VpXClient has encountered a problem
Hi, I've just tried to launch my VI client from my XP desktop and I'm receiving the following error message: VpXClient has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the...
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 ArticleVM 100% cpu utilization after vmotion from one host
Hi folks, When i vmotion a couple of VMs (Win 2003 x64 running IIS) from one host in our solution the VM CPU utilisation goes upto 100% and there are a lot of ASP.NET crash reports in the event log....
View ArticleSnapshot error: Invalid arguments
Hello, I'd add a new Virtual machine to backup by vmbk in my VI ESX 3.0. No problems for the others. These machines were backuped on a SAN via a Samba Share. There's enough place but I have this...
View ArticleStop: 0x0000007B Inaccessible_boot_device Error
I have converted a server having windows 2000 adv server with sp4 (Dell 8450 series with 4 processors). I used Vmware converter 4.0 to convert in to VM. Earlier it failed so many times when i choose...
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 ArticleVirtual Machine and McAfee Endpoint Encryption Manager/CPU Load is WARNING
Have a Windows 2003 VM with McAfee EndPoint Encryption Manager recently installed. Every day , at least, once each day we are seeing the following alert from the EndPoint Manager: PROBLEM Service...
View ArticleWinSCP copies to new DataStores
We have ESX3.5 and VC2.5. Originally, our FibreChnl SAN had 6 DataStores configured with VMFS3.21. We added some additional datastores and they are VMFS3.31. I noticed that whereas I could once...
View Articleunderstanding esxtop network RX drop packets
I want to make sure I understand what I am seeing when I look at esxtop in interactive mode. I guess a better way to say it is I want to make sure that my interpetation is correct.. PORT-ID...
View ArticleHot add of RDM not detected ESX 5.0
I am adding a physical RDM through the vCenter on a VM that is powered on. When I add the device, shouldn't it automatically show up under/dev?dmesg has nothing about the device. Does it require a...
View ArticleERROR: cp: omitting directory /usr/share/zoneinfo/US /etc/localtime
Received this error \[omitting directory]...I received this error becuase I didnot correctly type the entire directory into the command prompt for copying.If I would of done a \[ls] command at the...
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 ArticleHA agent xxxxx in cluster xxxxx has in xxxxx an error
Hi, We've got back an ESX server from an ESX cluster in which we've got Ha activated. We add this server in another cluster without HA. Now the server claims the message "HA agent xxxxx in...
View Article[error] vCO : Clone, Linux with single NIC
Hello, I am trying to use the workflow "Clone, Linux with single NIC" but I get this following error : "Task 'CloneVM_Task' error: A specified parameter was not correct. spec.identity.hostName...
View ArticleESX Disaster This Past Weekend
Well, I almost had a heart attack. I had our LAN and Network Guy reconfigure ESX this past weekend to use trunking. In addition, we were moving two of our physical ESX boxes within a cluster to...
View ArticleA bunch of VMSN files under VM folders ... How can I delete these files ?
Hi ! I have 4 VMs having around 300 vmsn files 20KB big. I would like to know how can I get rid of these files ? There's NO SNAPSHOT in the SNAPSHOT MANAGER, so why I have so much files like that...
View ArticleUnable to move virtual machines to a New Folder once migrated to vi3
Environment: I'm migrating from 2.5.3 > vi3.01 Due to issues with esxRanger after upgrading the database I've decided to create a new database from scratch on the 3.01 side since I only have 5...
View ArticleDB requirements tip with Oracle 9iR2 in vc 1.3.1 --> 2.0.2
During my VC test server migration from 1.3.1 to 2.0.2 I incurred in problems regarding the DB upgrade wizard.I didn't find specific information inside manuals or forums regarding pre-setup of Oracle...
View Article3.0.1 --> 3.0.2 upgrade disk performance drops 84%
While doing some unrelated work on the test systems I noticed their local disk was very slow. So we added BBWC to those systems. While waiting for the hardware to show up we upgraded the systems to...
View ArticleESX and NetApp Best Practices
I am looking for some information on what works best in relation to using ESX on NetApp iSCSI storage. I have a clustered 3050 Filer and 6 ESX 3.02 Update 1 hosts.connected by QLogic iSCSI TOC...
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