Changing iSCSI storage IPs
Hi, We'll be consolidating 2 sites into one soon, and as part of that we'll have to move blades and iSCSI storage from one site to the other and re-IP them in the process.This is what I had in mind,...
View ArticleRe: VMware Esxi 4.1.0 stopped detect any USB Device
Hi Straioto Did you get a solution for you problem here? I have exactly the same issue now but cant get any solution to it. Thanks in advancePaul
View ArticleSnapshot files
Hi, Does anyone have any script/cli to delete the Orphaned snapshot files? Thanks
View ArticleIssues following host failure
Hi, This morning we had an issue with our ESXI 4.0 host. It appears that we have a failed drive in the array and once this was fixed we faced an issue with error - PANIC - Error while reading file 5 -...
View ArticleRe: Snapshot files
Hi pgonuru, See if this link can help you. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003302 VMware KB: Commands to monitor snapshot deletion...
View ArticleRe: Snapshot files
Please don't mind me asking, are you sure the snapshot files are orphaned? How did you confirm the files are not in use?There are only rare cases in which snapshot files become orphaned. André
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Reclaim a dead space from FC lun [ESXi 4.1]
Hi,I have Esxi 4.1IBM DS 3400 FCI have problem I move a 1 TB machine from LUN so I should get that space... Esx showing that i have the space but when I'm trying to upload a machine with 250 GB it says...
View ArticleRe: Reclaim a dead space from FC lun [ESXi 4.1]
hi, vmkfstool is available in esxi4.x too... but, i think that you have another problem. The reclaim space is useful when you use thin provisioning, and you need to claim not used space in the storage...
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Re: Reclaim a dead space from FC lun [ESXi 4.1]
please, show us same tab from the vm perspective, and filter by VM Files
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Re: Reclaim a dead space from FC lun [ESXi 4.1]
right now I refresh storage in storage option and it's going ... i don't know why is happen something like that i hope it will work now but i would like to don't close topic until i will be sure...
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Re: Reclaim a dead space from FC lun [ESXi 4.1]
Hi, sometimes you need to check by CLI, vsphere client could be slow to refresh changes (at least for storage matters).On the other hand, check the snapshots in LUN04, and try to use the same lun size...
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Re: [msg.disk.configureDiskError] Reason: Invalid argument.
Is there any good way to recover the disk data. I faced the same problem with you and in trouble now. Pls give me a help
View ArticleRe: Change block tracking (CTK) is supported for this VM but has been...
After spending quite a bit of time on this issue, the ultimate resolution was removing the vm from Avamar and then re-adding it. After doing that, CBT began functioning correctly. It seems there must...
View ArticleXP VMs sticking on boot at Windows Black Splash Screen
I run an estate of about 800 ESXi 4.1 installations that each power 2 XP VMs. Each site is a carbon replica of all other ESXi hosts and the VMs running on them are identical too.Lets call the VM on...
View ArticleRe: XP VMs sticking on boot at Windows Black Splash Screen
Maybe worth a try. I had issues with nightly reboots in the past with Windows 2003 XenApp servers (physical as well as virtual) where replacing the internal shutdown command with PsShutdown solved the...
View ArticleHigh upload of host ESXI 4.0
Hi From few days I have high outgoing traffic from VMWARE (not virtual machine). How can I block eg. udp traffic in ESX 4.0? There is no firewall, netstat.Thanks for helpDariusz
View ArticleCorrupted VMFS data stores - how to root-cause?
Hi all, We are running Lab Manager 4, so we still have ESXi 4.1 hosts in our infrastructure that we cannot upgrade to ESXi 5.x. At one of our sites, we regularly see VMFS corruption, where some VM...
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