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• Unable to take snapshots

  Hi all

  I really appreciate that you take the time to read my post.  I'm relatively new to vmware and I need assistance.

  One of my virtual machines is no longer shots. I first noticed the problem when our data backup appliance, unitrends, began to report errors when you try to back up the virtual machine.
  Their support was eventually locate the problem of unable to take a snapshot. I confirmed this by trying to take a snapshot directly with Vsphere.

  The exact error I get when trying to take a snapshot is as follows:

  *********************

  An error occurred when taking a snapshot: msg.fileio.generic.

  An error occurred saving the snapshot: msg.fileio.generic.

  *********************

  I am running 5.5 ESXi and Vsphere Client 5.5.0.  I already tried many things...

  
  -Restarted the VM

  -Uninstalled and reinstalled vmtools.

  -Tried to install vmtools without VSS (volume shadow copy)

  -J' have tried different combinations of services are turned on and off. (Instant VMware virtual disk, VSS provider)

  -Follow the following three items:

  (1) KB VMware: cannot create an instant downturn because the snapshot operation exceeded the deadline for...
  (2) http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1031298
  (3) VMware KB: suspended creating snapshot fails with the error: an error occurred during the recording of the snapshot: msg.snapsho...

  -Also tried freeing up space inside the virtual machine itself and that does not work either.

  
  I am at wits end and have unfortunately not support with VM...

  Help, please!

  Summary:
  Snapshots do not work.

  Data backup appliance: Unitrends
  Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machine

  Home - ESXi 5.5
  VSphere - 5.5.0

  Error:

  An error occurred when taking a snapshot: msg.fileio.generic.

  An error occurred saving the snapshot: msg.fileio.generic.

  Thanks again for your help!

  Hey everybody,

  Just thought I should update.  I ended up migrating the virtual machine in another data store, because I could not remove old clichés about the original data store.

  Then, I realized that VM virtual disks had all be thick placed in service. While they took place when there was no real data on them.

  Finish by removing one of the vdisk and that solved the problem! Back ups are busy.

  Thanks to you all!

• I just upgraded to Acrobat Reader DC and I am unable to take a snapshot of a PDF and paste it on another PDF file

  I just upgraded to Acrobat Reader DC and I am unable to take a snapshot of a PDF and paste it on another PDF file, I have to paste in word and then to the PDF, it becomes blurry this way and also has a lot of text in blue instead of black in the picture.  Is there a way I can copy a PDF file and paste it on another PDF file?

  Or is there a way of reversing this adobe to the previous version?

  The files are not locked or the other and I tried the guide help without success.

  Hi olir74691516,

  Everything sticking the snapshot of one PDF on the other we add a layer to the PDF document that you paste the snapshot. You cannot copy & paste in the player of free application, you will need Acrobat application for her.

  Kind regards
  Nicos

• IOS 10 - unable to take "Screenshots".

  Upgrade to IOS 10 on iPhone mini iPad and 6 4. Unable to take the "screenshot" on each device. Using the old method, brings back me to the homepage. You do not find answer to Apple? Any ideas?

  Try to keep the sleep button and then press the home button. Do it somehow quickly so that you do not put the unit in standby now button too long sleep.

  IT works fine for me as you can see here.

  

• Take snapshots of VMware preferred Cisco Infrastructure

  Hello community,

  We have several Cisco first 2.x and 3.x facilities in the area. All are virtual machines on ESX servers. Before the operations of the crtitcal system (as updates, etc.) I used to take a snapshot of VMware. So far, I never had to use a snapshot to revert to the previous state of the system, but I was always sure to have a snapshot, just in case something goes wrong.

  Now a customer recently asked me if the database would not get damaged if I just take a snapshot of the currently running system. I was courious and tried to look this up, but could not find clear instructions for this. The question that bothers me is: what should I stop NCS before taking a shot or not? Does anyone know what Cisco recommends (kind of best practices) for making snaphsot of VMware?

  Best regards

  Benjamin

  Hi Benjamin,

  Please see the release below notes... Snapshots are supported but recommended to take during their stop. I made quite a few installations and upgrades, and always take snapshots while the virtual machine is turned off, is faster and safer on big high transaction VMs.

