vmware accelerated amd pcnet adapter error
This error happens when you enter an IP Address within a P2V machine and you have not done post P2V cleanup.
1. Click Start, click Run, type cmd.exe, and then press ENTER.
2. Type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1, and then press ENTER.
3. Type Start DEVMGMT.MSC, and then press ENTER.
4. Click View, and then click Show Hidden Devices.
5. Expand the [...]
Deleting old Netapp snapshots with System Manager
1) Open System manager
2) Expand the Filer you want.
3) After selecting the filer, expand “Storage”, click on “Volumes”, select the “Snapshot Copies” tab to see the snapshots. From this view you can delete any snapshot older then 2 weeks ” Make sure is not a snap mirrored volume”.
This doesn’t happen often, but is a good practice to [...]
Running VMware vSphere Client on Windows 7
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. The following ’system.dll’ file is required. This can be downloaded via the hyperlink below.
system.dll (this file has been zipped)
2. Once downloaded, either open the zip file or unzip it and place the ‘system.dll’ file into one of the following directories depending on the version of Windows 7 being used, which would be either [...]
ESX and Netapp LUN Multipathing Configurations
The screen shot below represents an important setting for path management. The text is self explanatory when it comes to understanding the difference between Fixed and MRU. For NetApp controllers configured as they are, it is recommended to set this as fixed. As stated, the preferred path will be used when available.
When necessary, another path can [...]
SRM services fail to start with error 1067
When both protected and recovery site of the SRM services fail to start with error 1067, it is due to either an IP change or SQL Database corruption.
In my case the database was corrupted and I could not fix it to retain my SRM configurations.
To fix this 1067 service error do the following steps:
uninstalling DRS [...]
VMware View 3 product Editions:Enterprise/Premier
VMware announced their revamped Provisioning and Virtualization product – VMware View 3 availability on December 2, 2008. VMware renamed their existing desktop virtualization product formerly known as VMware desktop infrastructure to VMware View 3.
VMware View 3 is not only a renamed product but newly added technologies like VMware View Composer, VMware ThinAPP, Offline desktop, Unified [...]
Windows XP guest VM boot delay in BIOS on VMware ESX
If you are VMware ESX user you must be aware of Windows XP guest VM booting issue that only happens during Windows XP installation.
If you are first time installing Windows XP guest VM on VMware ESX then you will notice instead of booting from CDROM new Windows XP guest VM gets into network boot.Windows XP [...]
What is iSCSI in VMware ESX
iSCSI in VMware ESX
A SCSI transport protocol, enabling access to storage devices over standard TCP/IP networks. In VMware ESX environment iSCSI can be used if HBA’s are not available on physical server running as VMware ESX host.
SCSI transport protocol on VMware ESX server:
-Maps SCSI block-oriented storage over TCP/IP
-Mappig is Similar to mapping SCSI over Fibre [...]
Solved: Cannot find network card in Windows XP guest on VMware ESX
I learned some tricks while doing my first Windows XP guest OS installation on VMware ESX 3.5 server. I managed to install the Windows XP virtual machine you can read some solution here if your Windows XP setup cannot find the hard disk during installation. When my Windows XP installation completed i run into another [...]
What’s included in VMware vSphere 4 Essentials Plus
VMware vSphere 4 Essentials Plus provides an all-in-one solution for small offices to virtualize upto three physical servers to reduce hardware costs while ensuring superior application availability and data protection.
What’s included in vSphere Essentials Plus includes:
• VMware ESXi and VMware ESX (deployment-time choice)
• VMware vStorage VMFS
• Four-way Virtual SMP
• VMware vCenter Server Agent
• VMware vStorage [...]
