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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...
View ArticleCan't Delete vmdk file
I have a VM that is no longer needed. It's been powered down and removed from inventory, but I can't delete the vmdk file. I've deleted every other file associated with the VM except the vmdk. I get...
View ArticleCannot power on virtual machine: Unable to access file since it is locked
I'm having this trouble (this is the second time now) where I cannot power on a virtual machine. The message "Unable to access file since it is locked. Since the filename is unspecified, it makes it...
View Articlehow to import vmdk file (created on vmware workstation) to vsphere ?????
Hi, how to import vmdk file (created on vmware workstation) to vsphere ????? to get working as a virtual machine. Please reply in steps. ~Rashid
View ArticleJumbo Frames and vmkping
I have seen lots of sites that explain how to test jumbo frames by using... vmkping -s 9000 {name/ip} What I don't get, is why I can use 65,000 byte packets and have it work. I assume I am not...
View Articleesxi 5.1 - Unable to connect to NFS server - FreeNAS-8.3.0-RELEASE-x86
I get "Unable to connect to NFS server" when I try to connect to FreeNAS NFS share using ESXi 5.1, but both can connect to NFS share on linux. Further linux can connect to the share on FreeNAS. I...
View Articlevmware 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 ArticleProblems PXE Booting ESX 4.1 VMWare - Error "0xc0000001"
I am trying to PXE boot a VM that is running on ESX 4.1 and while the VM is booting up the PXE image I get the error seen in the attached screenshot. The VMs that I am trying to PXE have either the...
View ArticleIncreasing netapp lun size
we have esxi4. 1 hosts connected to netapp filer via FC. On the netapp we have luns on volumes, and these luns on esx are mapped as vmfs datastores on ESX. One of the luns is running out of space,...
View ArticleWhat is VSphere?
What is VSphere?, EXS4? and Cloud Computing or Cloud Operating system? Could anyone please explain there terms in single line, I mean single line definitions? Are VSphere and Virtual...
View ArticleUnable to start restored Win2003 guest
I am using veeam to backup and restore VMs and I am not having any problems with other VMs either restoring to the problem host or on other hosts. The issue is this: I restore a VM after making a...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 VM Failed to Start
You remember how in Server 2003/XP you could power down a VM and attach the boot VMDK to a helper VM as a secondary drive and read/write to it? Then you could power down the helper VM, remove the...
View ArticleHow to shrink provisioned space of a thick provision?
I have a win xp guest that has a thick provisioning of 70GB. The win xp has to paritions on it one is 36GB the OS the other is 40GB which is empty. How can I get rid of the second partition...
View ArticleNo clone command in vSphere Client 4.0
We are evaluating ESXi 4.0 with vSphere Client 4.0 We created a working base Debian build which we wish to clone, however, under the Summary window for the machine, where is no CLONE link in the...
View ArticlevServer - tomcat6 memory usage HIGH
I have installed vSphere vServer on a virtual machine with 2GB RAM and I am noticing that Guest Memory is at 99%. According to taskmanager, tomcat6.exe is using 729MB RAM. Anyone know how I can fix...
View ArticleVmxnet3 network adapter change?
Hi, Recently planned to upgrade network adapter from e1000 to vmxnet3 in windows 2008 Os. As a action in a test machine, I modified the vmx file ethernet(n).virtualDev = "vmxnet3" then reregistered...
View Articleconverting microsoft hyper-V(VHD) to vmdk
Hi , How can i convert microsoft hyper-v(VHD) file to vmware vmdk.I tried with vmware converter through which only vhd file created in microsoft virtual PC can be converted . Please let me if any tool...
View ArticleShow hidden Devices after P2V for Windows 2008 / R2
How i can show the hidden devices on a P2V Windows 2008 Server. This does NOT work!. set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1devmgmt.msc Kind regards Nautilus...
View ArticleProblem with migrate to new datastore (error the method is disabled)
I have a problem when I try to move a Virtual machines storage to another datastore.All servers moved fine but for one server. When I try o move it I get Validation succeded and hits the button to...
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