I have a warning on my cluster
vsphere Ha failoveri n progress. alarm has been on for a few days. any idea why it does not clear?
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vsphere HA failover in progress
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Windows 2008 R2 Randomly Locking Up (ESXi 4.0 Update 1)
I am having issues with Windows 2008 R2 locking up randomly even after applying patches (including Update 1). I have verified that the patches are up to date with vSphere Host Update Utility as of Feb. 19, 2010 and have updated VMWare Tools on the Windows 2008 R2 server after applying patches. I am able to ping the server, but like other people that have reported the issue, VMWare console stops responding and I can't Remote Desktop to the server. I have tried to remotely restart the server using "shutdown" command, but that doesn't work either.
Thanks in advance
Stew Davis
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Files on ESXi deleted after each reboot
Is there a place to save files (scripts/logs) on an ESXi 4.1 server that won't get blown away when the box reboots? Specifically, I want to add a cronjob that calls a shell script which outputs to a log. Is this possible?
Thanks.
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VMWare Tools seems to lock 75%+ of available memory
I am running ESXi 4.1.0. I have a number of 2k8 R2 machines running on this server.
What I've noticed is that some, not all VMs are using 75%-95% of the available memory. When I look at the processes running, it's very minimal with nothing really using anywhere near that much memory. I used RamMap to try to try to see who was the hidden culprit. RamMap showed that "Driver Locked" was using 4-5GB of memory. (As shown here in another site thread)
Upon further research, I found some people said this was related to VMWare Tools. Sure enough, as soon as I uninstalled VMWare Tools from the VM the memory went to where I would expect, and "Driver Locked" went to almost nothing, and eventually disappeared.
I installed VMWare tools with an upgrade when I converted the VM. Of the maybe 12 VMs I think 3-4 are experienceing this.
Anyone have any thoughts?
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VM cannot ping default gateway nor ESXi host
Hi,
ESXi 4.1.0,260247, on Intel S5520HC board with onboard dual Intel 82575EB adapters
Have a few VMs running for a month without issues and somehow one of the VMs stopped talking to the default gateway and the ESXi host. The VM however can still ping the other running VMs. After rebooting the VM a few times the problem went away.
A few days later another VM experienced the same thing. This time rebooted the ESXi host and only one of the four VMs came back alive (can ping gateway and our workstations can ping it). The rest of the VMs after a few reboots came back and on a workstation I have ping -t to keep these VMs alive (works somehow). Just one last VM still cannot ping the ESXi host nor the default gateway. Can still ping its VM peers.
Tried to bring in another VM running from a VMware Server 2 (via converter), also cannot connect to the network outside the host.
Googled for a while and found some posts that talks about arp problems or problem with the host network adapters. I am afraid to reboot the host again as my VMs may not come back online.
I have an Intel PCI NIC (82559) I can possibly install in the host, but I am afraid to turn off the host and cannot get the VMs up after I start the host again.
Additional info
VM 1 (CentOS) - working - 192.168.20.216
VM 2 (W2008) - working - 192.168.20.212
VM 3 (W2003) - working - 192.168.20.207
VM 4 (CentOS) - not working - 192.168.20.149
ESXi host - 192.168.20.218
default gateway - 192.168.20.254
Adapter Details:
Name: vmnic1
Location: PCI 01:00,1
Driver: igb
Networks: 192.168.20.64-192.168.20.127
Please advise,
JC
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P2V for MSCS Cluster Server
Hi All,
I am plan to convert P2V for MSCS cluster on ESXi 4.1 using VMware Converter 4.3. It is a two node custer connected with HPXP storage and DR LUN replication also in progress.
1) C:\ D:\ (Local Disk)
2) Q: \ F:\ (Cluster Data Disk)
3) two 64MB disk in unreadable mode (HP CMD Disk)
4) the same cluster data disk is unreadable mode in disk management console (DR replicating LUN)
This above configuration are configured in Passive node.
Please let me know what is process of doing MSCS P2V on ESXi 4.1.
What are critical step need to be carried out before and after migration
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Intel VT-X In Virtual Machine
Hello All ,
We are trying to install Intel® Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager, but we are getting following error.
Can any please guide me how to resolve this .
Error Msg : This Computer doesnt support Intel Virtulization Technology (VT-X).
