-flat.vmdk Failed to lock the file (67)
Hi, I'm doing some tries on a test VM as i appeared to have over 30 (!) snapshots... (which wher to be seen ine the snapshot manager).I removed the snaphots (via the "vmware-cmd VmTest1...
View ArticleConsole Window Becomes Unresponsive
Hi All, I am currently in my trial for ESX 4.1 (moving from VMWare Server 2), and I am running into one slight issue that effects 2 of my 5 virtual machines that I can't seem to explain and Google has...
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ESX 4.1 and SOUND
I made an XP vm on an ESX 4.1 host.The vm Works well.However I can not add sound? VM's on ESX don't support or have sound? That really can't true.Someone tell me otherwise.
View ArticleESX 4.1 - Guest = Server 2008 r2 - Choppy Mouse
Greets! I have ESX 4.1, with several guest Windows Server 2008 r2. VMware Tools = v8.3.12 build-493255, which is the latest, I suppose.From the CONSOLE, the mouse is draggy and choppy, as if there...
View ArticleHow to connect USB Dongel to ESXi 4.1 VM
Hi All, I have many VM's running on the ESXi 4.1 and one of the VM server has the requirement to connect USB Dongle and the software which is installed on it will work once it detect the USB dongle...
View Articleunable to remove dead path from HBA ports vmhba1/2
Hi all, I have a dead path on both the hba ports vmhba1 and vmhba2. I tried rescanning it but no go.I am not sure how to proceed on this ... Please assist me. Here are the details [root@xxxxx...
View Articleimpact of restarting esx management service
Dear team, in my environment i have esx 3.5.0 (64607),4.0,4.1 hosts, just want to know is there any impact if i restart management service on production esx hosts 3.5.0, 4.0,4.1 be fore restarting this...
View Article"Operation timed out:The VM failed to resume on the destination during early...
During migration to another host I came across 2 Vms that gave an error :" Operation timed out:The VM failed to resume on the destination during early power on". Restarting management agents on the...
View ArticlevmStatsProvider informational event and ESX 4
I just uprgaded one of our ESX clusters from ESX 3.5u3 to ESX4. The upgrade when smoothly but we are having a significant issue with some of the virtual machines after the vmware tools update and...
View ArticleEssentials Plus vCenter linked mode to vCenter standard?
Is it possible (and allowed) to install the vCenter foundation version from the essentials plus bundle in a linked mode to connect to vCenter standard in our central location? like this...vCenter...
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...
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General questation about NLB
Hi ,sorry for my bad Englisch . I have basic questation about NLB in the Vmware . I have two virtual machines with created unicast NLB . I set notification switches off .Now I have trouble with connect...
View ArticleInstall vCenter in a Workgroup instead of joining a Domain cause warning and...
I am having the following problem on our Virtual Center, if you know how to solve this, please kindly let me know, many many thanks in advance! EventID 1000[VpxdLdap] Failed to search OU=Instances...
View ArticleESX SNMP Configuration (for HP SIM) & sending an ESX Test Trap via SNMPTRAP
Greetings. I recently needed to configure / fix my ESX servers to communicate properly over SNMP to my HP SIM server. Note: This is for ESX 4.1 and HP SIM 6.2. There were many problems I needed to...
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 ArticleProper settings for disabling Offloading.
Can someone tell me the proper settings for iSCSI NICs to disable the following? Our storage provider would like to see these settings in place. Large Receive OffloadReceive Side ScalingTCP Checksum...
View ArticleEsx host disconnect Vcenter frequently
Hi, I have ESX host 4.0 which is disconnect frquenly in Vcenter 4.0. when ever we connect the host wait for 2-3 mins and disconnect automatically, regarding is issue i have checked the below link...
View ArticleDatastore usage on disk: What is the ratio?
So on a few of my servers I have a warning flag about the datastore usage on disk. I have one datastore that is 99.50G, 80.43 Provisioned, and 19.07 free. My question is what is the Capacity:Free...
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...
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