Recover thick vmdks from raw VMFS
In case you ever need it .... I found a procedure to extract thick vmdks from unreadable VMFS volumes that is fast enough to be useful.I only extract thick provisioned vmdks !!! The procedure only...
View ArticleRe: VM Memory Reservation
you have to consider the memory overhead + system overhead in your calculation.
View ArticleRe: Unable to combine Snapshot file with Flat file
DISKLIB-CHAINESX : ChainESXOpenSubChainNode: can't create deltadisk node 7fd40f53-AXTST167-000001-delta.vmdk failed with error Invalid argument (0xbad0007, Bad parameter)DISKLIB-CHAIN :...
View ArticleRe: VM Memory Reservation
Where can I see the current memory overhead and system overhead? Via ESXTOP OVHD for the VM is 774, OVHD MAX = 840.System overhead by that you mean memory used by system (service console in the older...
View ArticleRe: VMWare не видит два датастора
Как создавались storage? Вы что экстендили на эти ваши 2 потеряных LUNа?И давайте логи (vmkernel & hostd) в момент попытки mount На первый взгляд все достаточно паршиво. Насколько нужны данные?...
View ArticleRe: ADD A HOST WIZARD IS NOT RESOLVING THE HOSTNAME ONLY IP (ESXi5.1)
do nslookup on short name and check if it resolves to the correct IP.
View ArticleRe: Poor NUMA balance and high %RDY after latest patches - ESXi 5.0 build...
Have not tested myself, but out of interest what processor are you using? AMD or Intel? Processor model? Many thanksJustin
View ArticleRe: Migration 5.1.1 High Cpu
I was asked by VMWare to try a possible temporary fix/workaround for this, which was a registry change / entry. This came with a warning that it could introduce a security hole as it stopped the VM...
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How to change the sha-1 certificate in my new esxi host
Hi guys.... since my lab crashed this morning (my computer got a blue screen) and all the vm's in my workstation crashed.when i got the my computer up and running again, and pressed "play" to start the...
View ArticleRe: Poor NUMA balance and high %RDY after latest patches - ESXi 5.0 build...
Hi Justin, My host specs are as follows; Dell PowerEdge R815 - Model : AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 6276 - Processor Speed : 2.3 GHz - Processor Sockets : 4 - Processor Cores per Socket : 16 - Logical...
View ArticleRe: Horizon View licensing question
You'll need to get a new 5.x license key, 4.x keys won't work with 5.2. As Linjo said, if you have SnS it should be simple to get new ones.
View ArticleRe: Upgrading my accounting software - but not enough virtual disk space...
Make sure the Virtual Machine is shutdown, not suspended, then in the Settings click Processors & Memory(Fusion 4.x and later) / RAM(Fusion 3.x and earlier). Then you should be able to change the...
View ArticleRe: Star Wars The Old Republic (SWTOR) freezes with VMWare Fusion 5
No problem. Do you have a time frame for the fix? This week, this month, this quarter, or this year?
View ArticleRe: vSphere storage appliance using in vCenter appliance, is that work?
Hi,Unfortunately not supported but take a look at if your feeling creative and have the spare kithttp://communities.vmware.com/thread/400310
View ArticlevShield Manager: panic after update
Hi! I had to update a vSphere 5.0 / vCloud Director 1.5 environment running vSM 5.0.1-638924 to the latest releases (vSphere 5.1 update 1a / vCD 5.1.2 / vSM 5.1.2a). Disk space on the vSM was...
View ArticleRe: Error: the file specified is not a virtual disk
If you do not have a proper copy of the "Windows XP Pro.vmdk" file to replace the corrupt one with then use the attached one that was created from information in the supplied vmware.log file from the...
View ArticleRe: Purpose of VMware Tools in a Linux guest?
While I don't need the PCI hotplug, that is very useful to know!
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