vpxd.exe locking out account
Hey, for some reason the vpxd.exe, which is running as SYSTEM is trying to authenticate with my AD account. The problem is that it has an old password cached and is causing my AD account to lock out....
View ArticleHow to remove locked snapshots ?
Hello, One of VM has 20 snapshots and cannot be removed by snapshots manager. And checked can use CLI to remove them: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1002310 Question here I checked the VM using...
View ArticleHow to identify a Virtual Disk inside a windows 2008 VM
I've created a 1.98 TB ISCSI datastore for one of my Windows 2008 VM's. I've added four virtual disks all the same size 300GB to this Windows 2008 VM and now I need to expand one of the specific disks....
View ArticlevSphere ESX 4.0 U3 Includes?
I have just upgraded vSphere ESX 4.0 U2 to U3. According to VMware tech support, by installing U3, my install should be completely up to date with patches. Esxupdate info doesn't show me patches...
View ArticleIs it worth using ESX as a fileserver?
Hey there everyone! I've been struggling to get ESX working these past few days and finally got it all working. Now that all of that is done, I'm concentrating on installing a fileserver/backup server...
View ArticleEMC VNXe 3100 DAS iSCSI datastores for ESX Cluster.
A customer with a brand new EMC VNXe 3100 storage wants to create a VMware ESX Cluster (2 hosts) with no network switch between the host and the storage, using Direct Attached iSCSI datastores. As I...
View Articlevm backup using USB hdd disk and fast scp
do i have to shut the vm's down for taking backup in USB drive from browse datastore oprtion in vmware and fast scp?
View ArticleIntel & AMD No of VM's per core
Hi, In esx4.1 config max, it states i can run 25 vCPU per core. Does this value increase when using Hyperthreading in Intel CPU's? We are planning for a Virtual desktop setup, all the VD's will have 1...
View ArticleSSH not working after Upgrade
I'm testing upgrades from 4.0u3 to 4.1u1 using esxupdate and noticed that I cannot SSH into the server after the upgrade. I normally login with a local user and then SU to root. Anyone else seen this...
View Articleesxconsole.vmdk too big
Hello, I had made a 9GB partition for ESX install and and now i am getting error about my partition beeing full... Is it normal to get this big and will it grow?Waht should i do, move it to another...
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 Articlehow to determine size of flat.vmdk when all you have is a delta
I need to find a way to determine the nominal size of the parent virtual disk but all I have is a delta.vmdk the original descriptor of the delta.vmdk is wiped blankno log-files, vmsd, vmsn files or...
View ArticlevSphere 4.1 Grace Period
If the licensing server is down, do the 14 day grace period rules still apply to vSphere 4.1? I can't seem to find any documentation on vSphere 4.1 and licensing. I'm currently running VI3. Thanks
View ArticleVirtual Disk performance issue
Having what appears to be an odd issue. The most easily observable symptom is copying approximately 12GB of data from one virtual disk drive to a second virtual disk drive. This process takes roughly...
View ArticleCan't expand SAN disk from vCenter,why?
I can't expand a SAN disk from vCenter,but I can do this from ESX connected by vsphere client,why?
View ArticleCan't Migrate VM
I am having trouble migrating a VM from a datastore. I am trying to decommission this SAN and I have been able to move all other VM's off except one. I am not able to move it powered on on or off....
View Articleproblems in migration from esx 3.5 to esxi 4.1
Hello everybody,I migrate a VM from host ESX 3.5 to host ESX 4.1. No error message or anything.I turn on the VM and it gives me error "... the file specified is not a virtual disk" refers to the...
View ArticleNew installation but dont see my 2 drives
Hello, i have just install a new server with 4 2TB drives. I made a 400GB LUN and a 2.3TB LUN with HP quick Start CD. I have isnatll my ESX 4.1 ont the 400GB but i cant see my othe partition to add it...
View Articlevmkping -s 9000
I have enabled jumbo frames on my ISCSI vmkernel nic but when I try to ping the iscsi san with vmkping -s 9000 iscsi_san_ip it does not respond. any idea? does something need to be enabled on the...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 NTP client fails to synchronize with local (WIN2K8 DC or WIN2K8) NTP...
I have recently deployed 2 ESXi 4.1 hosts and added our virtual machines on it. Everything went smooth except for NTP client configuration : There is no synchronization happening, ever. Our Windows...
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