Upgrading a 32 bit VM to 64 bit
I am trying to upgrade Windows Server 2008 (32bit) to Windows Server 2008R2 (64bit)The CD drive is connected to the Server 2008R2 ISO.When prompted I selected the Upgrade Option. I receive the message...
View ArticleHELP! vmware won't mount vmfs volume
We recently had a hard disk failure in an esx 4i free host. Long story, but for some reason the failure of a single disk managed to take out the entire raid 5 volume (so much for resilience!)(There is...
View ArticleRe: Migrating VMs from one datastore to another on ESXi 5.1 (free license)
Thank you for your reply with the options. I like the vmkfstools option, and I've just tried it like this: /vmfs/volumes # vmkfstools -i "ReadyNAS-iSCSI/CUCM-Pub 9.x/CUCM-Pub 9.x.vmdk"...
View ArticleRe: Event Viewer being flooded with VMWare Tools [Warnings]
Thanks I was in the process of doing that actually after first addressing the inability to backup the .vmx file due to security within the network which leads me to belive that my real issue and why...
View ArticleRe: Upgrading a 32 bit VM to 64 bit
I haven't tried this myself yet, but are you really sure this works on physical hardware? According to Windows Server 2008 R2 Upgrade Paths, "Cross-architecture in-place upgrades (for example, x86 to...
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Re: orphaned vmdk files script
That is correct, that is how you run it. Just realised that the parameters can be a bit confusing. In summary:Remove-OrphanedData -Datastore ds1will show orphaned VMDK on datastore named ds1.When you...
View ArticleRe: Migrating VMs from one datastore to another on ESXi 5.1 (free license)
Just to rule this out. Can you confirm the destination folder already exists? André
View ArticleRe: VMware Tools crashing
Hello, Usually the first thing to try in this case is to uninstall the existing vmware tools, reboot the VM and install vmware tools from scratch. You can take a snapshot before uninstalling if that...
View ArticleRe: Migrating VMs from one datastore to another on ESXi 5.1 (free license)
This was a good catch. The destination path was misspelled. The virtual drive is now being cloned. What do I do with the rest of the files? Just copy the with the datastore browser in vSphere Client?...
View ArticleRe: Event Viewer being flooded with VMWare Tools [Warnings]
Hi, If you have this setting "isolation.tools.setinfo.disable = "true" this mean "Setinfo communication from tools to the ESXi host are being blocked" . Refer this Link for more detail about this...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 Hangs after a few hours to a few days of running
Were you receiving any specific errors in the log files that pointed you to the NIC cards?
View ArticleRe: vsphere 4.1を使っていると思うのですが、Windows2008R2 のOSのリストアはかのうでしょうか？
ありがとうございます。IPアドレスの再設定は必要であるということで、控えておくようにします。
View ArticleRe: Best Practise - Which SCSI Controller for Windows 2012
"LSI Logic SAS" has best performance for Windows family OSes (Vista and above).Also you can use "Paravirtual" on them if you have more than 2000 IOPS."LSI Logic SAS" has better performance on lower...
View ArticleRe: Zimbra Credentials
That would be substantially better, our security policies dictate that root is never be allowed to login remotely. If you don't go down the zimbra user approach, then you should accommodate for the...
View ArticleRe: after doing a failover and failback -- replicated datastore
Regarding your point on recovered datastores, they actually aren't all that normal. During the recovery process, vSphere resignatures the LUN and it's this need to resignature the LUN that makes...
View ArticleRe: Crash when running Baldur's Gate II on Win XP VM
JonBodner, It's been awhile since I played the Baldur's Gate series. Which version of Baldur's Gate 2 are you running? Is this the classic version or the new "Enhanced Edition"? If it's the classic...
View ArticleRe: Changing VMware infrastructure from 4.x to 5.x
Hi, -- I would say better to use same name and same IP address. -- Correct -- If you dont care about historical data, then proceed with fresh installation. --- You can move the virtual machine from...
View ArticleRe: Migrating VMs from one datastore to another on ESXi 5.1 (free license)
Yes, remove the VM from the inventory, copy the other files over to the new folder (using the cp command or e.g. WinSCP), add the copied VM to the inventory and select "I moved it" when you power on...
View Article'Hardware Status' not updated for months
ESXi 5.0.0We've got 2 ESXi hosts in a clustered high-availability environment. Recently we noticed that the Hardware Status for both the hosts isn't updating. On both hosts I've restarted the CIM...
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