Re: 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...
View ArticleRe: Event Viewer being flooded with VMWare Tools [Warnings]
much appreciated that I will gladly click helpful answer
View ArticleRe: Changing VMware infrastructure from 4.x to 5.x
Mohammed, great so just to be sure I understand fully...if I follow Question 1 and keep the same name and IP I will still need to remove the original vCenter 4.1 off the domain because once I build the...
View ArticleRe: Changing VMware infrastructure from 4.x to 5.x
Hi, -- Yes, you are correct. You need to remove it from domain. Also make sure you have backup of DB. -- No, you have to manually move the VM to newly created datastore after upgrade of virtual...
View ArticleRe: Migrating VMs from one datastore to another on ESXi 5.1 (free license)
Actually, I do have snapshots. I have the following files in the source folder:CUCM-Pub 9.x-000001.vmdkCUCM-Pub 9.x-000002.vmdkCUCM-Pub 9.x-000003.vmdkCUCM-Pub 9.x-000004.vmdk CUCM-Pub...
View ArticleRe: Migrating VMs from one datastore to another on ESXi 5.1 (free license)
The .vmsn files contain metadata and - in case the snapshot was created with the VM powered on - the VM's memory, which is only important if you want to revert to a snapshot. The important data is...
View ArticleRe: Problems with vmrun no opening IE to correct URL -- Need Help!!!!
Okay fair enough. Thanks you've really been a big help! Cheers! Tonté
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