I migrated a few virtual machines from standard switch to distributed switch. But somehow, a couple virtual machines are still showing in the port group of a standard switch (in Inventory/ Networking) which I have removed. It turns out those virtual machines all have snapshots. In the snapshot, the VM still uses the standard switch. … Continue reading vSphere 5.0: Network Setting Discrepancy After Migrating VM to VDS
ESXi Purple Screen: Two filesystems with the same UUID have been detected
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ESXi 5.0 Host Backup Script
I wrote up a batch script to backup the ESXi 5.0 host configuration every night, email the backup report and remove the old archive folders that is older than 7 days. To make it work, you need to: 1) install the vCLI and add its bin folder to the system PATH 2) Add all your … Continue reading ESXi 5.0 Host Backup Script
ESXi 5.0 Fatal error: 8 (Device error)
This issue can occur if you are using: Hardware that is not listed in the VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide A corrupt ESXi 5.0 installation file supplied by a vendor A vendor-provided USB drive or CD/DVD media that is faulty
TSM for VE: FMM16014I The Return Code is 2
You may get this Critical Error once you click the ‘Tivoli Data Protection for VMware’ in the Solution and Application. It means something is incorrect, and leads to the VMCLI command failed to run. The first thing you need to do is to check the log which is located in ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Tivoli\TDPVMware\VMwarePlugin\logs\vmcli’ on … Continue reading TSM for VE: FMM16014I The Return Code is 2
