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  Hi all

  Please help on this

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  Vijay

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  In the VI Client connected to your ESX host, select the storage adapters tab and highlight the Fibre HBA. Right-click and select Rescan. If you have correctly configured the SAN and the Fibre switch, then the LUNS now appear under the fiber HBA. Go to storage and select Add storage. Follow the wizard through to add LUNS and VMFS format. Do this for each ESX host that you want to see the LUNS.

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• VMDK file unreadable after migration of VM & update of the ESX Server

  Last night we have updated the ESX servers here and in the migration process machines from one node to the other (by placing a single node of the cluster in maintenance mode). During this migration, the VMs one has stopped running. When we finished the migration and had updated the ESX Server, we brought the system to the top and tried to start this virtual machine.

  First, we looked in the directory of the virtual machine and saw that the VMDK file has a different name, with - dish at the end (before hard). We have renamed the file, removing the - flat extension, and this is where we saw these messages. ESX Server always gbehaved as if the file did not exist or was unreadable. Here is an extract from the log:

  14:40:08.232 27 Feb: vmx | KHZEstimate 2931923

  14:40:08.232 27 Feb: vmx | 2932 MHZEstimate

  14:40:08.232 27 Feb: vmx | NumVCPUs 1

  14:40:08.247 27 Feb: vmx | UUID: location-UUID is 56 4 d d4 6 to 87 30 4 c 0 b - 74 63 41 09 76 a7 1A f8

  14:40:08.247 27 Feb: vmx | WORKER: Create a new group with numThreads = 2 (2)

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  14:40:08.361 27 Feb: vmx | MStat: Creation vm.uptime Stat

  14:40:08.361 27 Feb: vmx | MStat: Creation vm.suspendTime Stat

  14:40:08.361 27 Feb: vmx | MStat: Creation vm.powerOnTimeStamp Stat

  14:40:08.369 27 Feb: vmx | VMXVmdb_LoadRawConfig: Loading of raw configuration

  14:40:08.376 27 Feb: vmx | Cannot find the file cognos4dios.zurich.ibm.com.vmdk

  14:40:08.378 27 Feb: vmx | Cannot find the file cognos4dios.zurich.ibm.com.vmdk

  14:40:08.378 27 Feb: vmx | DISC: Scsi0:0 OPEN 'cognos4dios.zurich.ibm.com.vmdk' R [(null) persistent]

  14:40:08.380 27 Feb: vmx | Cannot find the file cognos4dios.zurich.ibm.com.vmdk

  14:40:08.382 27 Feb: vmx | DISKLIB-LINK: 'cognos4dios.zurich.ibm.com.vmdk': cannot open (the system cannot find the specified file).

  14:40:08.382 27 Feb: vmx | DISKLIB-STRING: 'cognos4dios.zurich.ibm.com.vmdk': cannot open (the system cannot find the specified file).

  14:40:08.382 27 Feb: vmx | DISKLIB-LIB: cannot open "cognos4dios.zurich.ibm.com.vmdk" with flags 0xa (the system cannot find the specified file).

  14:40:08.382 27 Feb: vmx | Msg_Post: error

  14:40:08.382 27 Feb: vmx | http://Msg.disk.FileNotFound VMware ESX Server cannot find the virtual disk 'cognos4dios.zurich.ibm.com.vmdk '. Please check that the path is valid and try again.

  14:40:08.382 27 Feb: vmx | http://Msg.disk.noBackEnd can't open the Flash 'cognos4dios.zurich.ibm.com.vmdk' or one of the disks disk that it depends on.

  14:40:08.382 27 Feb: vmx | http://Msg.disk.configureDiskError reason: the system cannot find the specified file. -.

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  14:40:08.399 27 Feb: vmx | Power DiskEarly module has failed.

  14:40:08.399 27 Feb: vmx | VMX_PowerOn: ModuleTable_PowerOn = 0

  14:40:08.401 27 Feb: vmx | WORKER: asyncOps = 0 maxActiveOps = 0 maxPending = 0 maxCompleted = 0

  14:40:08.752 27 Feb: vmx | vmdbPipe_Streams could not read: OVL_STATUS_EOF

  14:40:08.752 27 Feb: vmx | Output of idle VMX

  14:40:08.764 27 Feb: vmx | VMX VMDB Flushing connections

  14:40:08.771 27 Feb: vmx | IPC_exit: disconnect all discussions

  14:40:08.771 27 Feb: vmx | Exit VMX (0).

  14:40:08.772 27 Feb: vmx | VMX has left the building: 0.

