vmware-cmd utility
Hi, To unregister the VM from a host, we use "vmware-cmd utility". What exactly is "vmware-cmd utility". Is it through command line? Is there any other option to unregister the VM from a host? -Prashant
View ArticleUrgent - How to check VM logs?
We had some issue during weekend, some one deleted few files or something happened? How to find out the root cause analysis? I have exported the logs from vcenter and I got almost 3 GB logs locally?...
View ArticleCannot do Storage Vmotion of an VM which has RDM attached
Hi, Iam unable to to storage vmotion for an Virtual Machine which has around 8 RDM attached to it. I see the error incompatible device backing specified for device '0'. can anyone let know why is the...
View ArticleHelp recreating .vmdk descriptor files **André**
The datastore where my vm is located became "full" and it has corrupted the vmdk files and now my vm will not "Power On" I receive the error "File <unspecified filename> was not found. I believe...
View ArticleWARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite?
Hi, Has anyone seen this in their logss? What does it mean? I have googled but no luck.Seem to be getting heaps of these WARNING: LinChar: LinuxCharWrite: M=226 m=0 flags=0x1002 write 12 bytes at...
View ArticleESX 4 U1 Hosts Lock with SD 0:0:0:0 still retrying after 360s
We just upgraded fro ESX3.5 to ESX 4 U1 a few weeks back. We are running on a IBM Blade Center S with HS21-7995 blades and using the SAS RAID Module for Storage. On two occasion all the ESX hosts...
View ArticleDisappearing virtual network device under Windows 2008 R2 SP1 in vSphere 4.1
Has anyone seen an issue where after an upgrade from Windows 2008 R2 to Windows 2008 R2 SP1 the virtual network device suddenly and somewhat randomly ejects itself from the VM causing the virtual...
View ArticleHot-Add/Hot-Plug Limitations
Hello, Is there any official documentation from VMware that shows Operating Systems that allows Memory hot-add and CPU hot-plug? I came across multiple blogs and each one is showing a diffrent result,...
View ArticleCan you install 7zip on a esx host?
can someone tell me if it's possible to install 7zip on a esx host, if so then how? thanks,pete
View ArticleHost disconnected and not responding
I have 4 esxi 4.1 hosts in a drs/ha cluster. Every few weeks, out of no where, 2 of the hosts drop connection to the network and to the storage. The storage is FC. The only thing that seems to work is...
View Article\Device\Scsi\symmpi2, did not respond within the timeout period
Windows event ID 9. I am getting this on two 2003 R2 VM's, on the same host, directly connected to a SAN (not iSCSI). Checked the kb, I am running latest tools which has set the timeout correctly (60)....
View ArticleESX host drops out of communication
Ok this one is a little unusual. Here are the symptoms that i've been seeing. The host has had two losses of communication in the past 7 days. One loss of communication was at about 7:30 pm and the...
View ArticleNetwork uplink redundancy fake alert
Hi there, Do you all encounter false alert for network uplink redundancy alarms and network connectivity lost? Everytime the alarm triggered, customer will call and request me to check onsite, but the...
View ArticleCold Clone CD - Adding Drivers?
Is there a way to add many NIC / Storage drivers at one time to the Cold Clone Boot CD? Maybe some kind of driver pack?
View ArticleHow to migrate vApp to another Host ?
We have imported vApp for Operations Manager. There are 2 VMs in that vApp. We just wonder how to migrate the vApp to another ESX Host ? We find that we can migrate individual VM but not the vApp....
View Articlevmware-user-loader: what does it do and can it generate any debug?
I have an Ubuntu VM and occasionally coming out of a suspension I receive a popup message that "ExecutablePath /usr/lib/vmware-tools/bin32/vmware-user-loader segfaulted". What does vmware-user-loader...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 supports only LAHF and SAHF CPU instructions
Dear team, ESXi 5.0 supports only LAHF and SAHF CPU instructions. Need to understand LAHF and SAHF, and how it's work? RegardsMr VMware
View Articlecombine datastores
Hey Guys, I have two datstores marked as "IT1" and "IT2" each have 2TB allocated totalling 5TB. I can't figure out how to merge to two together. I tried adding an extent to IT1 but the second LUN is...
View ArticleHow to configure GNS3 virtual machines with ESXi
Today I can set up virtual machines with VMware workstation and connect there NIC in GNS3 (Network Emulating) , I can create NIC card by using VMware workstation and assign each virtual machine I have...
View ArticleDefragment VM (vmdk) on ESX 4.1
Hi All, I have few Windows 2008 Servers running as VM on ESX 4.1.SCOM/Microsoft reports that we need to we need to defragment the VM's.Can you please let me know the way on how can I defragment the...
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