esxi4.1 cannot access vmfs volume 5

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  When the computer stops unexpectedly, I lose volume icon. I can't accdd the volume icon in the control panel check to include the icon on the toolbar. I have sound but I can not access the volume level and have no volume on the toolbar icon

  Hello

  1. don't you make changes to the computer until the problem occurred?

  2 when was the last time it was working fine?

  I suggest you try the steps below and check if it helps

  Method 1: Try to run fix it from the link below:

  System icons do not appear in the notification area in Windows Vista or Windows 7, you must restart the computer

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/945011

  Method 2: Try the following steps to add the volume icon in the taskbar

  i. right click on the Start button and then click Properties.

  II. click the Notification area.

  III. put a check mark on the volume icon.

  IV. click apply & OK. Check if you see the volume icon in the taskbar.

  Method 3: If the problem persists, try the steps from the link below http://windows7themes.net/volume-icon-missing-in-windows-7-restore-it.html

  Hope this information is useful.

• To access the servers non - VMFS volumes ESX (i)

  Suppose I have a FC LUN with a VMFS volume.  It is not accessed by a host ESX (i).  However, there are old VMDK on the logic unit number I want to recover.  If the LUN is delivered to a physical Linux server, and this physical server is zoned / correctly mapped to the FC LUNS, can I access the VMFS LUNS for the vmdk off of it?

  Thank you

  Yes.

  http://digfor.blogspot.com/2011/04/accessing-VMFS-partitions.html

• When I tried to power on VM ends up in the right error: the specified file is not a virtual disk. Cannot open disk ' / vmfs/volumes/4d48ad95-ad5e027a-67f4-e41f1360cc9e/Iso/ser01/ser01.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  I stop a virtual machine after a certain time, I tried to power. Its has ended up in the following error message

  Reason: The specified file is not a virtual disk. Cannot open disk ' / vmfs/volumes/4d48ad95-ad5e027a-67f4-e41f1360cc9e/Iso/ser01/ser01.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  The machine was working fine before the closure.

  In the data store, the file type of the virtual machine is 'file' instead of 'virtual drive '.

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  You are missing the file descriptor hard. The xxxx - flat hard is the file that contains the data effectively. But the xxxx.vmdk is missing, which is a text file that connects to the flat file.

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• Cannot extend a VMFS volume

  I have an installation of VMWare Essentials 5 I've updated since version 4.

  Initially, I had 4 300 GB drives in a hardware raid. After the upgrade to version 5, I added 4 additional disks and used the HP software to extend the logical volume to 1.9 TB.

  I am trying to add this new space to my store of VMFS data but am unable to.

  When I select my host in VCenter and go to storage in the Setup tab and then go to devices so I can see my disk is recognized as 1.91 TB.

  It also shows the primary and logical partitions current:

  Primary:

  1 BACK 16-bit < M 4.00 32 MB

  2 BACK 16-bit > = 32 M 4.00 GB

  3 VMFS 833,22 GB

  4 scope 896,00 MB

  Logic:

  1 BACK 16-bit > = 32 M 250.00 MB

  When I go to the store database properties dialog box and click the button increase then I should see the list of available free space.

  This list remains empty and so I can't extend the volume.

  The file system is 5.54 VMFS with a block size of 1 MB.

  Any help would be much appreciated!

  Regarding kind.

  Marcel bourdon

  Sorry for the delay, I did a rebuild of my test system these days.

  I have reproduced what you have and was able to successfully complete such VMFS volume that documented in the link I provided (except VMFS partition 3)

  I did install ESXi 4.1 U2 on a 900 GB drive, then upgrade to ESXi 5.0 and increase the size of the disc to 1.9 TB. Then I opened a session SSH, fdisk used to resize/increase the VMFS partition (which btw. is a primary partition with the new additional disk space adjacent to it) and expanded the cultivated partition using vmkfstools.

  If do not already rebuild you the host, please after af fdisk-lu as well as ls/vmfs/devices/disks

  André

• SAN access to VMFS volume snapshot

  So here's the deal.  I have a Compellent SAN can I take replays (snapshots) of the volume.  I spun this VMFS volume and tried to attach it to an ESX Server.  The problem is that ESX server does not see anything on the volume even if it is indeed a VMFS volume.  My guess - there is something on the volume as a GUID or something that the VMFS volume snapshot matches the orginial and forces him not not to be recognized.

  Any thoughts on how to pull this off?  There are a couple of VMDK files on this shot I have to take out of it.

  Thank you

  Richard

  Hi Richard, you are right. The host is detect it as a snapshot so it won't be installed because it would have the same UUID as a volume already mounted (you will see a message to that effect in the vmkernel journal). To work around this problem, go to advanced-> LVM-> and the value of LVM. EnableResignature = 1 and LVM. DisallowSnapshotLun = 0. And then perform a new analysis. The LUN should get mounted as a data store named "snap - 0000001 - < datastore_name >" or something similar. Be sure to change the settings advanced to LVM. EnableResignature = 0 and LVM. DisallowSnapshotLun = 1 after seeing the snapshot data store appear just to be sure. Hope that helps!

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• Can not power on virtual machines "cannot access the file because it is locked.

