Comments for Lewan & Associates IT Solutions Technical Blog http://blog.lewan.com Sharing Information Learned the Hard Way Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:59:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on CommVault 1-Touch Bare Metal Restore to VMware VM by Kenneth Fingerlos http://blog.lewan.com/2011/12/04/commvault-1-touch-bare-metal-restore-to-vmware-vm/#comment-191 Kenneth Fingerlos Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:59:36 +0000 https://lewanps.wordpress.com/?p=1611#comment-191 If you have a more recent (9.0 R2) CommCell installation and you want to perform this recovery process (Physical to Virtual) you might also look at the new "Virtualize Me" feature introduced in 9.0 SP4. You will have to uninstall and reinstall 1-Touch, but it fully automates this recovery senario. I will be posting a follow-up article detailing the steps for "Virtualize me" in the next few days. If you have a more recent (9.0 R2) CommCell installation and you want to perform this recovery process (Physical to Virtual) you might also look at the new “Virtualize Me” feature introduced in 9.0 SP4. You will have to uninstall and reinstall 1-Touch, but it fully automates this recovery senario. I will be posting a follow-up article detailing the steps for “Virtualize me” in the next few days.

]]> Comment on Sharing an External Drive Between a PC and a Mac, exFAT Discussion, Results by Sean C http://blog.lewan.com/2009/10/13/sharing-an-external-drive-between-a-pc-and-a-mac-exfat-discussion-results/#comment-105 Sean C Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:29:13 +0000 http://lewanps.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/sharing-an-external-drive-between-a-pc-and-a-mac-exfat-discussion-results/#comment-105 exFAT support has been added as of Mac OS X 10.6.5. I use a single partition exFAT formatted 500GB external HD as a perfect combo storage on my MBP w/ Win7 and MacOS. Cheers~ exFAT support has been added as of Mac OS X 10.6.5. I use a single partition exFAT formatted 500GB external HD as a perfect combo storage on my MBP w/ Win7 and MacOS.

Cheers~

]]> Comment on VMware MSCS NPIV Support Clarified by Jay Humphrey http://blog.lewan.com/2011/02/10/vmware-mscs-npiv-support-clarified/#comment-181 Jay Humphrey Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:16:36 +0000 http://blog.lewan.com/?p=1222#comment-181 Where can I find an official clarification about this from VMWare? The only place I've been able to find this information is on your blog Where can I find an official clarification about this from VMWare? The only place I’ve been able to find this information is on your blog

]]> Comment on VMware vSphere – Using VMware Converter to Import VM’s or VMDK’s From Other VMware Products by P.S. http://blog.lewan.com/2009/12/22/vmware-vsphere-using-vmware-converter-to-import-vms-or-vmdks-from-other-vmware-products/#comment-133 P.S. Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:43:14 +0000 http://lewanps.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/vmware-vsphere-using-vmware-converter-to-import-vms-or-vmdks-from-other-vmware-products/#comment-133 Fantastic. Solved a couple of hours of frustration. You'd think that generating VMs using VMware would be prepared for stuff like this... Thanks! Fantastic. Solved a couple of hours of frustration. You’d think that generating VMs using VMware would be prepared for stuff like this… Thanks!

]]> Comment on VMware vSphere – Using VMware Converter to Import VM’s or VMDK’s From Other VMware Products by Curt http://blog.lewan.com/2009/12/22/vmware-vsphere-using-vmware-converter-to-import-vms-or-vmdks-from-other-vmware-products/#comment-132 Curt Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:05:34 +0000 http://lewanps.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/vmware-vsphere-using-vmware-converter-to-import-vms-or-vmdks-from-other-vmware-products/#comment-132 I was able to convert from ESXi to VMWare Workstation, this morning. The VM booted, but gave an error. Unfortunately, I was headed out the door, and did not have time to record the exact verbage. It was about IDE:0 not being available, and do I want to reference it in the future. I clicked yes, and the machine booted. So it seems that because the physical machine had IDE channels, and the VM host does not, there was an issue. Unless you have a different solution for this issue, I will just add a new drive and clone the image from the one drive to the other and remove the original drive upon completion I was able to convert from ESXi to VMWare Workstation, this morning. The VM booted, but gave an error. Unfortunately, I was headed out the door, and did not have time to record the exact verbage. It was about IDE:0 not being available, and do I want to reference it in the future. I clicked yes, and the machine booted. So it seems that because the physical machine had IDE channels, and the VM host does not, there was an issue. Unless you have a different solution for this issue, I will just add a new drive and clone the image from the one drive to the other and remove the original drive upon completion

