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The following procedure was used to convert a virtual machine from Oracle VirtualBox to VMWare. In most cases, administrators are trying to convert from VirtualBox to VMWare. Export the Appliance Export a VirtualBox Appliance from within VirtualBox. File, Export Appliance… Check box for “Write legacy OVF 0.9” Choose a location and save. After the export …
To reconfigure the installer to format VMFS partitions with a specified block size: Boot the ESX installation DVD and choose Install in graphical mode. Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 to switch to the shell. Run: ps | grep Xorg Kill the PID which shows Xorg -br -logfile …. For example, run: kill 590 Where 590 is the PID, …
Symptoms When creating a snapshot for the virtual machine, you experience these symptoms: In the vSphere Client, you see the error: File is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore In the /var/log/vmware/hostd.log file, you see the error: Snapshot guest failed: The file is too big for the filesystem. Calculating the overhead required by …
1. Extract PCNS 2.2.4 installation files: 2. Replace existing install.sh script with the updated version download from this link ftp://apcftp.apc.com 3. unzip the file downloaded from the FTP site 3a. gunzip PCNS224_VIMA41.tar.gz 3b. tar -xv PCNS224_VIMA.tar 4. run sudo ./install_en.sh for English language system or sudo ./install_jp.sh for Japanese language systems: 5. Overwrite shutdown and …
Accessing USB storage and other USB devices from the service console Details The technology that supports USB device passthrough from an ESX/ESXi host to a virtual machine does not support simultaneous USB device connections from USB passthrough and from the service console. Solution To access USB storage and other devices from the console, disable USB …