Archive for Februar 8th, 2010
Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 05
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Top 5 Planet V12n blog posts week 05
For a lot of people it has been a crazy week. Some of you might wonder why, some of you know what I'm talking about. VMware Partner Exchange 2010. [...]
SAP Batch Job Performance on vSphere
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SAP Batch Job Performance on vSphere
An included part of every SAP system is the SGEN transaction that is used to recompile all the objects in the system after every system update. This job is run by [...]
Upgrading an ESX host using esxupdate (1002368)
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Upgrading an ESX host using esxupdate
(1002368)
This article describes how to use esxupdate to upgrade an ESX host via the command line. Before updating ESX: · Check the /var/cache folder for any packages that have been left over from [...]
Why snapshot removal can stop a virtual machine for long time (1002836)
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Why snapshot removal can stop a virtual machine for long time
(1002836)
When a snapshot removal is in progress, no other operations on the virtual machine (such as power operations or VMotion) can be performed. There are several tasks that must be…
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vcbMounter fails with error: Cannot open disk file: Error: Failed to create temporary file (1005827)
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vcbMounter fails with error: Cannot open disk file: Error: Failed to create temporary file
(1005827)
· VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) fails · If you run vcbMounter with the -t file and -m nbd switches, you see the error: [2008-06-06 11:17:28.000…
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Extending partitions in Windows using DiskPart (1007266)
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Extending partitions in Windows using DiskPart
(1007266)
This article provides steps to expand a virtual disk (VMDK) and then extend a partition using DiskPart in Microsoft Windows. Caution: VMware strongly recommends that you have backups in place…
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ESX hosts stop responding in VirtualCenter after adding a virtual appliance (1007924)
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ESX hosts stop responding in VirtualCenter after adding a virtual appliance
(1007924)
· After adding a Virtual Appliance to an ESX host inventory (through the datastore browser), the ESX host stops responding in VirtualCenter. · Virtual machines…
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Changing the load balancing policy in ESXi using Tech Support Mode (1011520)
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Changing the load balancing policy in ESXi using Tech Support Mode
(1011520)
This article provides steps for changing the load balancing policy in ESXi using Tech Support Mode. Warning: Tech Support Mode should only be used at [...]
Improperly formatted proxy addresses prevent metadata downloads (1012926)
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Improperly formatted proxy addresses prevent metadata downloads
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You are experiencing these issues with Update Manager patches: · Downloads fail with the error: Patch Metadata Not Found · No patch data in the repository. · Log errors similar…
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CPU usage spikes after installing VMware Tools (1015674)
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CPU usage spikes after installing VMware Tools
(1015674)
You are experiencing these issues on an ESX 4.0 host, after installing or upgrading VMware Tools in a Windows virtual machine : · CPU usage by process vmwareservice.exe spikes every few…
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How to completely uninstall VMware Fusion
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Today’s video provides steps for manually uninstalling VMware Fusion. These steps entirely remove VMware Fusion from your Apple Macintosh computer. These steps are performed using VMware Fusion 3.0, but the same basic steps apply to earlier versions of VMware Fusion.
If you intend to re-install VMware Fusion after the uninstall, ensure that you [...]
How to change the IP address, hostname, and gateway of the Service Console in VMware ESX
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Today’s new video provides an overview of how to change the IP address, hostname, and gateway of the Service Console in VMware ESX, a pretty common scenario we encounter. The video uses VMware ESX 4.0 for the demonstration, but the steps apply to earlier versions as well.
For more information and context, [...]
Best Practices for using VMware Converter
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Our latest video provides an overview of the best practices for converting a machine using VMware Converter. This video is based on VMware knowledge base article 1004588. We walk through the steps of converting a running physical computer into a virtual machine. The video also provides tips along the way to consider [...]
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How to install Windows in a newly created VMware Fusion virtual machine
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This video provides steps for installing Windows in Fusion on your Mac, and you’re installing from the CD/DVD drive. You may have seen one of the following symptoms:
You cannot install Windows on a newly created virtual machine.
You see a message about a network boot when the virtual machine starts.
A newly [...]
