Windows 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 ArticleVGT and VM hardware upgrade
Does anyone know if uping the VM hardware from version 4 to version 7 will wipe out VGT drivers and setting on the guest? I have a VM that uses Intel advance VGT drivers for guest level vlan tagging...
View ArticleFix for HostStorageSystem.UnmountForceMountedVmfsVolume failed error
Hi All. This is my first post, so if I screw something up, have mercy. So anyway, I had the error "HostStorageSystem.UnmountForceMountedVmfsVolume failed" when I tried to unmount a snapshot volume...
View ArticleESX 4.1.0 LDAP SSL Not Working
For several version of ESX I've used LDAP authentication to tie in authentication to my directory tree (NOT Active Directory). In version 4.1.0, I'm having a very hard time getting it working. I run...
View Articlehow to monitor ESX 4.x VM CPU usage using SNMP?
I am trying to use SNMP to monitor the VM performances (include CPU, Memory, Network usage). My interested info are defined in avaialble in VMWARE-OBSOLETED-MIB as...
View ArticlevSphere and php
Hello to all vSphere community. Has anybody succeded in controlling vSphere through php?Is vmware going to create api for controlling vms through php? Thanks
View ArticleMount vmfs partition
I have 2 VMware servers (ESX 4.0.0.208167) into cluster mode and I need to read VMFS partition by DataProtector software installed on a Windows machine; DataProtector disk agent is installed into...
View ArticlevSphere Memory Managment
Hi All I have the confusion of working of the Terms like -- pmap, shadow page table, and TLB. How these component are works. when these address space gets update and by which component. Its very...
View ArticleESX 4x with IBM TS3100 Tape Library through FiberChannel
Here is my current setup:ESX 4.0 U2 or ESX 4.1 U1 (neither works)IBM Blade HS22Tape Library TS3100QLogic Fiber Channel We have tried reformat the same server earlier with Windows Server 2008 R2 and it...
View ArticleDisaster Recovery Scenario - Question
Hello When our project was scoped to move all 60 of our 3.0.3 hosts to new hardware on ESX 4.1, the project didnt mention that there are two disaster recovery VM's (on standalone luns) that are true...
View ArticleVM can't access vlan
We have a vSwitch with a portgroup that services our Production network with no specific vlans specified (0). We gave access to a new vlan at the Cisco physical switch level in our blade chassis and...
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vmkernel error message : outputlist overflow , dropping xxx packets
Hello CommunityI am using ESX 4.1 with Linux VMs testing network throughput.I get during heavy load periods the following error messages: vmkernel Netsched: xxxx outputlist Overflow. dropping xxx...
View ArticleHow to remove a hard disk from a VM
Hi I have installed a Windows server 2003 x64 Virtual Machine and gave it 4 x hard disks: C:\ System D:\Data E:\More Data F:\Backup of data Now I dont need...
View ArticleNeed Technical Interview questons and Answeres.
Hai everyone, I am trying to face technical interview on VMware,Can anyone suggest me how to prepare to crack tachnical vmware interview. Is there any room to get questions with...
View ArticleFastest way to copy vmdk
Hello, I have a 200GB vmdk I wou ld like to backup. This vm is shutdown. I would like to know what is the fastest possible way to backup this vmdk. I have a very limited time to get this file. I am...
View ArticleSpecify virtual disk size beyond 256 GB
I'm editing the seetings on a VM to have another drive.When I create a disk I select the disk size, 1TB. I point to the datastore location of LUN 30 (2TB).When I click next I get the following message:...
View ArticlePRTG Server health (SOAP)
Hi I have 3 VMware ESX servers fully functional, and all servers are monitoring with PRTG. One of the servers in the PRTG is given us a error message of the SOAP health sensor, every day early in the...
View ArticleTCP dup acks in VM guests
ESX 4.1I'm in the process of setting up a loadbalanced exchange cluster. I've 2 CAS servers, 1 Blackberry Enterprise Server and use a Virtual Appliance (loadbalaner.org) as the loadbalancer.As soon as...
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 ArticleSCSI Tape Drive on ESX 4.1
Hello! I recently had to re-install our ESX 4.1 host and now i have the following problem: There was a SCSI tape drive connected to the host and everything went fine. But after the re-install of the...
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