Failed 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 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 ArticleESX 4.1.0 and device failed error recovery - setting offline
Hello, I have some weird problem on 2 servers (HP DL350 G5 and HP ML350 G6).On both servers I see this next error on the monitor that has connected with physical server:cpu0:4096 VMNIX: <0>st...
View ArticleUnexpected Shutdown Of Guest - Legacy API Shutdown
Hi, We currently have 8 ESX servers with vSphere 4.4.0/vCenter 4.0.0 One of our guests unexpectedly shut its self down. I got the following error in the event viewer. The guest is running Server 2008...
View ArticleHow to line up vmdk files to Windows Disks/Drive letters
Hello,I currently have a server that has 20 virtual disks split between 4 SCSI controllers. Each controller has 5 virtual disks assigned to it. I would like to find a way that we can line up the 20...
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VM showing up as invalid - failed to find a host for powering on
Hi folks. I have a good sized ESX cluster, with about 20 hosts and Enterprise Plus licensing. I recently did a power down/up of my entire setup, and all but a handful of VMs came back up cleanly. About...
View ArticleTried to fix "Invalid" VM issue and now can't add it to inventory
We had an unexpected shutdown of our ESX environment and were able to recover most of the VMs.Two, unfortunately, came up with the dreaded "invalid vm" description. I looked for some suggestions on...
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 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 ArticleThe hard disk is blank.
hi I have ESX 4.0.0 installed and if I try to add a new storage (SCSI Volume, Raid5) then I get this message: "The hard disk is blank."Error during the configuration of the host: Failed to get disk...
View ArticleUpgrade ESX 4.0 to 4.1
hi Howto upgrade ESX 4.0 to 4.1 using esxupdate?BTW which zip file do I need to download from www.vmware.com/go/downloadpatches to do an upgrade?
View ArticleLost communication with ESX module
Hello, I have the following problem. We have a View farm with 5 servers. We have installed vShield for use with Symantec Endpoint Protection.When I start vShield Manager and select one of the view...
View ArticleAdd Hard Disks for Active-Active Windows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster
Hi all,We plan to create an Active-Active Windows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster in vSphere 4.xHere is the requirements: 1.Node1 should have the following disks during normal operation C drive (VMDK) P...
View ArticleESX 4 NTP Client Will Not Synchronize with NTP Server on 3Com Switch/Router
ESX 4 (and this also applies to ESX 3.5) uses version 4 of the Network Time Protocol by default and will not synchronize with 3Com switches and routers running 3Com Comware 5, e.g. the 5500G switch...
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...
View ArticleSAS HP 1/8 Autoloader G2 changer does not appear on the VM's Device manager
Hi All, I have an ESX 4.1 host and a VM that is running Windows 2008R2 OS. And a SAS HP 1/8 Autoloader G2 and HP SAS controller is pluged in to host machine. On the VM's device manager there is a...
View ArticleEssentials Plus vCenter linked mode to vCenter standard?
Is it possible (and allowed) to install the vCenter foundation version from the essentials plus bundle in a linked mode to connect to vCenter standard in our central location? like this...vCenter...
View ArticleDell R910 + Equallogic in ESX 4.0
Dear all, We are after some advise on setting up our new ESX hosts.We have just purchased 3 new Dell R910's to replace our old 2950 hosts. One thing we are struggling to work out is how to allocate the...
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...
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