Host is not in compliance with the attached profile
I have a host in a cluster that is reporting the following configuration issue: Host is not in compliance with the attached profile When clicking the link in the General section of the Summary page it provides the following detail:…
VMware Tools logging Event ID 1000 warnings after upgrade to 5.1
Some of our ESX clusters have recently been upgraded to 5.1, and since doing so we have seen the following error logged every second in the Application Event Log on the guest servers while a user is logged on: Source:…
Choppy display when using remote console
I’ve noticed that while using the VMware console to administer Windows 2008 servers remotely (as opposed to using Remote Desktop) the display has been slow and choppy, almost unusable when accessing servers across slow WAN links. It turns out this…
A general system error occurred: unable to save the snapshot file
For the last hour or so I have been attempting to take a VM snapshot on my ESXi 5 host at home but keep encountering the f0llowing error: A general system error occurred: unable to save the snapshot file I have…
Using ManageEngine OpManager to monitor a VMware ESX server
OpManager is a fantastic product by ManageEngine that offers complete, end-to-end monitoring for routers, switches, servers, printers and so much more. Today I am adding some new ESX hosts that require monitoring. Before adding ESX or ESXi hosts I have…