VMmware Converter 4 Standalone (coldclone.iso)
Hi I'm looking for a download link of the newest VMmware Converter 4 Standalone (coldclone.iso). I'd like to burn it as bootable CD for cold clone process. Under...
View ArticleTP AutoConnect/VC Gateway Services showing up on Servers after VMware tools...
Hi All, Since upgrading to ESXi 4.1 then upgrading VMware tools on our Windows servers we have noticed two services being created - TP AutoConnect Service [Stopped|Manual|LocalSystem] TP VC...
View ArticleVM’s DNS registration deleted when upgrade VMtools
Hello. We're having issues in one environment with some Windows VMs. I'm going to explain the scenario: Previous scenario:- All the hosts were ESX 4.0.- VMs had several E1000 NICs.- VMware Tools were...
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Windows 2008 R2 + ESX4 + vCenter Client Console = FREEZE
Hello, i reproduced this several times now and also found a coressponding thread in the microsoft newsgroups, (...
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...
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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 Articlewindows OEM license in virtual environment
i have a physical server with windows OEM license installed. now i want to install ESX on it and leverage the key to install a windows guest OS.i have found a physical key and virtual key with this...
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 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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how to check where the ESX i 4.1 is installed
Hi, Greetings, We are in a process of upgrading ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5. while going through the ESXi 4.1, not able to see the local VMFS datastore of that ESXi server, but if i go though the storage...
View ArticleCould not find any recognizable digits.
After downloading an .OVA to a VM server. I try using the Deploy OVF Template tool, but when I hit the next button from the deploy from file selection I receive the following message Error The OVF...
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 ArticleWindows 2008 R Standby Memory
Hi there, I have a question about running Windows 2008 R2 machines on vSphere. In 2008 R2 there is such a thing as standby memory. I have a couple of 2008 R2 vm's running and they consume al lot of...
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...
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...
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 ArticleCleanup: Unable to delete generated zip file
I am finding the following message in the jointool-0.log in D:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\tomcat\temp 2011-11-30 14:49:28 INFO] Creating new record with data: id: '1073743327' data_type:...
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 ArticleError uploading files to datastore?
In ESXi 5.0.0 Update 3 Build 1311175, whenever I try to upload an ISO to the datastore I get this error "Attempted to read or write protected memory". How do I fix this? Why can't I upload files to...
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