What are these systems for? What do they do/run? We have a development VoIP system on a VM. If the phone controller system service is set to "Automatic", that service takes several minutes to start. If there is "a piece missing" necessary for starting this service, it can take like 45 minutes or more to finish booting (with that service finally not started).
If you open a console for that server and re-boot, typically you'll see the light blue or gray MS background. The color splash panel will say "Applying computer settings", and remain like that until the services either start of time out. -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® James Rankin <[email protected]> wrote on 09/24/2009 08:24:27 AM: > Does anyone else have any issues with odd VMWare ESX 3.5 virtual > systems taking a long time to restart? I have a lot of problems > (seem to becoming more frequent) with machines that sit on the > "starting Windows" screen for a long time (up to half an hour), or > some that even have to be manually reset. Usually on the reset they > come up quick and nice. > > These are mostly Server 2003 and odd Server 2008 machines running on > ESX 3.5 with an IBM SAN. > > TIA, > > > > JRR > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put > into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I > am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that > could provoke such a question." > > http://raythestray.blogspot.com > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