Checked the following :
- esxcfg-info|grep "HV Support"
|----HV Support............................................3
- Use Intel VT-X for instruction set virtualization and Software for MMU is enabled in VM CPU configurations.
Thanks in Advance !!..
Shashi
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Invalid Configuration for device "11"
I've been reading a lot on invalid configuration for devices 0, 1, and 4, but my error is on "11". It happens when I create a new VM based on a snapshot of an existing. My question is, how do I know to what device the error is occurring? That would at least help me troubleshoot where the issue lies.
I thought it was due to the fact that I had a floppy image attached, since that was the 11th device from the top of the list. But after disconnecting the floppy, and later removing the floppy drive complete, device 11 still eludes me. Any help would be great. Thanks all!
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The VMware ESX server does not have persistent storage
Hi, we have an HP Proliant ML350 G6 with a p410i RAID controller. The raid was created using 4 1TB disks, as this:
Disk 1: RAID 0
Disks 2-4: RAID 5
The server is running ESXi 4.1 since 2011 without any issue until yesterday.
What we did was installing two new SAS disks, and created a new logical volume using the HP ORCA Setup. Then, when we tried to reboot, the server was trying to boot from the new disks, so, we removed the new disks and deleted the new logical volume, the other two where left untouched.
When we booted again, entering into viClient, in the configuration tab, theres a big "The VMware ESX server does not have persistent storage" label. And I can't access any VM, nor datastore.
From command line, if I do fdisk -l it doesn't show anything.
I've attached my /var/log/messages file for you to check it out.
Does anyone know what can I do to get access to the disks?.
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Optiplex 990 and ESXi
I've looked at the HCL and see that the Optiplex 990 isn't listed. Is there any change that it will be added down the road or the list is pretty static? Also is it know what component(s) are what causes it not to install? I tried to give it a shot earlier today and got the following error
vmkctl.HostCtlException: unable to load module /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/vmfs3: Failure
The 990 that I'm testing with has an Intel 82579LM onboard nic, and because it being an ultra small form factor, there are no expansion slots to put in a different nic to try.
Just wondering what others thoughts might be?
Thanks
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The virtual disk is either corrupted or not a supported format.
I use Veeam Backup & Replication to backup our VMs and I've been having an issue backing up 1 VM for the past week or more. It has always backed up with no issues in the past and all of my other VMs are backing up just fine. However, after less than a minute, this VM always fails and I get an error that says, "Creating VM snapshot | Error: A snapshot operation cannot be performed." Trying to rule out Veeam as the issue, I just tried creating a snapshot of the server in vSphere and I got the error, "The virtual disk is either corrupted or not a supported format." After looking around, it appears that error usually has something to do with a correct snapshot or an issue after trying to delete a snapshot but this is the first one I've ever done, so I don't think that's the issue. Anywhere else I can look?
Thank you.
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VMWare Tools seems to lock 75%+ of available memory
I am running ESXi 4.1.0. I have a number of 2k8 R2 machines running on this server.
What I've noticed is that some, not all VMs are using 75%-95% of the available memory. When I look at the processes running, it's very minimal with nothing really using anywhere near that much memory. I used RamMap to try to try to see who was the hidden culprit. RamMap showed that "Driver Locked" was using 4-5GB of memory. (As shown here in another site thread)
Upon further research, I found some people said this was related to VMWare Tools. Sure enough, as soon as I uninstalled VMWare Tools from the VM the memory went to where I would expect, and "Driver Locked" went to almost nothing, and eventually disappeared.
I installed VMWare tools with an upgrade when I converted the VM. Of the maybe 12 VMs I think 3-4 are experienceing this.
Anyone have any thoughts?
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Files on ESXi deleted after each reboot
Is there a place to save files (scripts/logs) on an ESXi 4.1 server that won't get blown away when the box reboots? Specifically, I want to add a cronjob that calls a shell script which outputs to a log. Is this possible?
Thanks.
