It's almost all of my systems from time to time - mainly Citrix MPS4 and XenApp, and particularly SQL boxes, I seem to find.
I may not have been clear enough - it's actually sticking on the Windows boot screen with the progress bar, rather than after that. The other responses here may give some good indicators - we are always shunting VMs around from host to host (well the DRS is), and we have recently done a lot of VMWare tools upgrades and VMWare host patching. I am noticing it very much on one box I have just built today though - sometimes it is taking so long it is resetting manually and going into the "Windows failed to start last time" screen, which is a bit annoying. 2009/9/24 <[email protected]> > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- "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/> ~
