VMware VCSA 6: FSCK Failed on Boot
This past weekend I decided to do some rewiring of my home lab and accidentally pulled the power to the host that … Read more…
VMware Guest Customization – Could not parse or process the unattend answer file
While deploying a virtual machine from template I received an error when guest customization was running: Windows could not parse or … Read more…
Microsoft WMI – Invalid Class Error [0x80041010]
You can receive error 0x80041010 from multiple applications that call WMI. For my example it was received in SCCM while patches … Read more…
A General System Error Occurred: Cannot get user info
After a fresh deployment of the vCenter Server Appliance 6 (VCSA) I got the error below when using “Use Windows … Read more…
Lost connectivity to the device backing the boot filesystem
One of our HP Gen 9 blades had the following configuration error: Lost connectivity to the device mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0 backing the … Read more…
Deprecated VMFS volume(s) found on the host
One of my ESXi 6 hosts had the configuration issue message stating: “Deprecated VMFS volume(s) found on the host. please consider upgrading volume(s) … Read more…
Unable to kill DCUI – ESXi 5.1
One of our ESXi 5.1 hosts entered a disconnected state with reason unknown. When I logged into the console of the … Read more…
Not able to see the SD Card on HP Gen 9 during ESXi 5.5 Installation
When trying to install HP ESXi 5.5 customized image on a HP Gen 9 BL460 blade server I was not … Read more…
Guest customization runs on every boot
In our vSphere 5.1 update 2 environment we found that some of our Windows virtual machines were running guest customization … Read more…
Authorize Exception Error when logging into vCenter
If you get the following error when logging into vCenter(5.1U5): “A general system error occurred: Authorize Exception” Restarting the Single … Read more…