Steps to troubleshoot if VM is Hang???
Dear Team, Today one of the Windows admin reported that they are not able to take a RDP of one the VM but able to ping the server. After taking VM console from vsphere client we have found VM in a hang...
View ArticleWrong time displayed in VMware.log file
Dear team, Today morning i have faced one Issue with one VM, to trouble shoot the same i have tried read the vmware.log file but in that it shows wrong time for eg issue occured at7:45 am but in...
View ArticleWhat will be the SCSI BUS Sharing for oracle Cluster VM
Dear Team, We have Created one Oracle VM now we will map below RDM on the same then and install Oracle11 standalone cluster instance on the same Just want to confirm what will be the SCSI bus sharing...
View ArticleIs it possible to change SCSI Bus Sharing in future if required???
Dear Team, I have one VM, in that oracle 11G is installed as a single instance , and SCSI bus sharing is set to physical, in future if i want to chnage the SCSI bus sharing to virtual or none can i do...
View ArticleSnapshot with RDM in Physical Compatibility mode
Dear Team, I have added one RDM as and created D drive , and kept some data on D drive Create snapshot created one folder on C and D drive as new revert the snapshot , it will powerofff the VM ,...
View ArticleVM Rolls back to last full backup date when crashed
Hello VMware Gurus, Please advise me with below problem One of my VM always rolls back to the last full backup date system state, when the vSphere goes down suddenly due to power failure. It is...
View ArticleIf SSO Server restarted will it disconnect existing Users sessions???
Dear Team, we have installed Windows Update on SSO server , before restarting the same just want to confirm some users are already authenticated with SSO and connected to VC through vpshere client, if...
View ArticlevMotion kicks off sysprep?
I vmotioned a VM today, 2008 R2, and HP SIM sent an unreachable shortly after. This happens sometimes when we vmotion as a ping packet is dropped. Didn't think anything of it, but the owner noticed...
View ArticleI can't run VMware Workstation on Kali Linux. What can I do?
Hi everyone I'm newbie here and with workstation because I'm trying to use it on Kali Linux but I can't. I installed and everything seems ok but when I try to run it appears the following error:...
View ArticleMemory management
I wanted to know what scenario will the Active Guest Memory will be higher than the actual Guest mem utilization inside the guest.I have a VM where active Guest memory as 7.8 GB ( in performance...
View ArticleMove vms from workstation to esxi
I Have some vms I will create in workstation but later need to run on esxi 5.5 -windows 2008,7,and 2012. A few years ago I tried this on a vsphere 4 environment and found it couldn't be done though I...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Hangs
Hi all, We are running vsphere 5.5 and our hosts are running 5.5.0.1881737. One of our VM's (has the latest VMware tools installed) went down. When I opened the console, the ctrlaltdel screen was...
View ArticleWindows 2008 Enterprise x32 with > 4GB RAM not fully compatible?
I have some Windows 2008 Enterprise x32 SP2 term servers with 20GB of RAM. There were running on ESXi 5.1 with VM version 4. I migrated them to a ESXi 5.5u1 (1892794) host, and updated them to VM...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 und Fujitsu Siemens mit OEM Windows 2003 Server
Hallo,ich würde gerne einen älteren Fujitsu Siemens Server Primergy TX150 neu aufsetzen und dabei das 2003er Server Betriebssystem virtuell betreiben.Dieses System lief bis vor kurzem auf dieser...
View ArticleUnable to start a Linux Nested KVM on a P2V ESXi 5.5 Machine
I did a P2V of a 64bit RHEL6.3 box but am unable to start the kvm vm with the error, " Error, "Error polling connection qemu:///system: internal error Cannot find suitable emulator for x86_64." The i5...
View ArticleAdding 2nd hard drive to VM, getting "media is write protected" when trying...
I created a virtual machine, moved the vmdk file out of the virtual machine directory on the data store to another location on the datastore, then deleted the virtual machine so the vmdk is not...
View ArticleVmware Service Don't Start
I have a windows 2008 Server on Esx 4.1.0.Yesterday after an aprupt stop of the server , the server restart shows the VMware tools with a cross and so the same for the network icon.While I can ping...
View ArticleVC DB
Hello,VMware recommends to install vCenter into VM.In my case I was running vCenter on a physical server and DB on a separate physical server.Now I want to upgrade to 5.5 so to reduce the cost I want...
View ArticleWindows Server SBS 2008 Re-install Scenario
Currently SBS 2008 is installed as a bare metal installation (Dell PowerEdge). The problem is the server image is in pretty bad shape. SBS console and various snap ins are struggling to open and the...
View ArticleHow to Keep VM driver Always updated
Dear team, In the morning one of the VM found in a hang state, reset the VM now it's working fine, While find the the RCA y its was hanged we have found below Eventlogs , before resetting a VM we are...
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