Tried 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 ArticleChange root password on esxi host which is a member of a cluster
1) How to change root password on esxi host which is a member of a cluster.2)Do i need to add again once the root password change ?3) is there any other concerns to change the password
View ArticleUnable to connect to the MKS: The remote host certificate has these problems:
Hi, We have a 4 ESXi host cluster all running vSphere 4.1. Recently i started to upgrade them to update 2 and all the additional patches. After upgrading the vCentre Server to the latest version (or...
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Host doesn't have a journal...
Dear Team, Suddenly our Datastore losses connectivity with our ESX servers and the running VMs are poweredoff because .vmdk is not accessible to these ESX host. once the Datastore connectivity restored...
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 ArticleRescan doesn't show new LUNs on FC HBA...need to reboot?
On our ESX 4.1.0 boxes, we attached an unused FC HBA from each server to a new SAN and presented LUNS. The HBA's always did show up in vCenter, but I expected that after doing a "Rescan All" the new...
View ArticleIncrease VM disk size in vsphere client?
If I increase the disk size of a guest in the vSphere client by going to the VM's Edit Settings shown in the screenshot - is that the equivalent of the command line "vmkfstools -X 100GB whatever.vmx"?...
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 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 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 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 ArticleVirtual IP feature of Windows 2008 R2 does not work on ESX 4
Hi, Windows Server 2008 r2 supports a virtual IP in terminal server sessions.The virtual IP can either be attached to individual sessions or applications. Together with the MS support we saw, that...
View ArticleUnable to connect to MKS: vim.fault.nohost
I have a standalone IBM x3400 server configured as host with ESX4. I installed 3 VM: VM1: Windows server 2003 R2 - Secondary domain controllerVM2: Windows server 2003 R2 - Application serverVM3:...
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 ArticleWindows 2008R2 snapshot problem on 4.1
I have problem with snapshots on one of my VMs. And what's strange it started only last friday. One of my DC's on Win2008R2 refused to take quiesced snapshot after clod migration from one cluster to...
View ArticleVMXNET2/VMXNET3 boot problems with Microsoft WDS
Hi, We're currently using vSphere 4.0 and we're in the process of migrating our VMs from the nic driver e1000 to VMXNET3. We're also using Microsoft Windows Deployment Services (WDS) to deploy new...
View ArticleESX 4.1 - Unable to Delete Datastore
I have 3 ESX 4.1 servers managed by vCenter ( not clustered ). I have moved all VMs off of ESX1 and am attempting to delete a secondary datastore. The datastore is empty and I have the server in...
View Articlevmware-vmrc and VM-id
Hello,When I create a remote console desktop shortcut to a VM with the Vcenter Web UI, I get a shortcut with a command line looking like this :vmware-vmrc.exe -h venter:443 -M vm-xx.Where can I get...
View ArticleVirtual Machine redundancy
Hopefully this is the correct forum as i am using esx 4.1 Here we go: I have x number of hosts. (ill be using 2 to explain but know i have more)I have 1 vswitch that runs all of our VMs bound to 2...
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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