Tag Archive: vsphere

NetApp vSphere Plugin Framework error during upgrade to VSC 4.0

12. November 2012 0 Storage, Troubleshooting , , , , , , ,

During an upgrade to the Virtual Storage Console 4.0 (from VSC 2.1.1) the following error occured: “The NetApp vSphere Plugin Framework service could not be started. A service specific error occured: 1.” Later on it was not possible to start…
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Total loss of ESXi Management Network Settings – rebuild vSwitch, portgroup and IP settings with command line

6. November 2012 1 How to…, Management, Troubleshooting , , , , , , , , ,

The following scenario occurred during the migration of an ESXi 4.1 Host to a new vSphere 5 Cluster: An ESXi 4.1 host with appoximately 30 running, high productive virtual machines should be migrated to a new vSphere 5 cluster. As…
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Cannot open the disk Reason: The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created.

27. September 2012 6 How to…, Troubleshooting , , , , , , ,

If you get the following error when starting a virtual machine you can try the solution given below: “Message on VMName: Cannot open the disk ‘/vmfs/volumes/Volume-ID/VM Name/VMName-000001.vmdk’ or one of the snapshot disks it depends on. Reason: The parent virtual…
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