October 2010 - Systems Administration Problem Solvers

VMWare convert thick to thin disk

Oct

29

2010

If you have VMware vCenter – Click Migrate For those of us who do not have VMware vCenter: 1. Shutdown the VM 2. SSH to the ESXi machine and type: vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/NAME-OF-VM/NAME-OF-VM.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/NAME-OF-VM/NAME-OF-VM-thin.vmdk -d ‘thin’ -a lsilogic Once the copy is done, go into the settings of your VM, delete the hard disk, and ...

unable to access file unspecified filename since it is locked

Oct

25

2010

ESXi / ESX / VSphere / VMWare Something is locking your VM and preventing it from starting. Solution: Snapshot the VM Snapshot unlocks the VM. Now the VM will start normally.

Fantastico is not installed at the default location /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/fantastico. Either move the Fantastico directory from it’s current location to /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/fantastico OR enable ioncube loaders in WHM -> Tweak settings.

Oct

20

2010

Fantastico is not installed at the default location /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/fantastico. Either move the Fantastico directory from it’s current location to /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/fantastico OR enable ioncube loaders in WHM -> Tweak settings. Run this command: /scripts/makecpphp