"Operation timed out:The VM failed to resume on the destination during early...
During migration to another host I came across 2 Vms that gave an error :" Operation timed out:The VM failed to resume on the destination during early power on". Restarting management agents on the...
View ArticleStorage vMotion + vmdk files in different folders
Hello, Will storage vMotion move the vmdk files [in 2 different folders on the same datastore at the moment] into the same folder while migrated into the different datastore? Why the vmdk files are in...
View ArticleAdd vCPUs to Linux 2.4 guest to speed it up?
Hello, I was hoping someone could answers some questions for me. I'm running vSphere 4.0 with about 5 32-bit Linux guests running kernel 2.4. All have 1 vCPU. Everything has been fine for years but...
View Articlemount root partition of esx 4.1 in rescue mode from livecd
Hi guys! I have problem with recovering esx 4.1 upd 3 server. To my shame i deleted /lib64/libc-2.5.so -->/lib64/libc.so.6 link and rebooted a server. So now esx makes a core dump and won't start...
View Article[ESX 4.0 U2] Change Both Host and Datastore grayed out
Hi, We have a VMware 4.0 U2 environment with 4 ESX hosts. We have 2 clusters with 2 hosts located in each cluster. Each cluster defines a physical building and both buildings are about 4KMs appart....
View ArticleRestore Windows Server 2008 in vsphere
Dear all, I read a document state that we can backup Windows Server 2008 and restore to another server. I test it on VMware workstation is fine but when I do the same in vsphere esxi 4.1 then it does...
View ArticleHow to add hot swap sata hard drive
Specs:Server:33650 M3OS: ESXi 4.1.0RAID config: RAID 0 Hi Everyone, I just bought a 500GB hot swap hard drive, based on the above specs, how do i configure it to become a data store? VM host cant seem...
View Article"required client support files" problem when connecting using vSphere via SSH...
I am trying to connect to my ESX server using the vSphere client tunneled over SSH. I have done this in the past, but it isn't working now. I am fwding the appropriate ports (443, 902, 903) and have...
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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 ArticleVMWare tools ESX 4 for Windows 7 x64
I'm trying to install VMWare tools for Windows 7 x64 on ESX 4. The OS installed just fine, but when I try to load the tools I get almost all of the way there and then get the error: Error: 25030....
View ArticleSATA HDD not detected during ESX 4.0 installation
Hello, I'm trying to install vSphere ESX 4.0 onto my test machine but during the Setup at the "specifying storage" stage, it is not detecting the SATA hard drive. Is anyone able to assist please?...
View ArticleCan't Install ESX 4 on HP ML350 G6
Just got a brand new HP ML350 G6 in. Burned a ESX 4 U1 ISO Cd and popped it in the server. Got to the ESX install screen and choose "garphical mode". After this I had notice during the mount-cdrom...
View ArticleSCSI Error
I'm building a VM and using the Paravirtual SCSI controller for my additional disks and I keep getting this error after I restart the server. I configured the system using all LSI Logic SAS and did not...
View ArticleLogs "Long VMFS3 rsv time on..."
Hello, I’m running in the following trouble few weeks ago about my infrastructure, VMware vSphere 4.1 on HP blade BL460G1 and storage HP EVA 6400. Description:The VM symptom is slowdown in accessing...
View ArticleWindows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit - Unable to connect to the MKS:Internal Error
Hi there I found out, when i connect to a freshly installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bits English with SP1 Computer where i did install the vSphere Client (latest Release) and i connect to the Virtual...
View ArticleSQL Server CALs and vSphere
Hi. I know that SQL is licesned either by physical socket or Server/CAL. I have a customer who has been running all VMware related DB's within SQL Express. They would now like to create two SQL server...
View ArticleMounting NFS on ESX using WD Sharespace device
I'm having a weird issue with my WD Sharespace device. I use a WD Sharespace to mount as an NFS device to store all of our ISO and install files. I have one ESX 4 cluster with 5 servers, and two...
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Slow performance on SAN with 10Gbe via VMXNET3
We have built a SAN using Nexenta and 10Gbe for our VMWARE environment and with some tweaking and testing I am able to hit up to 1GBytes (not Gbps) per second to the SAN using iSCSI from a Win 7 Guest...
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iSCSI Performance Problem under 10 Gbps
We got an new iSCSI SAN (HP Lefthand P4500) running on 10 Gbps.Server HW HP Prolinat DL 380 Gt with 2 CPUs Intel X5660 and 96 GB ram, HP NC550SFP dual Port Lan adaptor. All Server and Networking...
View ArticleCan't Migrate VM
I am having trouble migrating a VM from a datastore. I am trying to decommission this SAN and I have been able to move all other VM's off except one. I am not able to move it powered on on or off....
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