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Re: Decrease Disk Volume Size
Create a new virtual disk (of the desired size), install a program like Partition Wizard (http://www.partitionwizard.com/) and copy the big disk into the small one.To move (or copy) to another VM...
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Re: Server down, space issue, stuck at 99% and I'm screwed...
Well said Voteridcardonline ,i tried your suggestion it's useful info but as you given link is not working for me please repost the availbale link asapVMware KB Article Unavailable You may also like...
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Re: Question about sharedPolicyRefCount setting
I found this articlehttp://www.troymitchell.net/vmware-vsphere-esxi-5-5-host-not-compliant-after-updating-vmware-vcenter-server-to-5-5-update-2d-2442329/ Which resolved it for me. Unfortunately I don't...
View Article[Free VMware ESXi Server 3.5.0] How to backup the VMware system (without...
Hello, I am planning to update our ESXi Server from 3.5.0 to 5.1. Before I do this, I would like to have a backup of the current system (VMware ESXi 3.5.0). In case the update would not be successful,...
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You only need to backup the configuration of the current host and in case of failure you need to restore it. Yes you need to use vcli for doing that. Here is an blog...
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Re: [Free VMware ESXi Server 3.5.0] How to backup the VMware system (without...
Before upgrade please do check the hardware is supported then first you need to upgrade the system to 4.0/4.1 .once this done then you can upgrade to 5.1 line. Please use any backup toool to take the...
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Re: This virtual machine failed to become vSphere HA Protected and HA may not...
Reconfigure HA for single host didn't work for me. I had to disable & re-enable HA for the entire cluster per the KB Article....
View ArticleRe: Force DRS Load balance
i have a tiny trick ! when i want to manually balance VMs, i put HA's Migration threshold on aggressive ;-)
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Re: Force DRS Load balance
Hi theire, Maybe this helps to get better Balanced Cluster: Costbenefit = 0MinGoodness = 0 http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1017291...
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Hello Anjani_Kumar. Thanks for your answer. I downloaded vCLI and installed it on a remote PC. Backing up the system does not work. I got the message "Error connecting to server at...
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try connecting via ip instead hostname. As i can see you provided just netbios name which can encounter the issue too. Let me know the output after testing via ip .
View ArticleLocation of "Events" seen in vSphere connected to ESXi 4.1 host?
Hi, When we open vSphere client to connect to an ESXi host server, there's the "Events" tab shown at host level. I would like to know how to delete this log, please. I've found this article...
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Re: Location of "Events" seen in vSphere connected to ESXi 4.1 host?
There are multiple kind of log files in the esxi host ./var/log/messages – combination of the VMkernel and vmkwarning/var/log/vmware/hostd.log – host management service/var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxa.log –...
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Hello , Please check in the below location. /var/run/log This is the location where the old logs are stored. If the scratch partition is set to temp location then the logs will be purged with a host...
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Vpxd::ServerApp::Init] Init failed: VpxdVdb::Init(Vdb::GetInstance(), false,...
Hello, My vcenter is ESX4 in windows server 2003. I am connected in RDP, but cannot connect with VShere Client. When t try to start the service windows Event Type:ErrorEvent Source:VMware...
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Hi,Youconnectivity withthe BBDDis failing: [2015-07-08 14:03:11.160 03876 error 'App'] ODBC error: (28000) - [Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS...
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oK THAT I KNow, is this Vcenter still belong to a old domain and old DNS that does not exist anymore. It can be the problem, is it ?. We will migrate to the new domain and new DNS and we will test the...
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Re: Vpxd::ServerApp::Init] Init failed: VpxdVdb::Init(Vdb::GetInstance(),...
Hi,Ifthis is theproblem!You can not changethe domain andDNS,becausetheVCinstallationandconfiguration of theDBpoints toFQDNof origin. For the resolution:Remove from old domain, reboot. Add to new...
View Articleintel server board S5000PSL compatible sata raid controler
Hello all, I'm dealing with an old Intel Server with a intel server board S5000PSL and I was able to install ESXi 4.1 u3 on USB Stick. Newer versions just didn't worked. The problem is about the raid...
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Hi, In the manual for your server: http://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sb/d36217006_s5000psl_userguide.pdf he say this:"The RAID drives can be managed and re-configured using the...
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