Unable to remove old snapshots
Hello all, Our backup software (BE), have left apprx 13 snapshots behind, I was able to find outfirst snapshot's .vmdk file is in lock state and more are filling up. They are not available in snapshot...
View ArticlePerformance graphs with holes: Athlon II x4 620 2.61 , 8 Gb Ram - ESX +...
Hi all. Let me present you with my training and learning project that I started for about 2 years ago. Because of the very limited budget, I had to configure my server manually. I checked the hardware...
View Articlewho took putty session!
Hi All, Someone in my team logged on to a ESX Host via putty (from root id) and deleted some files.Is there a way I can find out the IP address from where the connection was made ? Thanks
View ArticleCannot start VMGuest.
Hi All, I know you all will think... here comes another fool looking for solution for a problem which has ben tackeled & resolved many times in this forum and else where. but my dear friends, I am...
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Hurry!!!Need a help!! VM is orphaned after reboot esx while vm is running!
Hurry!!! VM is orphaned after reboot esx while vm is running! esx is 4.1 and vcenter is 4 After reboot esx while vm is running1.vm is orphaned2.in this esx, I can't find vm's vmdk or vmx3.in this esx...
View Articlemulti core vcpu settings and confusion RDS / Terminal Services
I have a few terminal servers.I run office apps, ie and a few other small things currently. The VMs were setup with 2 vCpus from the start (i would have started with 1 however it wasn't me that set...
View ArticleBad write-performance on iSCSI SAN
Hello community, I've got a question to the following infrastructure: ESX 4.1 U1 on a HP ProLiant DL380G5 with the DLink DSN 2100 10 in iSCSI mode. The SAN is configured to present 3 LUNs to the ESX....
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BOOTMGR is missing in Windows Server 2008
Hi Everyone, One of our SQL Servers became completely unresponsive so it was Powered Off. I know, not exactly the best thing to do, but it's been done and since the VM was Powered On, we're getting an...
View ArticleMigrate VMs from 3.5 esx to 4.1 esx need urgent help
Dear Team,I have one esx3.5 and running 2 production VM which are stored on local storage, no fc connectivity available , Standard License is used.we are in procees to migrate these VMs on esx4.1, but...
View Article2 Different VMs access 1 EqualLogic iSCSI Volume
I've got 2 VMs running Windows Server 2008 R2I also use a EqualLogic PS5000XVRather than create 2 volumes with identical data on them, I'd rather just create one. Can I connect both VMs to 1 iSCSI...
View ArticleUNABLE TO CONNECT TO THE MKS : COULD NOT CONNECT TO PIPE
Hi All im getting the following error while trying to open a virtual machine console through thev vcenter client. UNABLE TO CONNECT TO THE MKS : COULD NOT CONNECT TO PIPE .\PIPE\VMWARE-AUTHDPIPE:...
View ArticleHow much memory do you allow for ESX need to run?
This is a capacity planning question using ESX 4.0 If each of my ESX hosts contains 64GB of RAM, when trying to calculate average requirements, how much should I set asside for ESX? I'll share my...
View ArticleCan storage VMotion TO NFS datastore, but not FROM NFS datastore.
Hi, interesting problem. I have an NFS datastore which I am able to live storage vmotion VM's to, however when I try to Vmotion anything off it I get the error: "A general system error ocurred: Source...
View ArticleCannot Download .vmdk files from VM - "Storage expected but message Got: ERROR"
Hi I have some VMs, that i cannot download the .vmdk using Datastore Browser. I get "Storage expected but message Got: ERROR" This only happen with some VMs, not with all my VMs.It seems that the VM...
View ArticleUnable to access file since it is locked
Hi, I am running 2 ESX Hosts. On each host I was running just the 1 virtual machine (both of which connect to disks on the same SAN). I have now created another Virtual Machine to run on each host (4...
View ArticleInternal vSwitch routing
I have 2 internal vswitches: one services a 192. network the other services a 172. network. Neither switch has been assigned to a physical NIC. Does vSphere have any native features that make it...
View ArticleESX 4.1 Adaptec Storage Manager Agent can't talk to Exchange 2007
Hi Everyone, I have a server running ESX 4.1, it has an Adaptec 3405 card installed in it and the Adaptec Storage Manager Agent v6.5.0 has been installed to allow me to managed the RAID controller...
View ArticleESX 4.1. Disable TCP Checksum offload
Hi All,This is my first post on this forum. We have problems with connection between application server and sql server. Both servers are running Windows server 2008 R2 and are hosted on the same ESX....
View ArticleIncreasing VM hard disk capacity
Hello I use ESX 4.0 with vSphere 4.0.When there won't be any snapshots anymore I'd like to increase VM's hard disk capacity in Edit Settings/Hard disk menu. There is MS Windows Srv 2008 R2 64-bit...
View ArticleVM NIC Adapter type changed from VMXNET 3 to Flexible
Hi,Recently i have deleted some hidden windows network adapter from few VM and suddenly i came to know that vm has lost it's connectivity and they were out of domain. i checked the adapter type and...
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