Lately I have seen a number of VMs going down after the backup has finished and snapshots get removed. At some point when cleaning the snapshot, the ESXi host decides something is wrong and then brings down the VM. After this we’re unable to power on the VM and receive the error: “Cannot open the […]
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Snapshot fails with incorrect CID info in the VDMK file
Just before I was heading home, my colleague asked me to assist with a VM he couldn’t power on anymore. Seemed a customer had tried to commit a snapshot and the job timed out. The customer then tried some other things and suddenly the VM was down. While trying to power on, there was an […]
VMware vSphere 4 Implementation by Mike Laverick
VMware vSphere 4 Implementation by Mike Laverick http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/ (expected release: Mid Feb 2009) It was spring 2009 when I was asked if I was interested in doing the technical editing of an upcoming vSphere book from Mike Laverick. I have always known Mike as a professional or even expert on VMware (even after 2 nights […]
Review: VMware Data Recovery 1.0
Part 4 of my backup products review has been released at SearchVMware.com. Follow the link below to see my reviews Backup and replication product review directoryI. Introduction II. Veeam Backup and Replication 3.1 | Veeam responds III. Vizioncore vRanger Pro 4 Data Protection Platform | Vizioncore responds IV. PHD Virtual Technologies’ esXpress 3.6 | PHD […]
Change blocksize of local VMFS
During install vSphere now creates a VMFS partition by default on the local storage on which the service console partitions will be installed. When you want to use this partition to store your VMs on (non-VMotionable) there is no problem, just point to this datastore and use it. In my homelab the ESX hosts have […]