The snapshot descriptor file is missing. Please extract the recreated descriptor from the attached archive and upload it to the VM's folder. Assuming that you have free disk space on your datastore...
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The snapshot descriptor file is missing. Please extract the recreated descriptor from the attached archive and upload it to the VM's folder. Assuming that you have free disk space on your datastore, I'd recommend that you take another snapshot after uploading the file, and prior to powering on the VM. André
I had tried to remote into one of our VM's and found that it had frozen up. I shut down the VM and tried to power back on, but i get the error below: Power On VM Key haTask-3-vim.VirtualMachine....
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I had tried to remote into one of our VM's and found that it had frozen up. I shut down the VM and tried to power back on, but i get the error below: Power On VM Key haTask-3-vim.VirtualMachine.powerOn-129462248 Description Power On this virtual machine Virtual machine VM04 State Failed - File VM04_0-000001.vmdk was not found Errors VMware ESX cannot find the virtual disk "VM04_0-000001.vmdk". Verify the path is valid and try again. File system specific implementation of Lookup[file] failed File system specific implementation of LookupAndOpen[file] failed File system specific implementation of Lookup[file] failed File system specific implementation of Lookup[file] failed The system cannot find the file specified Cannot open the disk 'VM04_0-000001.vmdk' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on. Module 'Disk' power on failed. Failed to start the virtual machine. I'm on ESXi Ver. 6.5.0 (Build 4887370). I tried to restore from a snapshot, but that also failed. I looked at the .vmsd file and everything looks like its pointing to the correct VM. I realize that there are several posts with similar issues to this one, but i haven't got anywhere as of yet. I will attach several files that pertain to this VM below, including the contents of the VM's folder when running the "ls -lisa" command. Im pretty new to using ESXi and dealing with virtual machines like this.
I see the same issue has been addressed before, just repost it: Boot from NVME device requires support via the machine's BIOS, something that such an old system never seems to have had. Some NVME ...
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I see the same issue has been addressed before, just repost it: Boot from NVME device requires support via the machine's BIOS, something that such an old system never seems to have had. Some NVME devices have a so-called "Legacy Option ROM" which can overcome the problem, but they are not common in the typical consumer market, then there are those who resort to other "bridge" solutions to get around the problem but all this, however, does not have nothing to do with VMware technologies.
I want to set up the esxi 6 on a pcie M.2 SSD. The server is a Poweredge R610 with a H700 raid. During the installation everything went well and the SSD was listed, but now I can't boot on the SSD b...
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I want to set up the esxi 6 on a pcie M.2 SSD. The server is a Poweredge R610 with a H700 raid. During the installation everything went well and the SSD was listed, but now I can't boot on the SSD because it isn't listed in UEFI. Also. I am seeking for a VM solution that supports the Windows 8 VMs to boot from UEFI. It seems currently vSphere 5 does not support Window 8 yet and WorkStation 8 does. However from the product description I saw vSphere claims to support UEFI boot but WorkStation 8 does not.
There is no issue, it works as designed. The test is incorrect, see my previous explanation of the difference between syntax checking and runtime exceptions.
In the fcd folder there are multiple vmdks and vmfd files, but there is only 1 of them present in the container volumes view. I believe these are from when we were testing permissions and some were m...
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In the fcd folder there are multiple vmdks and vmfd files, but there is only 1 of them present in the container volumes view. I believe these are from when we were testing permissions and some were missing, so when deleting them they were probably removed from the DB but not the files. This is the same for multiple datastores assigned to the container volumes. How should i go about verifying these are not in use and deleting them? Is there a tool available, or would i need to make a script to take out the known volumes against the files in the datastores using govc? Edit: I have manually gone through the volumes, there are around 40 volumes in the view, there 7 vmdks in the /fcd/ folder in the different datastores that are not in the view. 2 of those disks are still mounted on the kubernetes nodes.
Hello, I have a problem, after login to vcenter via SSH, I type set.shell --enable, then type "shell" and get root access. But it looks like i have no acces to vmware or vcenter services. There is...
