Slow performance on 1 VM after changing the SCSI controller
Hello, Here is the configuration of the VM: Was a Windows 2000 before migrating to W2K3R2.VM Version : 82 vCPU2GB of RAM (50% used)VMWare Tools updatedLSI Parallel adapter after changing from BusLogic...
View ArticleDiskLib_Check() failed for source disk The system cannot find the file...
I am running a virtual machine on vSphere 5 which is having multiple snapshot. Now found that the server is not responding properly and tried to restart but could not. Ultimately had to restart the ESX...
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 ArticleSAS HP 1/8 Autoloader G2 changer does not appear on the VM's Device manager
Hi All, I have an ESX 4.1 host and a VM that is running Windows 2008R2 OS. And a SAS HP 1/8 Autoloader G2 and HP SAS controller is pluged in to host machine. On the VM's device manager there is a...
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 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 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 Articlehow to show all the data stores for a host in a cluster
Hi In my cluster there 10 Hosts attached EMC VNX data stores.Now 1-9 hosts are able to show all the data stores but the 10 host not able show all the data stores ,its showing only one...
View Articlemulti core vcpu settings and confusion RDS / Terminal Services
I have a few terminal servers.I run office apps, ie and a few other small things currently. The VMs were setup with 2 vCpus from the start (i would have started with 1 however it wasn't me that set...
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 Article"failed to connect: cannot connect to host localhost: connection refused" on...
This is on ESX 4.0.0 Update 1. When I issue a command such as "vim-cmd /hostsvc/hostsummary | grep inMaintenanceMode" or vimsh –n –e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter” / “vimsh –n...
View Article"Unable to connect to the MKS: Cannot connect to host [servernamehere] failed...
Anyone has this problem? I loaded vSphere 4.0 from ESX 3.5 host and all seems working fine yesterday, after resume more testings and this error popped up:"Unable to connect to the MKS: Cannot connect...
View ArticleUPS and ESX
Hello All I have UPS (APC) and I will going to configure both. Normally I installed agent in operating system (windows server) and If power off the agent will shutdown window server. How can I in...
View ArticleSNMP trap: This trap is sent when a virtual machine detects a loss/regains in...
Hello, I am implementing System Center Operation manage 2007 R2 with Quest QMX extension for VMware.I started monitoring SNMP traps from ESX servers over QMX tool after that I recieved from all virtual...
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 ArticleVM destroying a NIC
I am having some instances of a VM losing it's NIC. I have checked other discussions about this saying the user had stopped the device the same way you stop a USB device, but the users do not have...
View ArticleWindows Computer account not present in AD
System logs - Error eventSource: NETLOGONEvent ID: 5721description: The session setup to the Windows NT or Windows 2000 Domain Controller \\DomainControllerName for the domain DomainName failed because...
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 ArticleUnable to revert snapshot: Detected an invalid snapshot configuration
I am dealing with a situation where a VM on an ESXi 4.1 host (standalone, no vcenter server) had data loss after making changes to it and the snapshot cannot be restored due to the above error....
View ArticleUpgrade ESX 4.0 to 4.1
hi Howto upgrade ESX 4.0 to 4.1 using esxupdate?BTW which zip file do I need to download from www.vmware.com/go/downloadpatches to do an upgrade?
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