nic link down but nic shows status lights (esxi)
Hello all, I have a bit of a weird problem and I'm not having much luck with the search option. Let me describe how I got to the point I am at with this: We have about 29 VM's running on our vmware...
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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 ArticlevSphere Client Console Display Resolution
I'm running ESXi 4.1. When I open a console from vSphere client, I cannot use a resolution higher than 1280 x 800. Once I go to 1280 x 924, I cannot click on the task bar. I want to use a resolution...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 VM Failed to Start
You remember how in Server 2003/XP you could power down a VM and attach the boot VMDK to a helper VM as a secondary drive and read/write to it? Then you could power down the helper VM, remove the...
View Articlemultiple swap files
How to troubleshoot if multiple swap files occurred in virtual machine o esx host?
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Unable to extract the OVA file
Hello, i just tried to convert a vm guest (win2003 windows box with 150gb single partition) toan .OVA File. The Export itself was ok, no errors. Run VMware vCenter Converter again to upload the OVA...
View ArticleInstalling guest os from USB
We have windows pe based bootable USBs that we use for our operating system deployments. These include both Windows Embedded Standard 7 and Embedded Windows Server 2008R2. When I power up a vm...
View ArticlePhysical to Virtual Conversion with No Downtime
With vSphere 4, much of the documentation totes P2V conversions without any downtime... Could someone please explain this process to me? As far as I can tell, there still must be a time when no data...
View Articledetermining which ESX host a vm is on from script?
Hello, I have a need to be able to determine which ESX host server a vm is running on from a script... Existing script infrastructure is in WSH/vbs for windows vm's. Is this possible? I know vmware...
View ArticleESX 4 boot fails at vsd-mount
Hi, we have two ESX4 hosts connected to an IBM DS3400 storage system.With FC cables plugged in both the ESX stops booting at vsd-mount. With FC cables pulgged out, the ESX boot is ok.After the ESX...
View ArticleShow hidden Devices after P2V for Windows 2008 / R2
How i can show the hidden devices on a P2V Windows 2008 Server. This does NOT work!. set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1devmgmt.msc Kind regards Nautilus...
View ArticleCan't Delete vmdk file
I have a VM that is no longer needed. It's been powered down and removed from inventory, but I can't delete the vmdk file. I've deleted every other file associated with the VM except the vmdk. I get...
View ArticleSelect a SCSI Controller - V7 hardware
When creating a custom VM, there are several choices for SCSI controller. We're primarily Windows VMs so, I'd liked to know which of these makes the most sense. I'll be choosing for my templates so, I...
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 ArticleChange IP address of ESX 4 from VSphere Client
Hi there. I initially set the static ip address of our esx 4 (production) server during the installation process. Now I would like to change the ip address to a different one. I was told I can...
View ArticleVM communication interface socket family: failed
I am using redhat 4.7 on vsphere 4.1 environment . i recently update the kernal in my linux machine . update was successfull. but when machine boots it gives some failed error ( VM communication...
View ArticleNetwork Uplink Redundancy Lost
I have 3 ESX 4.0 servers in a cluster and one of them is reporting "Network Uplink Redundancy Lost". 2 NICs one the server are configured as a DMZ vswitch. One of the NIC's (vmnic6) "Observed IP...
View ArticlevSphere auto start VM
Hello, I want to start the vm automatically as we can define in vSphere client connected directly to ESX. is there any option that we can define this to vm in Cluster.
View ArticleESXi 4.1 HA configure error!!!
I have 2 esxi 4.1 hosts ,when configure the HA ,the error apears bellow:HA agent on xx.xx.xx.xx in cluster xx in xx has an error:cmd addnode failed for primary node:error creating ramdisk for HA agent...
View ArticleESX host get "URB timed out - USB device may not respond" during reboot ?
We are running vSphere on a DELL PowerEdge Server. We have lost access to Service Console. When we reboot that server, we get the following error message:"URB timed out - USB device may not respond"...
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