Re: can't register/add to inventory a vm because of locked file
We ran into similar issue. We resolve it by renaming the vmx.lck file then simply added the VM to inventory. Let me give scenario we ran into,Power outage occurred all hosts and Dell Equalogic SANs...
View ArticleTrying to use a separate dhcp server from the one provided natively in Fusion...
Does anyone know what I need to do in order to use a separate VM in fusion to serve DHCP rather than the native DHCP function that comes with Fusion Pro? For example, I am running Infoblox on a VM...
View ArticleRe: Writable Volumes and Local Administrator rights
I had a similar issue and resolved it by adding the built-in NT AUTHORITY\INTERACTIVE account in the Administrators group via Group Policy. I followed instructions here: Make all users local admins on...
View ArticleRe: vRealize Operations 6 Appliance - "Service Unavailable!"
I'm unable to connect via URL. I can only SSH into the appliance command line console.
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Re: Storage vMotion leaves log files on old datastore
Here is the view of the old datastore. The VM does not have any snapshots of it, that was one of the first things I looked for.
View ArticleRe: Horizon View 6.0.0 Persona issues
I wanted to follow-up to say that we have been working with VMware support and have resolved this issue. When we discovered this issue, our NetApp FAS3220 filer was running clustered Data OnTap 8.2P4....
View ArticleRe: v2v conversion with no space on datastore..
So I can either: - use Converter to convert to Workstation, copying the system drive and reducing the size of the data drive, but moving the converted vm to my local;or - use Client to download the...
View ArticleRe: Is vcloud connector even necessary?
Im not sure what you mean by vendor provided tool. We have 5 local esxi hosts in a vcenter cluster. Our vendor provides a 6th esxi host in its own vcenter currently. My question is, is there any...
View ArticleRe: KB2092807 Activation Options
To commit the changes (spl Adding new Key) required vMotion or Power recycle. I understand Power recycle is not fusible but vMotion is.u can put ur ESXi hosts in maintenance mode one by one (as we do...
View Articlevmfs_spanning RC: 5147 error
I'm getting the following error when trying to run the vmfs spanning test. [Aug 20 2015 18:22:00 : VMSTAF ] [0] ERROR: Error submitting request, RC: 5147[Aug 20 2015 18:22:00 : VMSTAF ] [0]...
View ArticleRe: Best Process for P2V for OS X Server (ESX 5.5)
Thanks. I am running into errors with that ("cannot complete the operation due to concurrent modification by another operation" error), but at least I now know the process.
View Articlehow to release vm swap file without reboot
Hi all I got a 128GB vswp file that I would like to clean out and reduce the size somewhat and I can't do a reboot. Which is what I find to the most common way of clearing that file. I also tried...
View ArticleRe: Binding VMK to vDS portgroup
Thanks Richardson. But I have gone through all these and everything is configured correctly. If I move the vmk back to the vSS/vDS with the physical NICs that were previously bound to the vmk, I am...
View Articleconvert from VM
HiI have about 50 VMs in VMware Workastation 10, all in vmx format with workstation vmdks..I have setup new ESXi 6 and am now using trial of VCSA appliance for vCenter.I want to transfer all my VMs...
View ArticleRe: reboot asked when appstack is assigned to computer
I had the same problem. Booting a clean desktop does not prompt for reboot. Assigning any App Stack makes it prompt for reboot after any refresh. Im still testing it but it looks like if you...
View ArticleRe: App Volumes and MS Word 2013
There's a very similar issue in our environment when a mail merge is attempted from an Excel 2013 data source to a Word 2013 document. As soon as all App Stacks are detached, it works. If any App...
View ArticleRe: Mouse is confused - almost unable to use VM anymore...
If anyone is remotely interested, I finally solved the problem. My guess is I could have reinstalled the main OS. Instead, I upgraded it to Windows 10 and then installed Player 7.1.2. On the plus...
View ArticleRe: Mouse is very confused - making it very difficult to use
If anyone is remotely interested, I finally solved the problem. My guess is I could have reinstalled the main OS. Instead, I upgraded it to Windows 10 and then installed Player 7.1.2. On the plus...
View ArticleRe: v2v conversion with no space on datastore..
Yes - a direct download via WinSCP or Datastorebrowser would copy 900 Gb.Converter can be configured to create a growing disk and so it only has to copy the used data plus a bit og overhead. It would...
View ArticleMigrating SRM 5.1 remote site
I didn't find a clear answer in the documentation, so hence a question. I'm planning a complete new DR site. Can I install a new clean VC, SRM (5.1.3) etc. and simply break the connection to the old dr...
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