Extending VMWare disk corrupted it.
I expanded a VMWare workstation 7.1.6 virtual disk using VMWare expand tool (the VM was shutdown). Disk was the "C:" partition for Windows Server 2003 SP2 x86 and was the one and only drive for that...
View ArticleExplanation of error log entries
I've been seeing the following lines in our ESXi 5 deployment and cannot find information on what this error means. 2013-05-31T13:40:05.294Z| vcpu-0| W110: DMA port 0: bad 4 byte access (1):...
View Articledatastore name still exists after deleted
I deleted a datastore and rescanned all hosts and in vcenter the datastore is gone. but in powercli get-datacenter | get-datastore still shows the name there. Now whenever I try to add a new datastore...
View ArticleNT4 shutdown UI problem still present
The UI problem I reported for VMWare Workstation 9 when doing Shut down guest is still present in the current tech preview.
View ArticleExpanding Memory in Ubuntu
Hi all! So I want to expand the hard drive of my Ubuntu virtual machine. I am able to expand it through VMware but I am not sure how to go about expanding it inside the actual operating system.Any...
View Articleoptimization guide script
In the script on page 35 from the optimization guide found here www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-View-OptimizationGuideWindows7-EN.pdf I saw this line of script rem Disable Machine Account Password...
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Converter 5.1 crashes after vCenter Login
Hi guys, if I try to initialize a Convertion from physical machine or an image file the Converter crashes after the vCenter Server Login and the Loading Screen for the available Hosts and...
View ArticleFirst New-VM : An item with the same key has already been added.
I'm getting a strange error that I've seen a few other posts about, but with no resolution (or at least one that I can find). When attempting to create a new VM using the New-VM cmdlet, I receive the...
View Articlediscrepancy in disk size
et al, Host: Windows 8 Pro x64Guest: Windows 7 Ultimate x86 {30GB used HD space, 200GB maximum. 8GB ram} Issue:on the host, the vmdk is reporting a size of 101GB. Despite the fact that in the VM, the...
View ArticleAfter doing an edition upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard, vSphere can't...
My vCenter environment is 5.0, and was initially set up using SQL Server 2008 R2 Express as the database. We have hit the size limit of 10 GB for the Express version, so I want to upgrade the database...
View ArticlevMotion validation fails due to RDM mapping
Another weird problem here, just looking for some places to start / where to look to troubleshoot further, or just open a ticket. I have two exchange mailbox servers, with RDM's hosted on a netapp,...
View ArticleHypervisor Recovery - data?
I was going to revert back ab ESXi 5.1 version of the hypervisor by using SHIFT R question: will reverting back to a previous version cause me to lose the VMs thanks
View ArticleNDG claims schools with VMWare VMAP subscription may use those licenses to...
My school is currently a subscriber of VMWare VMAP that allows me to teach VSphere. That is great and the classes are a huge success.Another instructor has contracted with NDG to install their NETLAB+...
View ArticleBroadcom 57712 2x10GbE n'apparait pas en HBA iSCSI
Bonjour, Je viens d'installer dans un IBM x3650 m3 VMWare vSphere 5.1 (ISO d'origine VMWare, avec les dernières mises à jour et tutti quanti) équipé de deux Broadcom 57712 double port 10GbE, d'origine...
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How to troubleshoot intermittent network problems with guest in ESXi 5?
We are having a problem with a guest dropping network connection intermittently, an i was wondering how to troubleshoot the network issues with the virtual network cards. Our system is a PowerEdge 2950...
View ArticleRe: vC Ops 5.7 Performance Issue
Hello Guys, We are having the performance issues with vC Ops after upgrade from 5.6 to 5.7. Ours is huge environment and we are monitoring 3000 vm's with one instance of vC Ops. The problem is when we...
View ArticleCan not register VDP to vcenter
Hallo, i try to register the vdp to vcenter 5.1. I use the embedde SSO. The settings seems to be OK. But after the connection test, i get an error message box without text. If i change the settings to...
View ArticleUpgrading local hard disks in ESXi
Hi, I have a DL380 I am about to install ESXi 5 (with no VCentre) on and I am planning to install to USB flash drive and use the local disks for the VMFS store. One of the main reasons for this is that...
View ArticleEvent: Device Performance has deteriorated. I/O Latency increased
Hi, Since upgrading to vSphere 5 I have noticed the following errore in our Events: Device naa.60a980004335434f4334583057375634 performance has deteriorated. I/O latency increased from average value of...
View ArticleError in Deploying VMs : Run failed due to failure of task (test_1.0,...
I've installed right version of java and agent boostrap. Anyone has idea?? Please help Logs are saying : May 31 2013 18:16:01.095 INFO [main] []...
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