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Lost Access to Volume (continous message)
I'm getting the following messages for one of the 4 hard drives connected to a VM
Lost access to volume
4bcce772-3bfe7a35-dceb-001b21541d90 (1_5WD
1) due to connectivity issues. Recovery attempt
is in progress and outcome will be reported
shortly.
info
4/21/2010 1:16:16 PM
and then not even a second later:
Successfully restored access to volume 4bcce772-
3bfe7a35-dceb-001b21541d90 (1_5WD_1_)
following connectivity issues.
info
4/21/2010 1:16:16 PM
This message will continue on and off throughout the day. Eventually it says Lost access and never restores access. When this happens that VM completely freezes and I cannot do anything with it (have to reboot ESXi at this point)
The hard drive in question is 1 of 3 hard drives connected to the VM for a storage pool (4th VM HDD is from datastore as system disk). Its always the same hard drive and the other 2 storage drives don't have an issue.
Is the hard drive going bad? HD test came up clean on that drive.
I'm at a complete loss why this one hard drive is continously having these issues. I tried to look at the hostd logs, but I'm having a hard time deciphering them (time seems to be off compared to whats showin in vShpere).
Did a search, but nothing came up in regards to my specific issue.
Info:
ESXi v4.0.0 Build 244038
AMD Phenom 9850 BE
GB MB: BA-MA-770-UDR3
8GB DDR2 800
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How to disable HBA card/Port from ESX
I have two HBA cards installed in HP BL 460c with ESXi 4.1. I want to disable one HBA card from the esx. Please suggest.
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Server down, space issue, stuck at 99% and I'm screwed...
So our Virtual server crashed. The guy that set it up has left the country. I'm an IT guy but pretty thin on VMware, but I can tell you we have Vsphere 4.1 and I'm able to get into the console. Several other servers are all up and running fine. This one just won't do anything. Everything is greyed out since I tried to delete an old Snapshot. Sitting at the glorious 99% For about an hour now. Sure it could take forever. But worse, they're could be more problems when and if it does finish! And people will be arriving for work in about 3 hours. Somebody, anybody please help! Very appreciative and greatful for any help or direction anyone can give me. Thanks in advance.
Also, found an error in the log that says "Cannot power on Fileserver blahblah01. A general system error occurred. No related events. :-/
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Swapping hard drives to change/increase size of Datastore
Hi:
I have an ESXi 4.1 host with 2x146GB RAID1 array (datastore1) and 4x300GB RAID5 array (datastore2). I need more space so I plan to replace 2x146GB with 2x2TB. I'll first move VMs from datastore1 to datastore2, then shut down machine, swap drives and build new array.
- Do I need to remove datastore1 from ESXi cfg. before I physically remove the drives, or will ESXi startup gracefully and allow me to remove the datastore?
- I will be able to add the new datastore (2x2TB) to ESXi, ya, i.e. ESXi should see the array once initialized on the machine?
- The existing datastores have block size set to 1MB so max vmdk is 256GB. I want the new datastore to have 8MB block size so I can have larger vmdks. I think I can set the datastore block size when creating it, ya, i.e. the same ESXi install can have datastores with different block sizes, ya?
Thanks so much for any insights you have!
Bob
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cannot viclient to esxi host. ssh is ok
I cannot viclient to 2 esxi hosts on the same cluster. however I can ssh in
I restarted management agents and ran
/sbin/services.sh restart
but still cannot log in
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https://localhost/sdk/webService error running vicfg-snmp.pl RCLI
When ever I run (from windows)
vicfg-snmp.pl --host 172.1.2.3 -s
I get this error
Error connecting to server at 'https://localhost/sdk/webService': Perhaps host is not a vCenter or ESX server
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Restricting users to just one resource pool
I am setting up a new ESXi 4.1 system and would like to give each user their own resource pool to "play" in. Within each pool, the user should be able to create, manage, and delete virtual machines.
To test this out, I first created a resource pool called "Build". Next, I created a new user, "steve2". I right clicked on the Build resource pool, and selected "Add Permission...". Here, I added my user and assigned him the role of "Administrator".
I log out, and log back in as my new user. I can only see my resource pool, which is great, and I can also interact with the VMs currently in the pool. However, when I click on "New Virtual Machine", the wizard pops up, only to have the application throw an exception and give me an error, before exiting. I've attached a screen shot of the error window.
My setup doesn't seem particularly complex or uncommon, yet I've not found a lot of information out there about doing this. Again, I'm able to tweak the permissions so that the user can manipulate an already existing VM, but I can't seem to find the magic combination to allow them to create a VM themselves. Any ideas?
Thank you!
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