I converted a physical Compaq Proliant to a VM over a month ago, and have been using it since. So far, so good.
Yesterday however, I got a complaint that a file was inaccessible, and I found that all file shares were inaccessible, yet I could ping the machine.
I opened a VI Client, and connected to it and found that a process -- surveyor.exe had eaten up all virtual memory.
On investigation, I found that this was a Compaq service. I stopped it, disabled it, and rebooted.
I checked the entire list of running services, and decided to also shut down and disable the following:
Compaq NIC agents
VMWare Converter Service
The machine has been running fine since.
Can someone please point me to dox describing what other services are no longer needed when a machine is virtual?
Specifically, I am curious about the following:
NtmsSvc -- Removable storage. Needed on a virtual machine that has no removeable storage?
PlugPlay -- We're not likely to be plugging &/or playing
SimpTcp -- Simple TCP serviices. No idea why this is running.
SNMP & SNMP Trap. Does VMWare use these? I don't.
WZCSVC - Wireless Zero Config. I was surprised to find this running. No wireless anywhere here. Does it do simething else?
Pml Driver HPZ12 -- a description found on the web says "Used by HP Printer/Scanner/Copier printers to prevent Windows from entering hibernation mode.". This is a print server, but will never hibernate anyway. I may disable this to see what happens.
RasAuto/Rasman/RemoteAccess -- remote access services. This is not a RAS server and never was.
HP Status Server / HP Port Resolver. These also look like Legacy stuff.
If anyone has any insight into these, I'd appreciate it.
--Magister
