Determining VMware Software Version and Build Number

Determining VMware Software Version and Build Number

I am just writing an observation report about a virtual infrastructure based upon VMware ESX and was wondering which version the customer is running Virtual Center at the moment. After asking my vExpert colleagues 😎 they pointed me to the help menu and the about VMware Infrastructure […]

April 3rd, 2016 | Category: VMWare | Comments are closed

Cannot create a quiesced snapshot because the create snapshot operation exceeded the time limit for holding off I/O in the frozen virtual machine.

I received the following message while trying to use vcbmounter to backup a VM:

Cannot create a quiesced snapshot because the create snapshot operation exceeded the time limit for holding off I/O in the frozen virtual machine.

It’s a vSphere 5.1 infrastructure but happens to be on a ESX 4.1 host. This has worked […]

February 15th, 2013 | Category: VMWare | Comments are closed

Slow Network Performance Between Host & Guest

Running a Windows guest on a Linux Host and using Samba to share files from the host, I have witnessed extremely slow file transfer performance. I have seen this on multiple stations and multiple situations.

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=509389 Basically:

ethtool -K eth0 tso off

and restart Samba. This worked for me, and I also put the […]

February 4th, 2010 | Category: VMWare | Comments are closed

Increase VMWare Disk Size

Basic notes:

– Do not use Dynamic Disks in VMWare! – You cannot re-size the OS disk using this process, but likely can with 3rd party utilities. – NEVER decrease the size of a disk (says you can – don’t)!

Now the steps:

– Shut down the guest (consider disabling network to be 100% […]

February 4th, 2010 | Category: VMWare | Comments are closed