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Where to view VMware service logs?

Aravinda — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:34:52 +0000

I am new to vmware concept. Can any one guide me to where we can view vmware server’s logs. like we are viewing cluster logs in %SystemRoot%Cluster.

Vsphere Cluster

KALAKAAR — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:04:36 +0000

I have 4 ESX hosts,configured with HA and DRS on VMware Vsphere.DRS is configured for fully automation. Each ESX host has 10VM’s. When one of the ESX host fails(maybe any reason),

a) will the VM’s get rebooted to any of the other 3 hosts(coz of HA) and then DRS will optimize the resources ?

b) or will Vmotion happen(coz of DRS)?

Basically am trying to find out if the VM’s would reboot/restart at all ?

Importing physical computer to esx server problem

Eliyevelxan — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 08:20:03 +0000

Hi. I tryed import phisical server to esx server. I get error

Import Machine

10.10.1.156

Failed to take snapshot of a source volume. Possible causes include not having any NTFS volumes on Windows XP or

Windows 2003 source systems, and not having enough free disk space.

domainadministrator

VMM

05.07.2010 12:45:27

05.07.2010 12:45:27

05.07.2010 12:47:01

Error occured in 2%. I have enough disk spase on storage. What may be problem?

Connecting to VMWare console from ESX

ITKE — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:42:12 +0000

I was trying to connect the vmware serial console from my esx host.

Steps I followed:

Made the changes into the virtual machine properties.

serialport 1: use named pipe

pipe name : /vmfs/volumes/Storage1/vm1/pipe1

near end : server

far end : the virtual machine

issue: the pip1 socket file is not getting created hence I am not able to

talk to the socket pipe1 through socat command.

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated!

Network Places doesn’t show the systems in VMware

Anup — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:16:09 +0000

hi again..
my host os is windows xp..
and my guest os in vmware is vista…
this is how i setup connection host with guest..

xp local area connection ip: 192.168.10.2
default gateway : 192.168.10.3
loopback adaptor ip : 192.168.10.3
default gateway : 192.168.10.5
vmnet 1 : 192.168.10.5
default gateway : 192.168.10.7
guest os ip: : 192.168.10.7
default gateway : 192.168.10.2
dns : self ip
please correct me if i set any thing wrong or any thing i need to do more… used brigde networking… and rest all default connections…
xp and vista both are in WORKGROUP..
both systems ping each other.. so i assume these are in lan.. but non of these systems show each other in network place…. whats the problem… do they show only when set in domain group…. some one please help me … i need to practise remote assistance…

Is there a set of tools that I can install to configure VMware server without IIS?

ITKE — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:24:11 +0000

Is there a set of tools that I can install to configure VMware server without IIS?