Whilst updating your esx 4 servers via VMWARE update manager, you click the staging button but receive the error below:
There are errors during the staging operation
A quick fix is to migrate the machines to another host and try again.
VMWARE 4
Remediate entity hangs at 33%
Extended partition not showing in explorer
Reading Time: < 1 minute
You want to extend a vmware disk (without a page file), so you right click on the server, edit settings, locate the disk and add on the additional disk space.
You then right click on disk management and click rescan disks and the unallocated space appears.
You right click the disk and click extend, go through the wizard and click finish. An error may pop up ‘invalid parameters’ but disk management shows the disk has extended.
You access Explorer/My Computer and notice the disk has not extended but shows as extended within disk management.
One way I got around this was by using disk part to extend the disk again even though it had been extended.
1) Open open command prompt
2) Type diskpart
3) Type list volume
4) locate the volume you wish to extend and type select volume and then the volume number. For example select volume 2
5) Type extend
Check My Computer/Explorer again
ESX Host showing as disconnected
Reading Time: < 1 minute
ESX server shows as disconnected but you are unable to reconnect remotely. You are also unable to connect via SSH/Putty.
The VM’s on the machine are still up and can be accessed via RDP but in a disconnected state. You would like to resolve the ESX server issue without
causing downtime on the VM’s.
From the ESX server:
1) Login using the root username and password
2) Type Service mgmt-vmware restart (This will restart the agents on ESX)
If using ESXI you can:
1) Press F2 to customize the system
2) Login as root
3) Navigate to ‘Restart Managment Agents’
4) Press Enter
5) Press F11 to restart services
6) Press Enter
7) Press Esc to return to ESXI homepage
Extend vmware disk with page file using extpart
Reading Time: < 1 minute
Extending a virtual disk on a Windows 2008 server which holds a page file can be done on the fly without causing any downtime to the server.
On a Windows 2003 system, you could move the page file to another disk and extend the disk but this requires a reboot. You can also use gparted to extend a disk with a page file but again this requires a reboot.
Extpart.exe, a Dell tool allows you to extend a disk with a page file within minutes and without any downtime.
Note: Before installing ExtPart and extending a volume, ensure you have a working back up of your operating system. This will allow you to quickly restore the previous operating system configuration in the event you need to troubleshoot your system.
To download the Extpart click here
The download includes two files, extpart.exe and extpart.txt which includes instructions.
Extend the disk within ‘edit settings’ of the VM before running the tool/command.
