Re: What are best practices for upgrading host hardware? (4core -> 6core)
No. I've always backed up the database on a regular basis incase of issues, however... in this case, the database was fine for vCenter itself, but there was corruption that wouldn't allow us to...
View ArticleMoving guests to ESXi 4.1 host from a ESX 3.5.0 host
When moving a guest from a ESX 3.5.0 host to a ESXi 4.1.0 host do you need to do anything to guest? Or just move its folder and associated files from the old data store to the new one?
View ArticleRe: Moving guests to ESXi 4.1 host from a ESX 3.5.0 host
The VMs are stored on local disk ? Anyway, take a look at this KB article for some considerations: VMware KB: Moving or copying a virtual machine within a VMware environment
View ArticleRe: Moving guests to ESXi 4.1 host from a ESX 3.5.0 host
I should of mentioned these two servers are not in a vCenter cluster but stand alone and the guests are on data stores that are local attached storage to each server. I will be coping the guest folders...
View ArticleRestablecer clave de vmware
Quisiera saber si el procedimiento de restablecer contraseña en vmware afecta la configuración interna, es decir las maquinas virtuales se borraran o sufriran cambios?
View ArticleHow to release Lock files? - invalid argument
Scenario: - VMWare ESXi 4.1 (just one server)- SCSI storage; During last night host lost comunication with Storage, for a few seconds, and then auto recovered it. All VMs that were running got locked,...
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Re: Problemi Scheda rete su Ubuntu dopo Import.VM da WS a ESXi
Nessuno ha suggerimenti? Mi devo rassegnare quindi...
View ArticleRe: How to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ?
That works for the Windows 10 Eval too. Thanks Much!!!
View ArticleRolled in 4.1 vCenter, how important is a license server?
I have a 3.5 environment (1vCenter, 2 ESXi) , am rolling out upgrade to 4.1. The plan was to:backup vCenter 3.5 then shut it down, light up separate vCenter 4.1, migrate database to it, introduce new...
View ArticleRe: USB keyboard disabled after boot
Hello, i got the same problem with the installation of the latest VMWare ESX on Fujitsu Primergy Server. The Keyboard is working fine, until the VMWare ESX bootscreen (yellow) is coming up. I tried...
View ArticleRe: How to release Lock files? - invalid argument
You did already a lot of good actions.Can you check log files for errors:/var/log/vmkwarning.log/var/log/syslog.log/var/log/hostd.log/var/log/vobd.log Is vCenter used?Probably not because it is just...
View ArticleRe: How to release Lock files? - invalid argument
Sounds like could be corruption of VMFS metadata. Some further information here: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2036767
View ArticleRe: How to release Lock files? - invalid argument
Hi FritzBrause ,Thank you for your answer.The only log file that I found is the hostd.log. The last messages are:[2015-01-30 20:37:16.293 33C32B90 info 'Vmomi'] Result:(vmodl.fault.RequestCanceled) {...
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Hi p_hallp_hall ,This host uses ESXi 4.1, and "voma" utility is not present on it.Do you know if there is an alternative to our case?Regards.Rafael
View ArticleRe: How to release Lock files? - invalid argument
Sorry, missed that it was ESXi 4.X. Check the vmkernel/messages log or vmkwarning log for errors relating to heartbeat corruption.There is another tool (besides VOMA) that may be able to repair the...
View Articlevmkfstools "Failed to open 'exch01_3.vmdk': Reached the host's limit for open...
Hi We have trying to restore a Exchange VM from a BE vm backup files. We upload all the files to the datastore and the inventory the VM. When trying to power on the VM we got an error Module...
View ArticleRe: vmkfstools "Failed to open 'exch01_3.vmdk': Reached the host's limit for...
We upload all the files to the datastore ...Please provide some information about these files (i.e. a complete list of files with sizes and time stamps) and the exact steps you did so far after you...
View ArticleRe: vmkfstools "Failed to open 'exch01_3.vmdk': Reached the host's limit for...
The files attached were restored from Backup Exec using the VMware agent. the ones in red are the original files the ones in blue are the clone files of the first 3 vmdks. They were cloned using this...
View ArticleRe: vmkfstools "Failed to open 'exch01_3.vmdk': Reached the host's limit for...
Andre the storage is a lun datastore from a SAN
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