003 Server guest on an ESX 3.0.2 Host. I need to decrease the amount of disc space allocated to this guest server. I tried to edit the drive space and click OK... it...
View ArticleMax vSwitch Ports used!
Couple of questions here. 1) My vSwitch has several Portgroups attached, each with their own VLAN ID's. My vSwitch was set to 24 ports, however I have 28 active connections! How can they still all be...
View ArticleUnable to open SCSI device '/vmfs/devices/generic/vmhba1:5:0:0'...
Hello, I'm using ESX 3.0.2, and one VM which is under Windows Server 2003 can't start. This server is attach to a tape device IBM Total Storage 3581-2U. I have the following error: Unable to...
View ArticleMigrate VMware Guest Server that contains VIC database to new VMware Host
Hello, I have inherited a system running ESX 3.0.1. The VIC runs on a standalone server but the database resides on a guest on one of the VMware hosts. I need to move/migrate the vmware guest to a...
View Articlerecover lost partition
It appears that a 63 partition alignment doesn't help with the rescan of a lost datastore. It also appears that the datastore in question had a boot from SAN esx install in the primary position. The...
View ArticleCannot customize host name
Error:A specified parameter is not correct: spec.identity.hostNameMy hostName is normal:"pigtails" [Code]protected CustomizationSpec customizeVM(ManagedObjectReference vmRef, String ipAddress, String...
View ArticleCannot migrate vm
I just had an issue where I was unable to migrate a vm from one host to the next. I was able to migrate another vm off of the same server just before this one, but this one gets to about 90% then...
View ArticleCan't connect via SSH
I've got two hosts that were imaged at the same time that I've never been able to get ssh access to. I'm talking about with my user account, not enabling root ssh access. I immediately get...
View ArticleReconnect host stuck on In Progress
one of my hosts in a ESX 3.0.2 cluster is hung up and still have vms running on it. Right now its showing a status of disconnected and I tried to reconnect it into the cluster but VC is showing...
View ArticleUsing PuTTY cannot connect to the Host!!!
Hello people. I am trying to use puTTY to connect to the Host but i can't. Message said - Network error: Connection refused. Any help. Thanks.
View ArticleVMotion failed -- Failed to start migration pre-copy. Help!
ESX v4, vCenter v4 Vmotion failed with error says: A general system error occurred: Failed to start migration pre-copy. Error 0xbad003f. Connection closed by remote host, possibly due to time out....
View ArticleGuide - How to Monitor VMFS on ESX from Nagios via NRPE
This is my attempt at a guide on how to setup monitoring of ESX VMFS volumes using (Groundwork) Nagios. Assumes you have already installed the NRPE agent on ESX, and you already have a working (GW)...
View ArticleGuest Memory Usage vs Memory Usage inside VM
Hi Experts, I have browsed much of the community to here find something I am having great difficulty in understanding so a very simple explanation would be greatly appreciated. Now, we have some Linux...
View ArticleFailed to extend disk : One of the parameters supplied is invalid. (1)
I'm in the process of extending a disk and I get this error "Failed to extend disk : One of the parameters supplied is invalid. (1)" I'm in the .vmdk directory giving the absolute path the VM is off....
View ArticleAssigning CPU to a VM Guest question
I have been asked to to do some testing on one of our VMGuest against a real box that is looking to replace. In the past (and before I touched the config). They had run some tests. This is wha tI...
View Articlewhat are Quorum disk
Folks, Can you please tell me what are quorum disks ? I am referring to - Setup for MS Cluster Service. Thanks
View ArticleWindows7 RC0 sysprep crash
Trying Windows 7 RC0 released today on MSDN (32 bit version). Using ESX 3.5 Update 3 and VC update 3. Built template vm and working. Can't deploy I don't think with VC and have sysprep customization...
View ArticleAttempted to read or write protected memory
We were running ESX Server 3.0.2 and Virtual Infrastructure Client 2.0 until today when we upgraded to 3.5 and 2.5, respectively. Now when trying to run the virtual machines through VIC I get this...
View ArticleHost xxx currently has no management network redundancy
Just upgraded my VC to 2.5 and have this error. Actually, to be fair I had a bunch of DRS/HA errors and a host that wouldn't migrate or do anything. So I unconfigured DRS and HA, then reconfigured,...
View ArticleUSB over ethernet device recommendations??
I have begun to research USB over ethernet devices in order to host license dongles, and other USB devices for multiple virtual machines. I am hoping to find a USB over ethernet device that has...
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