  First 3.

  http://www.Cisco.com/c/en/us/TD/docs/net_mgmt/Prime/infrastructure/3-0-1...

  First 2

  http://www.Cisco.com/c/en/us/TD/docs/net_mgmt/Prime/infrastructure/2-2-2...

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd...

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd...

  See you soon

  Micheline

• BlackBerry Smartphones unable to take picture Bold 9780... kindly help!

  Impossible to take the picture. Through the BlackBerry. Expert s/w came to know that a file is missing, named "javax.microedition.media" and show msg "javax.microedition.media.MediaException: Unable to take picture.
  Kindly help!

  Hello and welcome to the community!

  A missing file is difficult to come back in and of itself. On the contrary, a clean reload of the OS is a much better method to retrieve it. The easiest way is, on a PC (you can not do on MAC):

  (1) make sure that you have a current backup and your BB complete... you can find the instructions at the link in my auto-sig below.

  2) uninstall all the BB OS packages from your PC,

  (3) make sure you have the BB Desktop Software already installed

  • http://us.BlackBerry.com/software/desktop.html

  (4) download and install on your computer, the BB OS package you want:

  • http://us.BlackBerry.com/support/downloads/download_sites.jsp
  • If all you want are the levels of BONE, it is first sorted by carrier - the carrier supports, your search will be fast. However, some carriers are much slower than others to release updates. To really get the package up-to-date OS for your BB, you need to dig through and find all businesses that support your specific model BB and then compare the BONE levels they support.

  5) remove all copies of the SELLER on your PC. XML... There will be at least one and maybe 2, and they will be located in the same way or to (it changes based on your version of Windows) these files:

  • C:\Program Files (x 86) \Common Files\Research In Motion\AppLoader
  • C:\Users\(your Windows username) \AppData\Roaming\Research In Motion\BlackBerry\Loader XML

  6 (a) to change your level of BB OS installed (at level or lower), you can run the Desktop software and connect your BB... the software should offer the operating system package you have installed on your PC.

  6 (b) or, for recharging your BB OS level installed as well to change, work around the Desktop software and use the CHARGER. EXE directly, through step 2 in this process:

  • http://supportforums.BlackBerry.com/T5/BlackBerry-device-software/how-to-reload-your-operating-syste...
  • Note Although written to "recharge" and the storm, it can be used to upgrade, downgrade or recharge any BB device model - depends on the operating system package you download and install on your PC.

  If, during the process of 6a or 6 b, your BB has an error '507', simply unplug the USB of the BB cord and reinsert it. do nothing else... This should allow the installation to continue.

  If you are on a MAC, you are limited to only your sanctioned carriers OS packages... but can still use any level they currently have to sanction. See this procedure:

  • KB19915 How to perform a clean reload of the smartphone BlackBerry using BlackBerry Desktop Software application software

  Good luck and let us know!

• vmware2 using boot camp "take snapshot" greyed out

  vmware2 using boot camp "take snapshot" greyed out

  A Boot Camp Raw virtual disk partition is only metadata used to allow the physical partition (raw disk) to be executed with a Virtual Machine for all important data is really on the physical disk, however, if you want to save the Boot Camp partition.vmwarevm package, it is located at: "" /Users/$ specified article was not found./Library/Application Support/VMware Fusion/Virtual Machines / Boot Camp /... / ".

  If you want to save the Boot Camp partition physics take a look at: Winclone

• Unable to VM snapshot during the process of backup VDR

  Hi all

  I have a feeling, it is perhaps a kind of oddity in vSphere, but hope that it is a problem with VDR. Basically I have a virtual machine with two drives on two separate data stores. Two data warehouses are formatted differently, one with files limited to 256 GB and the second to 512 GB. This weekend, I created a 300 GB vmdk on the second store, and this morning I noticed that the VDR was not able to take the shot to make a backup. Is it because the ability to snapshot is dependent on the first store of data that cannot cope with the new 300 GB drive? If so, is there a way to get around this?

