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August 30, 2010  4:11 AM

VMware Snapshot Issue : Unable to Access File… Locked



Posted by: Nathan Simon
ESX 4, Remove all snapshots, snapshot, Unable to Access file since it is locked, Veeam Backup, Veeam backup failure, Veeam replication failure, vmware, VMware Snapshot Issue, vsphere

I had a server that stopped a backing up via Veeam, VMware said it had a snapshot(Remove all snapshots <Servername> Unable to Access file <unspecified filename> since it is locked.), but I didnt see any in Snapshot manager. What I had to do to reveal the snapshot was to create a new...

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September 17, 2009  12:05 AM

Openfiler, Free and Opensource



Posted by: Nathan Simon
ESX 3.5, ESX 4, ESX Server, HP All-In-One, HP MSA, iSCSI, iSCSI target, open source iscsi appliance, openfiler, Petri, vcp-310, VMWare workstation, vsphere

I am back in the books after being un-prepared for VCP-310 and was needing some iSCSI practice, well i dont have an MSA or HP All-In-One laying around so i improvised. My buddy Raj ( he has a blog on here also) pointed me to a program called Openfiler. I was able to create a VM on VMware...

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April 22, 2009  1:59 AM

“vSphere” is Officially Launched



Posted by: Nathan Simon
Comparison Chart, editions, ESX 4, Paul Maritz, ThinApp, vmware, VMware vSphere Editions Comparison Chart, VMware vSphere Upgrade Center, vmware.com, vsphere

Well it wasn't release as in go install it, 30 days from now, you should see a download available. But you can check out the official VMware website for more information. You can also check out the official Simulcast...

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April 16, 2009  4:07 AM

ESX 4 and ESX 4i



Posted by: Nathan Simon
ESX 4, ESX 4i, hot add memory, powershell, Techday, VI Toolkit 1.5, vmware, vsphere

Rumors abound, ESX 4 and 4i are soon to be released. A couple notable items are that VMWare is going to allow more then 4vCPU per VM. Also Administrators will be able to hot upgrade memory using the VI Toolkit 1.5. Hot adding memory can only be done in a Server 2008 VM. With the ability to build...

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