vmx and vmdk missing
Hello, I have a server running under vSphere 6.5, I tried running it but it shows an error telling that vmx is missing, the display name of the machine has changed...
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Hi All, We're using vSphere 6.5, and VMware Workstation 15 to managed the VMs. Could I use VMware Workstation to backup our VMs by exporting to OVF file? Any recommendation? Thank you..
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consolidate virtual machine disk files the operation is not allowed in the...
Hello Guys, I Have a VM on ESXI That I don't use anymore but i only need the files on the VMDISK. So i export the vmdk file. I just need the existing files. When I opened the disc I found only old...
View ArticleVOMA failed to check device: Severe corruption detected
I had a disk fail yesterday, and after the rebuild I noticed one of my datastores was missing. I see the device but not the associated datastore. /vmfs/devices/disks/eui.30f9584100d00000:1...
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Entire folder of VM dissapeared from datastore.
Dear all, An entire folder with its contents dissapeared from the datastore after an unplanned restart. This is an ESXi 6.5.0 Update 1 (Build 5969303) and the datastore is VMFS5. Other folders of other...
View ArticleError when exporting OVF template
Hi guys, I have a need to backup vApp environments for archiving purposes. I had the solution to export the vApp as a whole using the OVF template function. This worked for me during testing however...
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ESXI 6.7: Raid5 Rebuild - Datastore Gone
Hi, I had an error with the RAID5 and a rebuild was in order leading to ESXI 6.7.0 Update 1 (Build 10302608) not finding any datastore anymore.I can see a large VMFS partition in the ESXI WebClient...
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Problem starting VM after problems witz snapshots and consolidation
OBJLIB-FILEBE : FileBEIoctl: ioctl operation failed on '/vmfs/volumes/577bd84d-10ac566a-84e9-a0369f8fe39c/Jobserver NEU/Jobserver NEU_1-000011-sesparse.vmdk' : Inappropriate ioctl for device (1638402)
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Failed to power on virtual machine Centos7. Unable to enumerate all disks.
Hi, can anyone please help me fixing this. the error shows up after I deleted the Centos7-000002.vmdk manually at datastore browser.now I can't open the VM and I can't restore the snapshots. is there...
View ArticleCopied VM issue
Hi, I used vSphere client to download a vm. I upload the vm into another host and tried to boot it up but got an error (error below). Only then I realise that the actual vm has snapshots. When I...
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Cloning a vm from command line whilst keeping the vm running
Hi, I'm trying to backup esxi vms from cli not using snapshots. We have several vms which run tests round the clock and so downtime needs to be limited. Environment is ESXi 6.7.0 and vsphere 6.7.0 From...
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How to Export VMs list from Backup Jobs created on VDP appliance
Hi, Could someone please help me as I want to export list of VMs which are configured in backup and Backup job is created on VDP appliance.
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Disk consolidation needed: How to fix it manually?
Hi there I've got a big (2.5TB) legacy server in an old data center that I need to move to our new data center. I have almost no knowledge about the infrastructure in our old data center and it seems...
View ArticleThe specified key, name, or identifier 'xxxxx' already exists
Hi, I have restored a VM (Files) with NetApp Active IQ Unified Manager onto my vsphere 6.7 environment, but when i'm trying to register the VM it says: The specified key, name, or identifier 'xxxxx'...
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ERROR CLDELSN3, details: [lon-d-squid] error: cannot delete snapshot
hi all, got an error on one of my vms when trying to back it up using a backup solution called XSiBackup, the thing is it backs up all my other running vms, just this one all the time generates an...
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VCENTER 6.7 : Snapshot on VM : too many files : consolidate failed
Hello,I can't consolidate the snapshots."Because the files are locked".What happen ?How to fix it ?Regards,M. Kerrec
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esxi free backup solutions - api locked
hi all, does anyone know of any good free backup solutions for the free version of esxi API locked its for my home test lab, so all i have is the free version thanks,rob
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Unable to mount VMFS after rebuilding partition table
Hello All, I am currently working on the issue with two vmfs files that were wiped when a raid card was swapped. So far I have rebuilt the partition table on the drive and can see the partition from...
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ESXi Missing Files in Multiple Datastores
Hello All, We have an issue with two of our datastores. Both datastores have two disks in them. After moving our server, we booted the machine (unknowingly) with one of the drives disconnected. I've...
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Non-Persistent Disk - Recovery from redo log file
Hi, We have a situation where a disk was incorrectly configured as independent non-persistent .Disk setting was modified and made as dependent and as obvious changes were lost. We need to recover...
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