vSphere console error (not fully visible)
I have been using esxi 4.0 and 4.1 for several years. Sometimes I'm having problems when opening consoles within the vSphere client. See screenshot attached. The desktop of the vmware machine is only...
View ArticleUnable to modify hard drive in vm through Vcenter
I have a server running Esxi4.0, today due to some electrical maintenance I had to shut it down. I shut down each vm through Vcenter and then put the server in maintenance mode and shut it down. Once...
View ArticleCan't clone win2008R2 64bit?
Hi I have a 64 bit win2008R2 x64 that will be 1/2 of a cluster I would like to just clone it (its is all pathced to rev) I am using esxi 4.0 787047using the stand alone converter using: "VMWare...
View ArticleChanges to the VMX file (network device type)
Hi I have a VM with 4 nics, the E1000, I would like to change this to the vmnet3. I have had some issues with E1000 and tcp offloading ! But I don't want to delete the NIC's and then recreate them......
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Datastore missing after recovering from a RAID 5 disk failure
Hello everyone! Longtime lurker. I have and ESX server in my home on a Dell 2850 running a local RAID 5 off of the PERC controller. I had a drive fail so i shutdown the system, replaced the drive and...
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Cannot install VMWARE Tools on new Virtual
Hi all I have just set up a new virtual running windows 7. I went to install vmware tools but got the following error: Unable to install VMware tools. An error occurred while trying to access image...
View ArticleNAS VM with raw disk access to disk
I'm trying to build a NAS in a VM and would like to have disks as natively as possible assigned to that machine, but I don't know how to do it. I tried selecting raw device mapping when adding storage...
View ArticlePrevent maintenance mode boot after power failure
I'm running ESXi 4.1 and having an issue with automatically starting my VMs when I bring the host up. Under normal circumstances, it works fine. My particular issue is when I kill the server by...
View ArticleLinked Clone - How to ? Is it possible via vCenter ? or just by Scripts ?
Hi All, ESXi 4.1 Linked Clone - How to , Is it possible via vCenter ? or just by Scripts ? Thanks in Advanced
View ArticleHP Quad Port NC382i lost 2 ports after reboot HP ProLiant 380 G7 devices...
Hello all, After a reboot I've lost 2 nics from available network adapaters on a quad port NC382i. I was initially running ESXi4.1 U1, and have since updated to U3 and installed the lastest...
View ArticleSnapshot files
I have to virtual machines on an Esxi 4.0 host that I am unable to change the system drive size on. I believe this is due to snapshot files that should not be there. I have examined the datastore of...
View Articleesx server "freezes"
I have an esx 4.0 server that "freezes" randomly.When I look at performance I can see blank gaps in all the "switch to" areas. Don't see any errors or warnings. Server Hp dl 380 g62 5520 procs 48gb ram...
View ArticleFree way remote backup Windows Server 2003 VM or VMware files
Hello again everybody,I was hoping to get a bit more insight into backing up a single VM on an ESXi 4.0 server to an offsite Linux server. I currently do most of my Linux backups with rsync but in...
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vmware recommended 6 NIC vlan network setup
I am currently having some performance issues with my vmware network, I am wanting some suggestions on how to get the best performace with my networking config with my vmware vcenter servers (2) Any...
View ArticleESXi 4.0 freeze on PowerEdge T110
Hello, Our ESXi 4.0 froze last night around 1 AM (GMT -3). Unfortunately the server was rebooted this morning by another person from the IT staff who did not take time to analyze the LEDs of the server...
View ArticleRAID5 Datastore - Crashed/Blank Data Store
Hey Guys, Question. I have ESXi 4.1 U1 and as it was booting it crashed. (lost power) ever since I was unable to boot into ESXi (says no boot device) but RAID show's OK. So after fighting for a few...
View ArticleHost disconnected esx 4.1
I have a Host Disconnected version 4.1 I see these messages regularly in the logs Not Sure If we can ignore that Apr 24 03:33:35 vmkernel: 4:01:53:04.888 cpu2:5994)WARNING: ScsiCore: 1406: Invalid...
View ArticleHow to recover deleted files "vmdk" on a vmfs partition ?
Hello,I've a problem. after deleting vmdk files on a vmfs partition with "rm". I search a solution to recoverthem. Do you have an idea ? thank you Didier
View ArticleHow to determine whether an ESXi 4.1 host was previously upgraded?
A client of mine is seeking to upgrade some vSphere ESXi 4.1 hosts in remote offices using Update Manager. Virtual Machines are located on Local Storage. Update Manager seems to be the logical...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 with "errors in active directory operations" during integration to...
Hi, I'm getting mentioned error while adding VMware ESXi 4.1.0 build-721871 to domain. below are the hostd.log, I cannot able to find why there is error : "The Workstation service has not been...
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