Use this command on the host to check for Power-On Reset Errorse.g.Note – ESXi uses UTC for its timezone so minus 5 hours to match ESTThese should […]
Tag: Vmware
Migrate VDM’s from one SAN to Another
It might be worth checking if these still need to be RDM’s. This was previously used for older versions of VMDK’s could only use 2TB , now […]
Vmware : Cannot create snapshot. Operation not allowed in current state
Login to the host where the virtual machine lies and try and do a snapshot via here instead of VCentreIf Take Snapshot is greyed out on the […]
Get list of Windows Updates needed to be installed on Virtual Machine Enviroment Vmware/ Powershell
Run Vmware PowercliRun Connect-ViServer %name of server%Run the output of below to a text fileE.g. .\Get-PendingUpdate.ps1 | Output-File file.txt
“The format of the specified computer name is invalid” VCSA 6
When trying to join a vcenter to domain I was given the following error in the GUI“The format of the specified computer name is invalid”Turns out you […]
The description for Event ID 1000 from source VMware VirtualCenter Server cannot
Recently after rebooting a VMWare server , the VCenter Server service would not start The description for Event ID 1000 from source VMware VirtualCenter Server cannot C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Virtual […]
How to change all storage paths of all datastores on a host in VCenter
This will only work once a host has been added to Vcenter.Use Vmware CLI to run this with the variables in Square Brackets edited outThis will change […]
How to Slipstream VMware ESX Install
Create a Bootable VMware install as usual on USB Memory StickDump the below into a file called ks.cfg ( Change the value in the square brakets before […]
Turning on iLO and upgrade to VMWare 6 provides the following error in the iLo
Uncorrectable Machine Check Exception (Board 0, Processor 1, APIC ID 0x00000001, Bank 0x00000005, Status 0xB2000000’00800400, Address 0x00000000’00000000, Misc 0x00000000’00000000)Server reboots randomly and the above is displayed in […]
Network Adapter Card stays unconnected in VMware
Recently spun up a new Windows 7 virtual machine on an ESX cluster. After installing VMware Tools and rebooting the machine , the NIC card would stay […]