vmware vcenter 5.1 converter plugin
hii upgraded vcenter from 4.1 fo 5.1a , hosts still running esx4.1 i dont see the vmware converter plugin anymore cant p2v within vsphere client ? is it still there or do i have to use the standalone...
View ArticleIncrease Disk Size of VM (Windows 2003)
I have a Windows 2003 Server that is running low on disk space. Is there a procedure that I can follow in order to increase the size of the disk. The drive having space issue is the C: drive...
View Articlehow to convert VM to OVF .
hi friends, I want to convert my windows virtual machine installed on Vsphere ,vm hardware version 7 to ovf format to be used at other location .Is there anywayi can do it in GUI .if no then how to ....
View Articleesxi 5.1 - Unable to connect to NFS server - FreeNAS-8.3.0-RELEASE-x86
I get "Unable to connect to NFS server" when I try to connect to FreeNAS NFS share using ESXi 5.1, but both can connect to NFS share on linux. Further linux can connect to the share on FreeNAS. I...
View ArticleTask in Progress does not clear
A recent task called 'NetApp Storage Discovery is stuck on 'In progress' and will not clear. How do I go about clearing this task from the 'Recent Task' tab? This task is not running. The vsphere host...
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Best way to monitor ESX with zabbix
Hi, I have about 10 ESX 3.5 host and I would like to monitor them with zabbix (www.zabbix.com). For the moment, I installed zabbix agent on the ESXs and I monitor them like a standard Unix OS (disk...
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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 ArticleChanging vCenter Password
Hi I need to change my vCenter server admin password, the one which I use to log into the vCenter client with too. The vCenter server is a Windows 2008 Virtual machine, which has a remote SQL server...
View ArticleChange root password on esxi host which is a member of a cluster
1) How to change root password on esxi host which is a member of a cluster.2)Do i need to add again once the root password change ?3) is there any other concerns to change the password
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Unable to connect to the MKS: Internal error
Can anybody help me with this error "Unable to connect to the MKS: Internal error" It's appear on my console, when i want to install my first Host. I'm using Vmware ESX Thanks,
View Articleextpart problems
In the past, I have never had any extpart issues. Yes, once in a while I might need to go to safe mode to run it, but that wasn't often. Recently I started working with a new environment at another...
View ArticleHigh CPU util by vmtoolsd.exe
Hi All, I've got a problem with vmtoolsd.exe consuming large amounts of CPU on a 2003R2 XenApp VM which I can't get to the bottom of. Basically vmtoolsd.exe spikes to 40% every 30 seconds. As the...
View ArticlevServer - tomcat6 memory usage HIGH
I have installed vSphere vServer on a virtual machine with 2GB RAM and I am noticing that Guest Memory is at 99%. According to taskmanager, tomcat6.exe is using 729MB RAM. Anyone know how I can fix...
View ArticleCannot synchronize host "host name" Operation timed out.
Hallo We have 2 customers on vSphere 4.1 on the VC(Virtual Centre) and on the ESX side. They both keep on getting the below error: “Cannot synchronize host "host name" Operation timed out.” Checked...
View ArticleUnexpected Shutdown Of Guest - Legacy API Shutdown
Hi, We currently have 8 ESX servers with vSphere 4.4.0/vCenter 4.0.0 One of our guests unexpectedly shut its self down. I got the following error in the event viewer. The guest is running Server 2008...
View ArticleESX 4.1 and LSI Megaraid Storage Manager
Hello everyone! I am testing a move from VMWare Server to vCenter for my organization and I am running into a problem. In my test environment, I have a Supermicro H8DME-2 motherboard with an LSI...
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 Article-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 Articledownload vSphere client 4
hi I'm looking for a direct download link of vSphere client 4.I cannot find under vSphere downloads. BTW I'd like to download just a client and not the whole vSphere suite.
View ArticleDatastore Free Space Best Practice
Hello, I have a question relating to the amount of free space to leave on a datastore. I recently upgraded to vCenter and with that came along some datastore usage alarm definitions. I see they were...
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