]]> Comment on VMware vSphere – Using VMware Converter to Import VM’s or VMDK’s From Other VMware Products by Curt http://blog.lewan.com/2009/12/22/vmware-vsphere-using-vmware-converter-to-import-vms-or-vmdks-from-other-vmware-products/#comment-131 Curt Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:32:27 +0000 http://lewanps.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/vmware-vsphere-using-vmware-converter-to-import-vms-or-vmdks-from-other-vmware-products/#comment-131 I ran the stand alone converter last night from a physical machine to an ESXi 5 server. It shows completed successfully, but I ended up with these errors when I power on the VM: An IDE controller is found but the virtual machine does not support the option. and A flat backing option was not found. Since it is already on the ESXi server, I cannot follow your instructions, as it is not selectable as a VMWare Workstation machine. I am in the process of converting from ESXi to Workstation now. Hopefully it will resolve the issue, but I'd like to understand how it went wrong, so any insight you can give is greatly appreciated. I ran the stand alone converter last night from a physical machine to an ESXi 5 server. It shows completed successfully, but I ended up with these errors when I power on the VM:

An IDE controller is found but the virtual machine does not support the option.

and

A flat backing option was not found.

Since it is already on the ESXi server, I cannot follow your instructions, as it is not selectable as a VMWare Workstation machine.

I am in the process of converting from ESXi to Workstation now. Hopefully it will resolve the issue, but I’d like to understand how it went wrong, so any insight you can give is greatly appreciated.

]]> Comment on VMware – Cannot Expand a VMFS Datastore on vSphere 4, Solution by Carlos http://blog.lewan.com/2010/10/19/vmware-cannot-expand-a-vmfs-datastore-on-vsphere-4-solution/#comment-172 Carlos Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:20:00 +0000 http://blog.lewan.com/?p=1104#comment-172 This work for me as well. I have been trying to find this solution for a long time. I am glad I found it. This work for me as well. I have been trying to find this solution for a long time. I am glad I found it.

]]> Comment on VMware – Fixing “Invalid” Virtual Machines by rent http://blog.lewan.com/2009/12/23/vmware-fixing-invalid-virtual-machines/#comment-134 rent Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:10:44 +0000 http://lewanps.wordpress.com/?p=479#comment-134 I'm not able to add to Inventory - the option is greyed out I’m not able to add to Inventory – the option is greyed out

]]> Comment on SAS vs. SATA Differences, Technology and Cost by Vmax http://blog.lewan.com/2009/09/14/sas-vs-sata-differences-technology-and-cost/#comment-66 Vmax Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:24:03 +0000 http://lewanps.wordpress.com/?p=282#comment-66 Good thing most SANs have hot spares! If the difference in BER and/or MTBF made a difference in real world business, I would think there would be a lot more businesses complaining about data loss. Putting some perspective on the that 1.2 million hours for SATA MTBF, that's 50000 days or 137 years. Good thing most SANs have hot spares! If the difference in BER and/or MTBF made a difference in real world business, I would think there would be a lot more businesses complaining about data loss. Putting some perspective on the that 1.2 million hours for SATA MTBF, that’s 50000 days or 137 years.

]]> Comment on VMware Backups using NetBackup 7 by tiwarirajk@gmail.com http://blog.lewan.com/2010/03/26/vmware-backups-using-netbackup-7/#comment-158 tiwarirajk@gmail.com Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:58:53 +0000 http://lewanps.wordpress.com/?p=769#comment-158 Really , nice n cool this VM backup post using Netbackup . Very elaborative. Could you pls. provide VM restore for ( single guest file or complete VM ). that will be quite helpful. Really , nice n cool this VM backup post using Netbackup . Very elaborative.
Could you pls. provide VM restore for ( single guest file or complete VM ). that will be quite helpful.

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