  Thank you

  Dan

  Hello

  your problem is that a snapshot will be saved in the standard working directory. Who is the directory of your first hard drive, which is located on a data store with the limit of 1 MB Blocksize and 256 GB of file. A snapshot of a 300 GB drive could be bigger than your filelimit and cannot be saved on your first data store. That's why the snapshot fails.

  You have 2 options to deal with.

  1 exclude the second form of disk snapshot process (in the settings of your virtual hardware - VM must be disabled for this)

  2. change the workingDir of your virtual machine, then the snapshot will be created on the second data store. Take a look at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1002929 how to do it.

  Concerning

• Satellite P205-S6287 - webcam only takes snapshots using Win 7

  Hello.

  I recently updated my laptop from Windows Vista to Windows 7 Ultimate (32 bit).
  When I did, I went through the typical rigmarole of updating my drivers and reinstall some programs or games lost. What I wasn't expecting, it was for my camera to completely stop working.

  I reinstalled the software of the camera, and it seemed to work until I tried to take a snapshot with the software after that. Now, the camera records video and audio recording, but it will not instant (I mainly use for).

  If I click on the Snapshot button, she acts like I clicked it, but no preview image and no new photos are saved in the folder my pictures.

  Any ideas? Or advice? Or help? Thank you!

  Hello

  Perhaps you should again check the path to the photo folder?
  Maybe the webcam records the images to another location on the HARD drive

• How to take snapshots of two usb camera at the same time

  Hello

  I have a project where I have to take still photos of two usb camera at the same time repeatedly and save the in a particular direcltory. I am received using a camera by using "Camera Grab vi", but I can't make it work with 2 cameras, I use the flat sequence and 2 "Camerra Grab vi: with particular camera in a sequence, but each time when I run the program I get only pic of a camera, its seems a camera dominates the other.»

  Please is it possible to use the two camera simultaneously. Attached are the snapshot of my vi.

  Thank you

  Ankit G

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  (Note: If you change the examples, always save as copy in another location so that you do not save on the packed example)

• I'm unable to take backup of database MS SQL clustered, while it uses in the live production server.

  Hi all

  I use my database cluster for my running app that sits on MS SQL.

  who uses many users both on the live production by many users at a time server.

  BUT I'm unable to perform an online backup of database and offline backup, I can't take as it uses on the live production server

  If anyone can help me for you even

  Thanking you

  Concerning

  Tarun Kaushik

  Hello

  The question you posted would be better suited in the TechNet Forums. I would recommend posting your query in the Windows SQL Server Forums.

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/category/SQLServer

• Cannot take snapshots of suspended after 6 ESXi upgrade

  Hi all, first time around;

  A few days ago, I performed an ESXi spend 5.5 to 6 by Update Manager. Everything worked like a charm, until I realized that I can take is more suspended snapshots of the virtual machines running on the host computer. Tried W2K8R2, W2012, VM Version 8/11 and VMWare Tools old and more recent versions. Whenever I try to get a snapshot of put it to sleep I get these errors in the virtual machine vmware.log file. Virtual disk service is running in the operating systems:

  2015 06-11 T 13: 32:54.081Z | vCPU-0 | A115: ConfigDB: setting displayName = "NXCAGATEWAY."

  2015 06-11 T 13: 32:54.200Z | vCPU-0 | I120: SnapshotVMXTakeSnapshotComplete: done with snapshot "PRUEBA": 11

  2015 06-11 T 13: 32:54.200Z | vCPU-0 | I120: SnapshotVMXTakeSnapshotComplete: Snapshot 11 failed: impossible to suspend the virtual machine (31).

  2015 06-11 T 13: 32:54.200Z | vCPU-0 | I120: SnapshotVMXTakeSnapshotComplete: Instant incomplete cleaning 11.

