Running vmdk in memory (Host ramdisk)
Hi, I am trying to run a FreeBSD VM on a VMWare ESX4 Server. I am able to create a vmdk file on the LocalDataStore on the ESX Host. I want to run this vmdk file in the ramdisk of ESX Host. So, I...
View ArticleUPS and ESX
Hello All I have UPS (APC) and I will going to configure both. Normally I installed agent in operating system (windows server) and If power off the agent will shutdown window server. How can I in...
View ArticleCheck ESX Hosts via SNMP
Hi @ all i want to check my esx hosts systems via snmp. (snapshots/drive usage, etc...)In our environment i use snmpget to fill my "checkssystem" nagios. So i search for some doc´s to configure it,...
View ArticleStarting vmware-aam:Timed out waiting for vmware-aam to startup......
VMware ESXi 4.1.0 build-260247 -- This server is out of the management of my virtual center... the server is up and functional.. tried restarting the mangement agents on the server using...
View ArticleReset administrator password for machine client
Hello experts, I have a client machine and installed Windows 2008 OS. and I using vsphere client to connected to the server. How to do to reset administrator for this client via vsphere client? Any...
View ArticlevSphere Client Can't Connect Over SSH Tunnel
I have a couple of ESX 4.0 servers sitting in a lab on campus, which is usually not where I am. Typically, I set up an SSH tunnel to connect remotely to my network and forward some ports over the...
View ArticleNeed VMware Admin Daily activities
Hai, Can anybody please send me VMware admin daily activities.
View ArticleWindows 2008R2 snapshot problem on 4.1
I have problem with snapshots on one of my VMs. And what's strange it started only last friday. One of my DC's on Win2008R2 refused to take quiesced snapshot after clod migration from one cluster to...
View ArticlevSphere 4 and HP MSA2012i
Anyone tried this yet? It's not on the HCL yet, but I reeeeeeaally hope it will be. We just got this SAN last year, and getting a different one would be a hard sell right now.
View ArticleWindows 2008 has event id 2012
Hello, Our Windows 2008 R2 SP1 has event id 2012 "srv warning", it casued network drives disconnect or very slow to browse. I searched this forum...
View ArticleProblems making changes in console, don´t refresh in vpshere graphical client
First, thanks in advance.When you make a change to one of the disks using vmkfstools (vmkfstools - eagerzero / ******* / Cluster1/Cluster1_2.vmdk) do not see the change on the client.The same disc is...
View ArticleDiskLib_Check() failed for source disk The system cannot find the file...
I am running a virtual machine on vSphere 5 which is having multiple snapshot. Now found that the server is not responding properly and tried to restart but could not. Ultimately had to restart the ESX...
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...
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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 Articlerecover vmdk + delta vmdk after disk crash
Hi, last week we had a serious disk crash. Of course no backup, so we starten to repair/recover the disk. We where able to recover the whole folder with all files. But files do look a bit weird. For...
View ArticleNeed help on the memory limit setting for VM
Hi All, I am new to the vmware technology, Please help me out to understand the Limit attribute on vm memory setting. I just refers through some site and made a conclusion that , the limit is the...
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 ArticleSlow Mouse movement in Server 2008 R2 - Plz Help?
Hi guys, I have installed ESX server 4.1 and have installed two virtual machines that is of "Windows XP" and "Windows Server 2008 R2". The problem was slow mouse movement in both virtual...
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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 ArticleHow do I upload the mbrtools.tar.gz file into my esx host from my windows...
I know I should know this but I really don't have to work with linux at all and everything I do with vsphere is through the gui typically. So can someone tell me how I actually import/upload my...
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