  Virtual machines have been working well - then the storage system is down.  After the storage system returns upwards that I can't turn on a number of virtual machines.  Get this error when I try to turn it on:

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     kill the 3631

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     VM-support - X

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     Note: this command takes 5-10 minutes to complete. Answer No to "can I include a screenshot of the virtual machine", and answer Yes to all subsequent questions.

     After the termination of the process, you can turn on the virtual machine or access the file resource.

  Deleting the file .lck (NFS only)

  The virtual machine files can be locked via NFS storage. You can identify this as reported by .lck files. # (where # is the ID of the world that holds the lock file) at the end of the file name. It is a NFS file lock and appears only when you use the ls command as it is the hidden file.
  Beware: they can be removed safely only if the virtual machine is not running.

  Note: VMFS volumes have no .lck files. The locking mechanism for VMFS volumes is managed within VMFS metadata on the volume.

  You must kill the process that is locked, if it is not the case, you probably need to restart the VMware host.
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• Cannot access the main part of the hard drive

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  http://www.Microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?DG=Microsoft.public.WindowsXP.General

  Above is a link to the XP Newsgroups.

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en/category/w7itpro/

  Above is a link for Windows 7 Forums.

  Here is the Vista Forums.

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• I cannot access internet Windows XP.

  Hello

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  Original title: my computer says it is connected but cannot access the internet.

  Hi Tommy,.

   

  Please contact the Microsoft Community.

   

  I would have you look at the article-

  How can I reset the default Hosts file?

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/972034

  Do get back to us and let us know. We will be happy to help you.

  Thank you.

• Corrupt file system cannot access chkdsk

  The file systems on the disk structure is corrupted and unusable.  Run chkdsk on the volume c:

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  Hello Terry1897,

  ·         When exactly do you get this error?

  ·         You are able to start your computer desktop?

  ·         What are the changes to the computer before having this problem?

  ·         What is the error you get when you try to run the CHKDSK utility?

  Note: You must back up the data (files and documents) before troubleshooting on the corrupted volume, because there is a risk of data loss if the C: volume is damaged or unusable.

  I suggest that you run the CHKDSK utility in the Windows recovery environment.

  1. put the Windows Vista or Windows 7 installation disc in the disc drive, and then start the computer.
  2. press a key when you are prompted.
  3. Select a language, a time, a currency, a keyboard or an input method, and then click Next.
  4. click on repair your computer.
  5. click on the operating system that you want to repair, and then click Next.
  6. in the System Recovery Options dialog box, click command prompt.

  At the command prompt, type:

  CHKDSK [drive:] [/ p] | [/ r]

  [drive:] Specifies the drive to check.

  / p check even if the drive is not marked dirty, bad.

  /r locates bad sectors and recovers readable information (implies / p).

  Thank you
  Irfan H, Engineer Support Microsoft Answers. Visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• Failure of the initial installation of INS-30131 required for execution of the controls of the installer cannot access the temporary location

  When I install Oracle Grid Infrastructure 12 c Release 1 (12.1.0.1.0), I have the following error:

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  -GLWB-1560: "/tmp/" temporary directory path is shared on the nodes '... »

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  This is the description of the error, I saw, but he was trying to find an idea how to solve this problem.

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• Discs of ESXi supports local (UFS) as a Volume/vmfs/volumes - didn't want not!

  Hi all

  Updated from 5.5U2 to 6.0

  A race of NAS VM using two disks using RDM (virtual) to get direct access to disks and smart State - created with the flag - z.

  After the upgrade to 6.0, ESXi now mounted (s?) drive - which are SoftRAID(4) 1 and have a file system UFS - to/vmfs/volumes/sink. This happened only after the second start, but now there is no way back for me.

  After the first reboot after upgrade, I was able to assign the disks to a virtual computer and restart it. On the next reboot, the problem above has occurred.

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  Tried Altready:

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  It is possible to blacklist the ufs module with the following command to esxcli, and won't automount in volumes of ufs. the host reboot is required

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• After integrated error of VMFS volumes

  Hello

  I have a 5.5 installed on Dell PowerEdge T110 2 ESXi which worked well. I decided to migrate to 6.0, but in case of a problem, I made a clone of my records. During the clone, I had a built-in long and the UPS has been unable to support, and now I cannot start the system and cannot be updated.

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  The servers are located in different parts of the building, I could put the other to the first server and their cable it but to avoid this, is there another solution? I can't use the data storage "migrate" since I don't have essential vmware more...

  you need external shared storage and follow the right cable FC, iSCSI, or SAS. You can not just a two-server cable upward with a SAS cable and expect it to work like the discs are still local only. the other option is to search for virtual storage in which transform your disks local shared iSCSI volume

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  I use Virtual Center 2.5 with four ESX host in the same cluster. Through WinSCP, when I browse to the directory vmfs\volumes on the ESX host all it shows me all the files LUN that has a small black arrow. Does this mean that these folders are shortcuts that point to my CX 300 fibre channel storage array? My ESX servers have only 130 GB of total space so I know that it cannot contain information logic unit number. I boot from SAN and are all VMDK on the SAN. I'm guessing that they are shortcuts pointing to my SAN. Is this correct?

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  Hello

  Yes, I think you're right, these shortcuts are your warehouses data pointing back to the LUNS on your CX300.

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  Alex