How to find RCA if VM found in a Hang state.
Dear Team, One of our engineer found one VM in a hang state to resolve he has resetted the VM, now it's working fine. Please find the attached VMware.log file. , will these logs shed some light y this...
View Articleif VM is hang then task will run or not ???
Dear Team, If VM is in hang state (at console completely blank ) then will I able to perform any task (vMotion / svMotion / Snapshot)??? regardsMr VMware
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MSCS Node Majority - Windows 2008 R2 - Event ID 1135
Hi All, We have currently have setup a Node Majority - MSCS Windows 2008 R2 with 3 nodes and we are experiencing EVENT ID 1135. Where the cluster just stops working. We are running on ESXi 5.0 Update...
View ArticleLSI_SAS error -Reset to device \Device\RaidPort0, was issued
Dear Team, We have found one of the VM in a hang state on Monday morning. While checking for root cause for VM Server Hang issue we found in the System EventLog, repeated errors for “Event ID – 129,...
View ArticleUpgrade VC server or Better to use VC appliance.
Dear Team We are planning to upgrade our vmware envrionrment from ESXi5.1 to 5.5 , for that first step will be VC, Instead of VC upgrade we are palnning to move with VC appliance , before that just...
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Not able to download some vmx files
Dear Team, I am not able to download .vmx file for some poweredon VMs and for other VMs I am able to download. all vms hardware version Is 9 I have noticed that if a vmx file icon look like...
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Virtual Machine at BSOD and consuming 100% CPU
Hi, I have a really simple question, and maybe I can answer this myself, however am still replicating the symptoms in my lab. My question to you all (because I cannot find anything on the net about...
View ArticleHow to set printer margins in Mozilla Firefox if using a lot of printers in...
Hello, I am using VMware floating assignement linked clones virtual desktops. I am using Firefox version 31. I have a problem with page setup margins. I need to use left 30mm; right 10mm; top 20mm;...
View ArticleFacing problem while monitoring Snapshot Process
Dear team, I have started deleting snapshot for one of the VM and followed this KB (1007566) to monitor snapsot deletion process In the "Alternate Workaround" Section , at point 11 I m not able to...
View ArticleVM hang , Collected all artefacts, Need ur help to resolve
Dear team, With the help of monitoring tools we have started recieving alerts that one of the VM is in a hang state. Please find the attached artifacts i have collected. To resolve reported issue just...
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Virtual Machine Storage Problem
Hi All, I'm having a big problem which is for a one of our virtual machine previous admin has allocated too much storage. I need to remove that space from that virtual machine and reclaim that storage...
View Articlehow to confirm vmdks not mapped to any VM
Dear team, I have ran the rvtools in that i have find some vmdk files as zombie. b4 deleting these file how to confirm that these files are not mapped to any VMs. will it be ok , i have one test...
View ArticleRun a sysprep on a cloned Virtual machine
Hi, I have a setup where I do a continuous remote replication(block level replication) of the VMs. In a situation where source location is down, I will need to bring up the VMs in the remote site. I...
View ArticleEsx 5.0 and vCenter server 5.0 migration queries
Hi All, We have ESXi 5.0 servers and vCenter servers 5.0 between two locations and the same is configured with linked mode. My query is, we have planned to upgrade the vmware from 5.0 to 5.5(both...
View Articlev2p of a windows server
I am planning for a v2p a windows 2008 server, if anyone has any helpful notes, kindly share. Thanks a bunch!!
View ArticleWant to change SCSI Controller from LSI SAS to PVSCSI
Dear Team, We are planning to change the SCSI Controller of all VMs from LSI SAS to PVSCSI , we are scheduling this activity when we do Windows Patching Activity. 1) take VM Snapshot2) Add new VHDD...
View ArticleVMware Tools via Operating System Specific Packages
Hey all, our linux VMs get their VMware Tools through the VMware repository, as described here: Operating System Specific Packages Home Page | United States The 5.1 and 5.0 documentation say you should...
View ArticleMonthly IOPS report for Production VMs
Dear Team, I'm trying to get a monthly IOPS for a single VM or all Production VMs. need ur assistance how I can get this. regardsMr VMware
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While installing Guest OS getting error "Your PC doesn't have a 64bit-...
Dear team, I have installed ESXi5.5 in a VM, and I have created one VM , in that I m trying to install Win2012 R2 STD 64 bit edition. While installing Win2012 I m getting below error. Need ur help to...
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Best option to extend disk Size
Dear Team, Now I have vhDD2 size of 1Gb I.e. D drive now we are planning to increase the size by 2GB without any downtime. What will be the best option do I increase size for same vHDD2 to 3GB at VM...
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