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Recovered VMs - Can't read disk
Hello, I have several VMs that were recovered from VMFS and put onto a Windows USB Drive (NTFS). I moved the files off of the USB drive back onto the ESXi server. I started the VM using Workstation,...
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BACKUP EXEC v16 cannot connect vcenter 7.0 or esxi 7.0
HiAfter upgrading to VMware 7.0, Backup exec 16 cannot connect to neither ESXi hosts nor VCenetre server. The error messages are "The server was unable to complete the requested operation." and...
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Acronis Backup Failed ESX host backup
When I try to backup my Esxi host. Only one of them give an error, others are OK. The following error has occurred while executing the backup script: 'Traceback (most recent call last):For details...
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Connection error during installing vdp
hello alli faced problem during install vdp.t he error is this: the connection test did not complete successfully.modify your network setting for vcenter credentiali add new user to my domain and give...
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Corrupted VMDK flat file, how im can attach or extract contents?
Dear members im try to attach my flat vmdk file but vmware cannot open or show a error how im can attach vmdk in machine or extract contents? ThanksAlmir
View ArticleFailed to read from disk. Error Code 14009 – The server refused connection
Hello, I've got 1 out of 4 hosts that are giving the below error when trying to backup VM's within Altaro, I've already spoken to Altaro support who have mentioned this is a VMWare issue. "The...
View ArticleConsiderations and Limitations for File-Based Backup and Restore
Author : Evgeni IvanovURL : http:////docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.5/com.vmware.vsphere.install.doc/GUID-AFF34FA6-B7CF-4AE0-9C12-C674F160682C.htmlTopic Name : Considerations and Limitations for...
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lost datastore
Hi Expert, i powered down a vm trying to move to another datastore. but all the sudden after shutting down the vm, the datastore is just disappeared right in front of me & the vm showed...
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vSphere 6 Essential Kits Plus license VDP destination recovered
Hi. Does the vSphere 6 Essential Kits Plus license come with 2TB VDP for backups? We have ESX01 and ESX02 clustered and a storage array. If we buy an ESX03 outside the cluster ethernet connection and...
View ArticleHow to get more info on what is happening during a snapshot deletion.
I have two identical VMs each with three disks.When they are backed up, a snapshot is created, they are backed up and then the snapshot is deleted.One of the VMs the snapshot deletion takes 2 seconds,...
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Datastore is missing after reboot
Hi all, I built a new ESXi 6.5 with RAID6 local storage and configured host cache. I migrated VMs from old hardware server to this new built. The ESXi was frozen and responded. I rebooted the ESXi...
View ArticleVCSA 7.0 Backup and Restore via OVA
I recently bought vSphere Essentials Kit 7.0, and installed ESXi 7.0 and deployed the VCSA onto a new Dell server. I will be moving the production VMs off of my existing free ESXi 6.0 hosts to the new...
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How is file copied from ESX to VM via VMTools
So I am working on an issue which involves File Restore from a backup solution to a VMware VM. The connection between Backup appliance and VM is not available directly so it speaks to ESX via 443 and...
View ArticleVCB Snaphot gives Protocol error from VMX
Since a week or 2 (since we moved from ESX3.5 to vSphere) we're experiencing problems while making VCB snapshots / backup's. Our vCenter records it as: "A general system error occured: Protocol error...
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Protocol error from VMX
I am getting a protocol error from VMX when running a vcb backup script that creates the snapshot initially. in vc, Create virtual machine snapshot is giving out this error A general system error...
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VMware: Virtual Data Protection (VDP) Backup job stop after start
Dear All,Good day to all of you. My apologies that im newbie in VDP backup on VMWare. I have an issue on my VDP (virtual data protection) backup that the backup job suddenly stop. Kindly see the...
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recovery of 2 disk, single snapshot system failed
We had a host failure over the weekend which involved recovering from our copied systems. It has worked fine on vmware vms ( 6.7) with single disk but we have a system that had two disks which can not...
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Unable to get copied disk to automatically boot
Hi, I'm having a difficult time getting a copied vmx and vmdk running Ubuntu on Vmware 6.7 (esxi and vsphere) to boot.Registering the vm by pointing at the vmx file fails and I have to drop down to EFI...
View ArticleRecovering deleted VM
Dear continuum, Need your help here, My colleague accidentally deleted two important VMs from data store on IBM SAN. We are not writing anything new on those, tried disk internals, no luck. Please...
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VMDK manual conolidation
I got hit by ransomware and during the decryption process that disk got full and the VM stopped and couldn't;t start with an error related to the disk. I wanted to expand the size of the disk but...
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