ovftool "Couldn't resolve host name
I'm trying to create a new VM and have started with this command ovftool untanble.ova vi://username:password@ESXhost I've tried all sorts of options after the command but it always returns:...
View Articlemsg.vmxaiomgr.retrycontabort.rudeunplug strikes again
Hello, I get this message msg.vmxaiomgr.retrycontabort.rudeunplug:Operation on file "D:\Virtual_Machines\Arbeit\Arbeit.vmdk" failed.... The last thing I have done in this VM was installing Microsoft...
View ArticleVM Unknown (Inaccessible) - Configuration file cannot be found
I am running a single VM on a small HP Proliant server with ESXi 5.0 which boots off a thumb driveThe box has two drives mirrored with a raid cardThe machine was powered down safelyThe drives were...
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ESXi 5.1 on HP (ProLiant DL380p Gen8) Hardware Monitoring / Health Status Issues
I am having trouble with getting accurate hardware monitoring with ESXi 5.1 on an HP (ProLiant DL380p Gen8) server. The build installed is 799733 (HP version, with HP Tools installed) I am using this...
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Problem with VMware Host Agent
Hello everybody, I still have a problem with my VMware Server 2.0.1I installed it on a Windows 7 pro 32 bitsI'm one of the administrator of the networkand I installed it as an admin so I don't really...
View ArticleConvert a virtual disk from growable to preallocated - Failure
Hi, I am using "vmware-vdiskmanager" to convert a virtual disk from growable to preallocated. I have had enough of the defrags and poor disk i/o. To do this I have copied the vmwaredisk.vmdk file of...
View ArticleVMWARE on CentOS 5.7
Hi there guys, i just got my server yeterday from datashack.net which is AMD Quad CPU. Regarding this server,i tried installing VMWARE into the linux. After that,everything was fine up until i wanted...
View ArticleHow to access a powered on VM on VW Server?
Hi, I have a propably very simple problem.I converted a VM Player CentOS VM machine into a VM Server one on a win7/64 host system.I had expected that I see the guest system starting when I power it on...
View ArticleShrink image - unwanted spaces?
I created a virtual image of 500GB and install windows 2003 and MS SQL application. At some points the SQL application is using 400GB storage. Which cause the .vmdk images to be 400GB. now I cleared up...
View Articlecost effection solution for vShield Edge
This is a technical question regarding Vlan security on our Cloud offering. We are currently using ACL's on our force 10 switches to secure our Vlans. The goal of Vlan security, for us, is to keep our...
View Articledmp files being created after uninstall
Hello, I am not sure I am posting in the correct section but here goes.We have a few servers that started running out of space on the C drive. After investigating we found that VMWare was still sending...
View ArticleVCenter Server Service crashing
I'm new to supporting VCenter and on our VCenter Server, the VCenter Server Service keeps crashing at startup. I've attached our log file and I hope someone can help me out. Researching the various...
View ArticleVM Powers off During Startup
I've followed the below link to no avail. Anyone else seen and resolved this? Thanks. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004003 Mark
View ArticleVM not Seeing DVD RW Drive
VMware 2.0.2Windows 7 I've attached the vmware settings box for the drive and the win7 properties tab for the drive. This worked fine yesterday. I confirmed in the host machine that the disc in the...
View ArticleNo VMWare Servr Process = Cant Login
VMWare Server 2.0Windows 7 64bit This has been running fine for weeks, but just today, I cannot log in and there is no vmware process running. Checked services and all services are running. See...
View ArticleSlow performance under heavy graphic load
Hi, all: We've been using VMWare Server and VMWare Workstation for more than 6 years in our manual and automated testing procedure, and I'm a real fan of VMWare products, they're incredibly good and...
View ArticleVMware 2 server locking
Good day folks. I have VMware server installed in a machine 2 with CentOS 5.8. All nicely installed and configured. However, when you try to install a new virtual machine with CD-ROM or installation...
View Articlenew virtualization server & gpu
i'm in the process of spec'ing new hardare for a virtualization server for home. decied on ESXi for the OS. some graphics intensive games will be on windows guests and some on linux guests. as for a...
View ArticleVMWare Server 2 continues to plague me
After 2 years, I decided to pull VMWare Server 2 off the shelf and give is another try. I installed the server and when I stared the application I had problems logging into the IVMware...
View ArticleLun sizing
Hi everyone, One thing I keep coming across is sizing application specific datastores. ScenarioWhenever an application requires a dedicated disk, we normally created a dedicated datastore for it. The...
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