vmware vcenter 5.1 converter plugin
hii upgraded vcenter from 4.1 fo 5.1a , hosts still running esx4.1 i dont see the vmware converter plugin anymore cant p2v within vsphere client ? is it still there or do i have to use the standalone...
View ArticleRescan doesn't show new LUNs on FC HBA...need to reboot?
On our ESX 4.1.0 boxes, we attached an unused FC HBA from each server to a new SAN and presented LUNS. The HBA's always did show up in vCenter, but I expected that after doing a "Rescan All" the new...
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%RDY below 1 but %CSTP in the hundreds (e.g. 177)
I have read plenty of docs and blogs that explain what %RDY and %CSTP are and indicate that when you see them both high then you are probably CPU over allocated or over committed: There is also...
View Articlehow to convert VHD to VMDK SCSI device.
hi, i have converted VHD file to VMDK file and put it into SCSI strogae. when i powering on the VM it says disk read error occur. i found that virtual device node is IDE it should be SCSI so that the...
View ArticleWindows 2000 Ethernet Controller - Driver
I have installed windows 200 server on to seperate vSphere deployments and on both installations there is a problem with the Network Card's device drivers.VMware tools is installed and this is a new VM...
View ArticleAlarm-Host Hardware power Status
Hi All,I am getting the red alert "Host Hardware power status" in Vsphere 4.0, what does these error means, can someone please let me know is it a hardware error, or any issue with the esx,what should...
View ArticleDisk out of space - best practices
Hi, running vspher 4.0 update 2 - windows 2008R2 enterprise guests. the log drive 100GB e:\ is quickly running out of disk space and I need to grow it larger.The e: drive LUN is presented by a dell...
View ArticleService Console help 4.x
Hello I need a little help I want to change what vmnic card the service console uses from the command line how do I do that. I want to disable VMnic0 and at someone point bring up vmnic2. Thanks for...
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Huge Shared value on a Resource allocation tab of VM.
HelloYesterday one of my Virtual machine ( Debian ) started reclaiming memory by balooning ( 155 MB ) and then swapping ( 55MB ) . Generally its not a big issue for now cause users haven't notice any...
View Article503 service unavailable on vsphere 4.0 access web to download client
anyone know why i got this 503 service unavailable when connected to newly installed vsphere 4.0 and ask for certificates and if i click continue to ignore it it just throw that error. please help
View ArticleThe warning bar "Number of active connections has changed" keeps popping up...
Hi guys, While running ESX 4 with any OS VM I keep getting the "number of active connections has changed. There are now 2 active connections to this console" message. I know in ESX 3.5 if you...
View ArticleESX 4 boot fails at vsd-mount
Hi, we have two ESX4 hosts connected to an IBM DS3400 storage system.With FC cables plugged in both the ESX stops booting at vsd-mount. With FC cables pulgged out, the ESX boot is ok.After the ESX...
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Unable to extract the OVA file
Hello, i just tried to convert a vm guest (win2003 windows box with 150gb single partition) toan .OVA File. The Export itself was ok, no errors. Run VMware vCenter Converter again to upload the OVA...
View ArticleVirtualizing Windows Server 2008 R2?
After a few months of evaluating ESX vs. Hyper-V the company I work for has decided to license ESX Essentials. One of my tasks is to migrate all of the Virtual Machines from Hyper-V into our new ESX...
View Article"A specified parameter was not correct" error when modifying networking
I've got 5 identical ESX hosts that I just built. I'm not sure what has changed on one of them, but I can no longer modify network settings. If I try to add a port group, link a NIC, or almost...
View ArticleUsing a USB dongle on a VM in an HA cluster
I need to install some software on a VM in a ESX 4.0 cluster, that requires a USB dongle to be attached in order to run in non-evaluation mode. I have just come across a product called AnywhereUSB...
View ArticleLosing pings during creation/deletion of snapshots
We are using Vizioncore vReplicator to replicate one of our file servers every hour. This server is experiencing network timeout in applications/reporting services that connect to other servers. I just...
View ArticleFailed to get data ring : vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument
Hi all, When the VDR 1.2 appliance (ESX 4.1 / VCenter 4.1) begin to work on our VMs, I've noticed this message in the log for each VM : 2010-11-07 22:00:28.484 F57CBB90 error 'App'...
View ArticlevMotion background
Hi, When we do a Hot vMotion, what exactly happens at the background. What files is created, what file is moved from where to where, what file is deleted if any applicable? Thanks,jK
View ArticlevSphere Client Connection Error
I'm trying to log into one of ESX v4.1 servers. When I connect i get the error: Connection Error: The request failed because the remote server 'IP ADDRESS' took too long to respond. (The command has...
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