Maintenance mode and graceful shutdown
Dear All, I would like to create a script to shutdown the host (and its guests) when a power failure occure. I find a nice script on the web, and I can see that it put the host in maintenance mode...
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Hi , Check the below article, VMware KB: Troubleshooting virtual machine console and MKS issues in the vSphere Client
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Hi, I have long been vainly try to install Acronis Backup Advance appliance for VMware ESXi hypervisor 5.5. Installation after 30 minutes fails with error message "the appliance can not be installed"...
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Hi Everyone, Recently we plan to buy new HP hardware to install VMware ESXi 6. We want to know does ESXi 6 can prevent single CPU failure (on HP DL380 Gen 9 or HP DL580 Gen 9)? Does any one has...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 6 DRS-available memory resources error
Hi,we are receiving the same alert also. We have upgraded our hosts from ESXi5.1 to ESXi6.0 and this alert appears randomly in different hosts although utilitzación memory is less than 30%. Any...
View ArticleRe: Maintenance mode and graceful shutdown
Hi, one benefit is, that no new VMs will be migrated to that host by DRS.If otherwise you shutdown VMs, that host suddenly will have tons of ressources free to use, so DRS might kick in and migrate new...
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This below link may useful for youVMware KB: Updating an ESXi/ESX host using VMware vCenter Update Manager 4.x and 5.x
View ArticleRe: Maintenance mode and graceful shutdown
hi, Using Maintenance Mode You place a host in maintenance mode when you need to service it, for example, to install more memory. A host enters or leaves maintenance mode only as the result of a user...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 6 DRS-available memory resources error
I've also experienced this issue since the upgrade to 6.0.There are several KB articles to the error message, but I think this is not the problem here. I've searched for memory reservations as possible...
View ArticleHas this been solved yet? " Unable to find the VMX binary 'C:\VMware...
This error has me in a bit of a quandary. All the needed files for the VM to work are in one folder. Each VM has it's own folder.There for, I point to one folder and all resources needed -should be...
View ArticleRe: VMDK --> Single Growable file in ESXi
Dear Friends, I just found out that the issue is not in the command but the whole tool is not working properly.It doesn't matter what command i use, the same error(i pasted it in my previous post)...
View ArticleUpgrade from 5.5 to 6.0
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Hi, you need to use the Fujitsu provided image. You can find it on the vendor's website in the support page for your server.
View ArticleRe: vSphere Environment Migration
Is it possible to add ESX4.0 host into vCenter 5.5 along with all the virtual machines running on esx4.0 host?Yes, vCenter Server 5.5 supports ESX/ESXi hosts with versions from 4.0 up to 5.5 (see...
View ArticleRe: Maintenance mode and graceful shutdown
Thank both of you for the fast answer.However I have two separate esxi without any drs or migration feauture. There is a common ups for both of them. When the main power lost in the midnight I want a...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Environment Migration
Moreover, the requrement is to change the physical location also.This certainly requires appropriate planning, especially if you don't have LAN connectivity. André
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Hi Just, Please look into similar issue on communities itself. https://communities.vmware.com/message/2317108 Thanks,Amz
View ArticleRe: Maintenance mode and graceful shutdown
Hi, forgot one thing, that might also benefit you: When you use the maintenance mode, you know exactly when the VMs are fully shut down: When the host is done changing to maintenance mode.When you...
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