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 ArticleThree VMs with same SID, what to do?
I deployed three Win2008 R2 VMs from the same template and made the mistake of not using customization to change the SID. I have verified using PsGetsid that all three have the same SID. These three...
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 ArticleESX 4.1. Disable TCP Checksum offload
Hi All,This is my first post on this forum. We have problems with connection between application server and sql server. Both servers are running Windows server 2008 R2 and are hosted on the same ESX....
View ArticlevCenter Server linked Mode. Error 28039. Setup cannot join vCenter Server to...
Hello, I have the next error when I try to configure the server linked mode: "Error 28039. Setup cannot join vCenter Server to the linked mode group. Refer to C:\documents and...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 - becomes UNresponsive - can't remote desktop - can't...
Environment: ESX server 4 Update 1VM: Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit with vmware tools installedProblem: vm becomes completely unresponsive - can't remote desktop - can't even login via vcenter...
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Error: Unable to mount this VMFS volume due to duplicate extents found
Posting this here in the hopes that someone, by some stroke of luck, has a workaround while I twiddle my thumbs and wait for VMware to actually get back to me with the details of my support entitlement...
View ArticleLost network connectivity ESX 4
Hi all, Just this morning this issue happened on our second VMWare server, it happened a 6 weeks ago on our first VMWare server. Our VM's intermittantly become unresponsive via the network and we...
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Host Processor Status Alert
Hi all I hope you can help me. We have been getting this Alert from the start. Even if there are no VM running on the servers we get the Alert We are running ESX 4 with all the latest patches. Out...
View ArticleVM Defrag
Wondering what people out there are using for defraging Windows Guest OSes running on vSphere (Wondows Defrag or 3rd party)? Is it a good idea to do this like you would a physical machine? I have read...
View ArticleDell Openmanage 6.3.0 on ESX 4.1 error
hi I am trying to install Dell Openmanage 6.3.0 (OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-LX-6.3.0-2075.ESX40.i386_A00.11.tar.gz) on my R900 server which has ESX 4.1 installed on it but it fails with the following error:...
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 ArticleHelp needed updating BIOS on a Dell R710
Guys, I need help. I have a Dell PowerEdge server running ESX 4.1 and I'm trying to update the BIOS from 1.3.6 to 2.1.15. I downloaded the correct package but when I run the install it fails and I...
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 ArticleSQL Server CALs and vSphere
Hi. I know that SQL is licesned either by physical socket or Server/CAL. I have a customer who has been running all VMware related DB's within SQL Express. They would now like to create two SQL server...
View ArticleDowngrade Emulex HBA firmware
Hi, One of ur customer has procured new Netapp storage and they want to move move all VM's to the netapp platform. We are running ESX 4.0 build 332073 and server model Dell R710. We have Emulex FC HBA...
View ArticleConsole Window Becomes Unresponsive
Hi All, I am currently in my trial for ESX 4.1 (moving from VMWare Server 2), and I am running into one slight issue that effects 2 of my 5 virtual machines that I can't seem to explain and Google has...
View ArticleIBM HS22 - High latency to shared datastore over FibreChannel
Hi, I've just installed and configured two new hosts for our environment, ESX13 & ESX14. They're identical IBM HS22 blade servers both with ESX 4.1 U1 installed. In order to make sure everything...
View Articlecontact Web service of a vCenter
Hello, I'm not sure, it the good location for my post.. anyway, I'm begining using webService to interact with my esx 4.1.This one is under a vCenter.I'm interacting through php script with soap...
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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