[NTSysADM] Re: Windows IT Pro

2014-04-19 Thread Angus Scott-Fleming
On 18 Apr 2014 at 14:03, Micheal Espinola Jr wrote: I had the first Compaq luggable. That thing weighed a ton - but was by no means anything that could be thrown with normal luggage. What a dumb-ass! I used one of those for a while. When our modem fried when I was in the field, I had to

[NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start

2014-04-19 Thread J- P
Hi all, I went to do switch and cabinet cleanup yesterday and the onsite person swears everything was shut down properly before I arrived, however, after getting everything cleaned-up and powered back the on WMware (free version, ESXi maybe?) wouldn't start the second guest (a 2003 dc) The

RE: [NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start

2014-04-19 Thread John Cook
Well it isn't the free version if that's the error (VMGuest on ip.add.ress in ha-datacenter) but I'd remove it from inventory and re add it unless someone has a better solution. Make sure all the datastores are visible first and see if you can find the file. John W. Cook Director of Network

RE: [NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start

2014-04-19 Thread J- P
I did find this article which seems to be on track, however, this seems to require a physical onsite trip to FIX/Repair the GUEST-flat.vmdx file http://whiteboardninja.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/recover-a-vm-from-the-vm-flat-vmdk-file/ Steps to recover a VM from just the flat.vmdk file:

RE: [NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start

2014-04-19 Thread John Cook
Can you see the existing file? I don't have it in front of me but if you can there's a way to seize ownership IIRC. John W. Cook Director of Network Operations Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I,

RE: [NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start

2014-04-19 Thread J- P
the one I can see via Vsphere is the guest-flat.vmdk , but the article seems to point to having to use the CLI at the console to fix/repair the flat file Jean-Paul Natola From: john.c...@pfsf.org To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start

RE: [NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start

2014-04-19 Thread John Cook
No vmx file? John W. Cook Director of Network Operations Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville, Fl 32607 Office (352) 244-1610 Cell (352) 215-6944 MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, Security + VSP4, VTSP4 From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start

2014-04-19 Thread J- P
yes , vmx is there, and vmxf and vmsd among others Jean-Paul Natola From: john.c...@pfsf.org To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 18:39:49 + No vmx file? John W. Cook Director of Network

Re: [NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start

2014-04-19 Thread Rankin, James R
This isn't one of those situations where you just need to delete the .lck files and try again? Sent from the pub, so may have wrong end of stick :-) Sent from my (new!) BlackBerry, which may make me an antiques dealer, but it's reliable as hell for email delivery :-) -Original

RE: [NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start

2014-04-19 Thread J- P
there aren't any lck files , the vmdk seems to have been corrupted and the been turned to a flat.vmdk Jean-Paul Natola Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] VMware Guest- unable to start To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com From: kz2...@googlemail.com Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 19:05:49 + This isn't