Virtualization

Question I am running vSphere Client version 7.0.1 with VMware ESXi, 6.7.0. I’d like to know how Storage, RAM and CPU are taken away from resources from host. I want understand how to plan for future VMs and how do I know when I need to add more Host? The detail environment about 3 ESXi …

Question I have an HP HPE ProLiant ML110 Gen10 server running Windows Server 2012R2. I have several virtual machines. I noticed that most virtual machines were shut down and could not be started because the hypervisor is not running. The detailed error message is as below: Virtual Machine Connection The application encountered an error while …

Question I’m running a vCenter Server Appliance VCSA 6.7 and I’ve added four new hosts which are the new servers just received from Dell. I have downloaded ESXi and installed it on an internal thumb drive. After adding 4 new hosts, I saw four hosts showing a yellow triangle with the exclamation mark. When logged …

Problem Symptom I’ve set the PowerChute Virtual Appliance and it works. I need to shut down the VM but can’t find the way how. The Console asks for Credentials but the only ones I have are those used to access the Web Page of the PowerChute which don’t work. The Web Page itself doesn’t list …

Problem Symptom I am using Altaro backup, had a host crash. Restored the offsite backups to a completely different host. The backups made it 100% and then disappeared out of the HyperV Manager. Check the logs and error indicated that needed to create the VM again and attach the VHDX. All restored fine but of …

Problem Symptom: Rebooting production servers is always a difficult and complicated process. If you upgrade the VMware Tools from vSphere using Automatic Upgrade option, it will reboot the production server after upgrade completed. This article will show you how to prevent server from reboot automatically after VMware Tools upgrade completed.

Problem Symptom: Windows users are reported that Oracle VM VirtualBox failed to open a session when try to start on Windows 10 after Windows Updates installed. The detailed error message as below: Failed to open a sessionn for the virtual machine This article will cover the troubleshooting steps to fix Virtual Box VM failed to …

Problem: “vSphere HA initiated a virtual machine failover action” or “HA initiated a failover action in cluster” configuration issues warning message keep showing on one of the clusters. All hosts in the cluster running fine and there is no HA error in logs too. No server was rebooted and fewer chances of host isolation since …

IT teams are increasingly required to support containerized applications. Heading into 2020, 84% of organizations were already using containers in production, and nearly 80% were using Kubernetes as an orchestration platform, according to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.

Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) has a proven track record when it comes to reducing complexity, yet some businesses remain hesitant to adopt it. Read this article to learn how hyperconverged infrastructure can help your business today, even as you prepare for the challenges of tomorrow.