Re: VM grew to 258GB on datastore formatted with a 1M block size
Do you know how this file, at 258GB, can even work on this 1MB block VMFS3 datastore?Where are you getting this value from? 256GB = 262144MB = 268435456 KB Different places (vSphere Client's datastore...
View ArticleRe: HELP! vmware won't mount vmfs volume
The messages states that there are underlying storage issue . Try these KB and let us know If that worksVMware KB: Using nfsstat3 to troubleshoot NFS error: Failed to get object: No connection...
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As stated above, the storage issue still persists.. Jul 5 17:45:33 vmkernel: 0:00:35:00.694 cpu0:5231)VMWARE SCSI Id: Could not get disk id for vmhba0:C0:T0:L0 Jul 5 17:45:33 vmkernel: 0:00:35:00.740...
View ArticleRe: Host error message - IDT: 1795: 0xfb received but not set up
You need to perform firmware upgrades on your hosts.You can reinstall but it will come back until all the firmware on your hosts are current.If you still see errors after performing upgrades, I would...
View ArticleRe: VM grew to 258GB on datastore formatted with a 1M block size
vSphere client shows 258GB Datastore browser shows 267,386,900.00
View Articleesxi 4.1 and tape library
Hi all,i have upgraded esx3.5 to esxi4.1u3 on some blade hosts connected with FC to a Tape library TS3200.After upgrade whenever i restart a host immediateli i see the media changer device but not the...
View ArticleRe: HELP! vmware won't mount vmfs volume
Hi. Thanks for those who have taken the time to reply. JD: One of those articles refers to NFS - this is a local raid-5 sas disk array - there is no shared storage on this box. The other seems to...
View ArticleRe: HELP! vmware won't mount vmfs volume
This looks like VMware KB: Physical drive failure on a storage array . It sounds like nothing here (VMware KB: vSphere handling of LUNs detected as snapshot LUNs ) will work since you can't list...
View ArticleWrong message "VMware Tools can be updated" for VM inside ESXi 4.1
Those VMware Tools in my guest OS keep on showing “VMware Tools can be updated” and the yellow exclamation. Host OS is ESXi 4.1.0 build 348481VMware Tools version is 8.4.8 build 491717 It’s not about...
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Datastore missing
Hello everyone, and sorry for my poor english I've a big problem with a RAID 10 server where it is installed ESXi 4.0.0, which starts but fails to start VMs. I had shell access to the server and these...
View Articleremote restart of a virtual machine
Is it possible to set up a remote restart of a Virtual Machine via a web? Recently I was asked to help with IT support for a business that uses ESXi v4.1 to run two windows 2008 OSs. I discovered that...
View ArticleRe: remote restart of a virtual machine
Yes, use the vSphere client. If there is no vCenter then you can point the vSphere client directly at the ESXi host. If you have vCenter and the ESXi host is licensed for HA then you can monitor the...
View ArticleRe: remote restart of a virtual machine
As a alternative you can point the web browser to the vCenter/ESXi host and login and then restart the VM's
View ArticleUniKey License Dongle doesn't appear to work correctly on RHEL63 guest on...
According to this KB: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021345 The UniKey STD licensing dongle should work under ESXi 4.1 in...
View ArticleRe: Datastore missing
This looks like ESXi is either installed on both disks, or you are trying to run ESXi on a system with software (fake) RAID configured in the BIOS? Can you please clarify how the setup looks like and...
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Re: HELP! vmware won't mount vmfs volume
When I read "raid 5 rebuilt on local storage" the rest of your post was predictable IMHO the combination: local storage + VMFS + Raid5/6 should only be used to run VMs that have no important data so...
View ArticleRe: remote restart of a virtual machine
thank you for your suggestions. They don't have vCenter and if I type IP of ESXi host in a web browser I get "VMware ESXi 4 Welcome" page, which has an option to access "Web-Based Datastore Browser"...
View ArticleRe: remote restart of a virtual machine
You can use the command line option by ssh into ESXi. and then use the kb http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1038043
View ArticleVMware syslog won't sent logs to a remote Linux server
We configured sysloggloble path for a remote server which is the log sent to.udp://hostname:514 but it won't work. Do I need to configure other sysloggloble settings???
View ArticleRe: VMware syslog won't sent logs to a remote Linux server
From the shell (or VMA), what's the output of the following command? esxcli system syslog config get If that all looks okay, check the host's firewall config and make sure syslog is open. Also, syslog...
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