how 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 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 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 ArticleMy Microsoft cluster service keeps failing
I have two virtual machines on two separate ESX 4 hosts. Each VM is running Server 2008 Enterprise with Failover Clustering installed. SQL 2008 Enterprise is installed on the cluster. MSDTC and SAP...
View Articlemultiple swap files
How to troubleshoot if multiple swap files occurred in virtual machine o esx host?
View ArticleVeeam and NFS
Hello, Trying to get some more understanding of the architecture. I did some reading on the Veeam site but still a little vague. I have used NFS years ago with a linux machine attached to the share....
View Articleinfiniband and esxi 5.0
I have an infiniband card in my esxi 5.0 server I'd like to utilize. I see mellanox only provides drivers for esxi 4.0. Can someone point me in the right direction to find drivers for esxi 5.0?...
View ArticleDistributed Switch uplink problem - vim.dvs.DistributedVirtualPort is not...
Hi all, I am trying to add another physical link to a distributed switch uplinks. The story unfolded as per below:- default ESX 4 build created with 'standard' virtual switch with pNIC 0 uplink &...
View ArticleNetwork Uplink Redundancy Lost
I have 3 ESX 4.0 servers in a cluster and one of them is reporting "Network Uplink Redundancy Lost". 2 NICs one the server are configured as a DMZ vswitch. One of the NIC's (vmnic6) "Observed IP...
View ArticleVMWare Direct Path I/O on IBM x3250 M3 - supported?
Hi Everyone, I've been looking for resources to confirm that VMWare Direct Path I/O is supported on the IBM x3250 M3 Server. From what I understand, the Direct Path I/O works based on 3...
View ArticleMixed memory sizes in Dell R710 to achieve 1333mhz speeds versus 800mhz
We have some Dell R710's that were originally ordered with 48GB in a 12x4GB 1333mhz config (RDIMMs). We ordered 6 additional 4GB 1333mhz memory sticks to fill out all 18 banks for a total of 72GB. The...
View ArticleShould -ctk.vmdk (changed block tracking) files be copied with a cloned disk?
I need to move a VM across a slow connection. It was thin provisioned, and changed block traking was turned on. Two virtual disks. So I cloned the disks to 2gbsparse and tar / compressed them to a...
View ArticleBest practices for Terminal Server 2008 R2
Is there a doc with best practices for Terminal Servers under ESX 4.1? I have a DL 380 G6 with 98 GB of RAM and running 1 Win2K8 R2 64 VM. The server has a reservation of 4 GB of RAM and a max of 24 GB...
View ArticlePermissions needed to extend virtual disks?
I've been trying to create a role that gives permissions to manage VMs and the ability to extend a virtual disk. I do not seem to be able to do this. I granted the following permission:datastore :...
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 ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Slow Mouse After Sysprep
So,I know installing VMware's WDDM driver in C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\Drivers\wddm_video will fix slow mouse problems normally and it does. I've installed this into a VM and converting this...
View ArticleVM destroying a NIC
I am having some instances of a VM losing it's NIC. I have checked other discussions about this saying the user had stopped the device the same way you stop a USB device, but the users do not have...
View ArticleError setting up iSCSI
I have two ESX 4.1 U1 hosts in my environment. Recently purchase a Dell Equallogic SAN PS4100 and having problems getting one of the servers to communicate with it. Following the procedure online (and...
View ArticleUnable to revert snapshot: Detected an invalid snapshot configuration
I am dealing with a situation where a VM on an ESXi 4.1 host (standalone, no vcenter server) had data loss after making changes to it and the snapshot cannot be restored due to the above error....
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
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