  2015 06-11 T 13: 32:54.203Z | vCPU-0 | I120: SNAPSHOT: SnapshotDeleteWork ' / vmfs/volumes/548b836e-61e32ba2-7419-001517fdda30/NXCAGATEWAY/NXCAGATEWAY.vmx': 11

  2015 06-11 T 13: 32:54.203Z | vCPU-0 | I120: SNAPSHOT: Snapshot_Delete failed: the specified snapshot are not (28)

  2015 06-11 T 13: 32:54.204Z | vCPU-0 | I120: SnapshotVMXTakeSnapshotComplete: cannot delete the snapshot cancelled: failure to suspend the virtual machine (31). VigorTransport_ServerSendResponse opID=a776b9be-ce1e-4119-bfb6-fb7d10ceef8c-19582-ngc-15-80-5ced seq = 35577: complete snapshot request.

  2015 06-11 T 13: 32:54.208Z | vCPU-0 | I120: TOOLS of the call to unity.show.taskbar failed.

  This situation prevents me to take backups of virtual machines running on the host, any help I can get?

  Kind regards!

  Please check if the latest patch is installed, which solves problems with suspended snapshots (see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2116127).

  André

• Install powershell module on computers invited to take snapshots.

  I would like to install the module powercli on some of our guest computer running windows 2003 and 2008r2.  Run a script to take a snapshot before install us the microsoft via SCCM updates.  I was not able to find the module. I found examples of scripts.  Run us VMware ESXi 5.1.0 in a cluster.  Our VMware administrator is not familiar with the power of CLI and as you may have guessed I'm not a VMware administrator.  I belong to Netapp and also make the Microsoft updates on our servers.  I'd appreciate any help.  I want to try and keep it as simple as possible because it is a path to auto update servers.  I'd also be interested in thoughts runs the scripts from a point central would be a better solution.

  Thank you

  You can download the latest version PowerCLI package here: https://developercenter.vmware.com/web/dp/sdk/55/vsphere-powercli

  (PowerCLI 5.5 supports both versions 5.1 and earlier versions)

  You need not install anything in the GuestOS themselves unless you want to trigger the operation of snapshot within each GuestOS (which seems cumbersome).

  Install PowerCLI on your workstation or a central management server to run scripts, you point the scripts to execute on the vCenter server that manages your infrastructure. You also need the respective permissions on the side of vCenter to access the VM inventory, manage snapshots etc.

  Just a tip: be sure to not overuse clichés too and clean in a timely way thereafter.

• Cannot take snapshots

  Hi everyone, hoping to see if there is a solution to this. I have a SCO Unix VM working fine, after doing a P2V and juggle with drivers etc.

  Now on a test office system where I have ESXi 5.0 is installed, I was able to use Veeam to perform a backup.

  After using the same VM, but the only difference is that I have an old NIC crossed to the virtual machine (and on a map server) must not be snapshots (shaded out in the Client) and Veeam fails to take a backup by saying "error creating snapshot: the operation is not allowed in the current state."

  All I can do to take pictures again and therefore get Veeam working again? A pull-out decision of PCI NIC active the problem?

  Hi Aaron,

  Since you are using IO VMdirectpatch you can not take pictures and also you will lose the rest of the features of virtualization.

  • VMotion

  • Storage VMotion

  • FT

  • Add hot appliance

  • Suspend and resume

  • Record and playback

  Reference: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-11089%20

  Please go through the similar to the VMdirectpath topic thread / passthrough device + backup.

  http://communities.VMware.com/thread/260707

  I hope this helps.

• Passthrough is configured on an ESX host, unable to take the backup image

  Dear team,

  One ESX host Passthrough is configured (LSI Logic /Symbolic Logic LSI 1068E) and the same is mapped to one of the virtual machine, we are not able to take the backup of the image of this virtual machine will get the following error.

  The operation is not supported on the object.

  Need assisstance VMware Expert on the same.

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  Mr. VMware

  Instant, like many other features are simply not supported when executing passthrough VMdirectpath. He expected to work if stop you the Guest if.

  http://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-50/topic/com.VMware.vSphere.networking.doc_50/GUID-BF2770C3-39ED-4BC5-A8EF-77D55EFE924C.html

  http://www.Petri.co.il/VMware-esxi4-vmdirectpath.htm

  The following features are not available for virtual machines configured with DirectPath:

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