  The VMDK file is indeed the most, but VMware seems unable to open it. For what it's worth, it was also noted a .hlog file in the directory of the virtual machine on the server:

  cognos4dios. Zurich.IBM.com - 3 c 377802 .hlog:

  C2 C0 71 17 14 6 b6 01-49 fb 00 1 a 64 35 20 e9

  Anyone can shed some light on this? Done-flat suffix in the VMDK file have a special meaning? Any recommendations for the rescue of this virtual machine?

  Thank you very much in advance.

  Kind regards

  Michael L.

  -Flat.vmdk file is your data file where all of your actual data has been stored. Name back to the original value.

  It seems that you have lost the descriptor file (vmname.vmdk). If you have not an extraction backup the following procedures to re-create this file

  http://www.aMIKKELSEN.com/?p=93

  http://communities.VMware.com/thread/115063

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• With the help of converter to create on a local disk, not datastore ESX ESX machines?

  Is it possible to create conversions of machine ESX local/off line without sending them to a machine ESX?  Selection of a type of machine virtual infrastructure does not allow me to save the files locally, only connect to an ESX Server.

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  > Is it possible to create conversions of machine ESX local/off line without sending them to a machine ESX? Selection of a type of machine virtual infrastructure does not allow me to save the files locally, only connect to an ESX Server.

  No, you must select a destination ESX and vCenter to create a virtual machine that is specifically compatible with ESX.

  > I did this conversion of computer VMWare Server 2.x registered on a local drive and then converting again when I am on the site with the destination ESX. It works, but its faster to FastSCP data off the USB drive only in order to re-run the converter. Backup/DR purposes, it would be also good to know that I had the machines I had converted 'ready to go' format ESX without having to re - convert.

  Unless you use something like VCB (who still works a backup and restore process), it is probably the best way to do it.  If you select your output for VMware Server 1.x, the "nearest neighbour" of ESX.  Then you have a few extra options like http://kb.vmware.com/kb/900/

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• Copy the VM on the ESX server @ remote site

  Need a virtual machine to copy to an ESX Server at a remote site. The remote site is on a WAN to 12 MB link.

  What would be the best way to get a copy of the virtual machine on the remote site?

  The virtual machine on the remote site is using local storage in its VMFS data store.

  Would this work.

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  If bandwidth is a problem, and your VMDK is thick provisioning, you can use vmware converter to convert format of vmware workstation in the USB, Converter it will be thin. and then reupload again via the converter when you're there. It could save you a few upload and download times.

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• Legend on the screen of the ESX Server

  Hello

  I have two x 3550 of IBM servers.

  I have install ESX on my first server.

  Because of the problem on the motherboard, I put hard disks that stood on the raid1 in to another server in x 3550 IBM.

  After the reconstruction of hard drive (raid 1) and when ESX started, I saw a strange legend.

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• Copy VM on the esx server.

  Hi all

  I just did a virtualized copy of a server I am running and it saved on my local computer. Is it possible using vSphere to copy the virtual machine from my local computer to the ESXi Server? Or what I need to do through other means?

  Hello

  You can use VMware Converter to import you VM on the local disk or even convert and import into your physical server directly VMware vSphere.

  

  It depends on what you did and what you are currently using.

  If you have a single server of VMware ESXi and one or several VM to a local disk, you can use VMware Converter.

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  If you can get more information, maybe I or anyone else can help you more.

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• Change of the Esx server root password.

  Hello friends,

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• Problem connecting to the ESX Server in the Windows domain controller workstation

  Nice day

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  There is an entry in/etc/hosts on the ESX host to IP address and the name of the ESX host. If I look at/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-vwif0 I see doing a show at the 192.168.9.255, IPADDR 192.168.9.109 in sysconfig there is an entry for the ESX host name thats right, pointing to the front door of 192.168.9.1 using GATEWAYDEV = vswif0, n - route shows 192.168.9.1 as the UG.

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  AFAIK, you must enable Supreme mode for the virtual ESX using Linux as a host.

  See my notes http://sanbarrow.com/vmx/vmx-network-advanced.html

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• License available when one of the ESX Server is in maintenance mode

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• Copy Virtual Machine on the ESX Server windows file server (files)

  I made a copy of a computer virtual with Vmware converter and it is sitting on the windows file server, is there a way to copy the files to the server, ESX4?  Something like a copy and paste?

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  Simply right click on the data store you want to place the files on (Summary tab when selecting one of the hosts connected to this data store), select "Browse the data store" and then use the button "transfer files to this data store. You can use it to download a folder or file from a target, that you access from your system. It might make things easier if you create a folder in the store of data first, and then download the files one at a time. Make sure that the virtual machine is turned off when you do.

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