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Hello, I have a problem, after login to vcenter via SSH, I type set.shell --enable, then type "shell" and get root access. But it looks like i have no acces to vmware or vcenter services. There is no any vmware command available I have ho access to mounted datastore. esxcli - command con foud and can not found anywhre like /usr/sbin root@vcenter1 [ /usr/sbin ]# find / -name esxcli - no result root@vcenter1 [ /usr/sbin ]# vmware -l bash: vmware: command not found which esxcli which: no esxcli in (/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/java/jre-vmware/bin:/opt/vmware/bin:/opt/vmware/bin) login as: root Pre-authentication banner message from server: | | VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7.0.54000 | | Type: vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller | End of banner message from server root@vcenter.xxx.xxx password: Last login: Fri Nov 10 07:26:03 2023 from 10.0.3.52 Connected to service * List APIs: "help api list" * List Plugins: "help pi list" * Launch BASH: "shell" Command> shell Shell access is granted to root root@vcenter1 [ ~ ]# ls -la what could have happened that I cannot manage vcenter via the CLI console ? Regards Irek
Hi, at first you need to choose teh host in the vCenter and go to the Configure -> Hardware -> PCI Devices and there set the passthrough device that you will add to the VM. And then you can go to th...
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Hi, at first you need to choose teh host in the vCenter and go to the Configure -> Hardware -> PCI Devices and there set the passthrough device that you will add to the VM. And then you can go to the VM Settings as you described and choose the passthrough device what you will add. So you tell the ESXi to which hardware you will give the direct access from the VM and not over the ESXi drivers.
Greetings Not sure were to post this so if not correct please boot it to the correct help group. I am attempting to make a vm from a old Windows installation installed on D drive. This hard drive ...
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Greetings Not sure were to post this so if not correct please boot it to the correct help group. I am attempting to make a vm from a old Windows installation installed on D drive. This hard drive was in an old computer to which I installed in my new computer. The new pc sees only the drive and is not configured in the boot menu Of course, I have my main Windows on C drive. The program completes, but when trying to create and start the vm , it errors saying can't find boot files. I have selected the entirety of D drive and also tried just the partition with Windows. All I need is to be able to run the old version of Windows in a VM, There is nothing else of value on the drive other than the normal restore partitions etc. any help or suggestion greatly appreciated Thanks in advance
Have the same problem? And now installed a new vCenter 8, and the same problem?? All the services on?? No certificate problem?? Actually we dont have internet connections, can it be the proble...
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Have the same problem? And now installed a new vCenter 8, and the same problem?? All the services on?? No certificate problem?? Actually we dont have internet connections, can it be the problem?? thanks Dinis
I was using Get-Item -Location "C:\Temp" because I wanted to create a terminating error, then using the -ErrorAction Ignore, I was hoping the code would ignore the error and continue running. This i...
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I was using Get-Item -Location "C:\Temp" because I wanted to create a terminating error, then using the -ErrorAction Ignore, I was hoping the code would ignore the error and continue running. This is just my way of testing.
If I can be pointed to some material to come up with a migration strategy it would be much appreciated. Scenario: I have a customer that has to evacuate a DC. They have 4 hospitals attached - so li...
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If I can be pointed to some material to come up with a migration strategy it would be much appreciated. Scenario: I have a customer that has to evacuate a DC. They have 4 hospitals attached - so little or no downtime is required. They're new target DC is 50mi away, and will be connected via 100Gbps link with VXLAN to extend L2. Customer has vCenter 7,x with two clusters. 1500 VMs - CIFS/NAS, iSCSI attached storage Hardware is Cisco UCS Flexpod Storage is NetApp- - 5 arrays, 2 of them provide FC via Cisco MDS switches and fabric interconnects. All 5 also provide CIFS/NFS. I have read about vmigration via vCenter Stretch Cluster/NetApp Metro Cluster. I have also read about SRM/NetApp Metro Cluster. Can I get high level overview of how both would work, and which provides the least downtime/risk?
