Disappearing virtual network device under Windows 2008 R2 SP1 in vSphere 4.1
Has anyone seen an issue where after an upgrade from Windows 2008 R2 to Windows 2008 R2 SP1 the virtual network device suddenly and somewhat randomly ejects itself from the VM causing the virtual...
View Articleedition of vcenter on supports 3 host(s)
Hi all. Vcenter essentials plus.3 hosts, each with 2 sockets Then I have another Datacentre within my inventory with another host running vmware vsphere 4 enterprise as a standalone host. AFAIK - my...
View ArticleUnable to clone VMs between datacenters
Hi, we have two datacenters, managed by one VCenter server. I am attempting to cold migrate a VM from Datacenter 2 to Datacenter 1. It gets approximately 3% complete, then fails with the error "Could...
View ArticleUnable to remove old snapshots
Hello all, Our backup software (BE), have left apprx 13 snapshots behind, I was able to find outfirst snapshot's .vmdk file is in lock state and more are filling up. They are not available in snapshot...
View ArticleUrgent - How to check VM logs?
We had some issue during weekend, some one deleted few files or something happened? How to find out the root cause analysis? I have exported the logs from vcenter and I got almost 3 GB logs locally?...
View Article[ESX 4.0 U2] Change Both Host and Datastore grayed out
Hi, We have a VMware 4.0 U2 environment with 4 ESX hosts. We have 2 clusters with 2 hosts located in each cluster. Each cluster defines a physical building and both buildings are about 4KMs appart....
View ArticleMIGRATING VM on Local Storage to SAN
Hi, I've setup two temproary ESX with production VMs. Now the new SAN is in with two new esx. The temproary ESX have no SAN, thus VM reside in local hardisk. If I setup a new virtual...
View ArticleWhat is the responsibility of L2 and L3 vmware Administrator. Pl....
As I am new to the VMware technology, can anyone differentiate the role of L2 and L3 VMWare Administrator ?
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...
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Get all VMs with "vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms"
hello! I have following problem.I have a shell-script and want to get all IDs and Names of virtual machines: for i in `vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | sed '1d' | awk '{print $1":"$2}'` all is fine,...
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 ArticleBuffer I/O Error: vSphere 4.0.0 build-256968
I am receiving the following repeating errors: end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 0Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 1 How do I determine...
View ArticleWhich CPU features is most important? (Speed, cores, cache size..?)
When looking at processors for servers to be used with ESX/ESXi, which features should be most important?That is, from the wide range of CPUs available, what should best spent money for a customer?...
View Articlehost memory status error
HI all, I am new to Vmware and need help from experts My one of the host is giving alart alram for "Host memory Status",what its mean and how it comes and how to resolve it.
View ArticleESX Hang/Freeze - audit: backlog limit exceeded
Hi Expert, I have tried to find out what cause this error to my esx host but to no avail, tried google but can't seems to locate anything related to VMware. Has anyone encountered this error before?...
View ArticleThe hard disk is blank.
hi I have ESX 4.0.0 installed and if I try to add a new storage (SCSI Volume, Raid5) then I get this message: "The hard disk is blank."Error during the configuration of the host: Failed to get disk...
View Articleenable incoming SSH as root user on ESX 4
hi Howto enable incoming SSH on ESX 4 to connect from any PC in LAN as root user via putty?In vSphere Client under Security Profile -> Firewall SSH Server und Client are already enabled but it...
View Article[VMware vCenter - Alarm Host connection state] Host connection state changed...
Hi All, During off hours when the vRanger kicks backup on all the VM's then we get this alert ""[VMware vCenter - Alarm Host connection state] Host connection state changed status from Green to Red"""...
View ArticleCommitting snapshots when there are no snapshot entries in the Snapshot Manager
Committing snapshots when there are no snapshot entries in the Snapshot ManagerAbove problem on my esxi 4.1.0 host. Committing snapshots from the ESX/ESXi command line failed.Cloning failed: Failed to...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 issues with audio - No Audio output device detected
We are still on 4.0 update 3 and will be moving to 5.1 here in the next couple of months but we are testing a new Citrix xenapp environment on 2008 R2 servers and noticed that there isn't a sound card...
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