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Veeam FastSCP on ESXi 4.1: “API version on the server does not allow CreateDirectory operation” -> Upgrade to 3.0.3

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/13

Last week, I wrote Veeam Backup and Replication on ESXi 4.1: “Input string was not in a correct format.” -> Upgrade to 4.1.2

I was partially wrong in that Veam Backup FastSCP 3.0.2.270 did not work: that the alternative is Veeam Backup and Replication 4.1.2.
Well not completely: Veeam Backup and Replication 4.1.2 works, but a day after they released that 4.1.2 version, they also released Veeam Backup and FastSCP 3.0.3, which works too.
And of course they released it about half a day after I wrote the above post :-) Read the rest of this entry »

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VMware ESXi 4.x: meaning of “Create User: User name or password has an invalid format” error

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/09

Sometimes when you add a new user to your ESXi 4.x installation, you get this error message (click for the full size picture):Create User: User name or password has an invalid format

Create User:  User name or password has an invalid format

Until now, only a few russian pages described the cause:
Without console login (or SSH  – see my blog tomorrow), you cannot see the obvious reason for this message:

Your password does not adhere to the ESXi 4.x password policy, which is more strict than the ESX/ESXi 3.x policy.

vm-help.com has a nice page describing the ESXi 4.x password policy, and how to alter it.

–jeroen

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Veeam Backup and Replication on ESXi 4.1: “Input string was not in a correct format.” -> Upgrade to 4.1.2

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/05

I’m in the process of moving the VMs on my ESX 3.5 box to an ESXi 4.1 box (so I can get ESXi 4.1 installed on the ESX 3.5 box).
I tried copying over the files using the free Veeam Backup and FastSCP 3.0.2.270, but that obviously does not work well:

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Veeam Backup and FastSCP
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API version on the server does not allow CreateDirectory operation
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OK
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The free FastSCP works on a file by file base, but that won’t cut it.
Hoping the licensed product would work better, I registered for a trial of Veeam Backup and Replication (it is version 4.x in stead of FastSCP which is still 3.x).

The registration process went swift, but I was just a tad bit too early trying to run it against VMware ESXi 4.x: Read the rest of this entry »

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VMware Converter 4.01: “Unable to obtain hardware information” or “Unable to determine Guest Operating System”

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/06/10

Sometimes you get an error message “Unable to obtain hardware information” or “Unable to determine Guest Operating System” when using VMware Converter 4.01.

This happens at least with VMware Converter 4.01 and converting x64 VM’s like “Windows 7” and “Windows Server 2008 R2” from ESXi 4 U1.
Others found out it also happens with some Linux VMs, I have not tried those yet.

A the VMware communitie, user wildblue posted a workaround: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in ESXi4, Power User, Virtualization, VMware, VMware Converter, VMware ESXi | 27 Comments »

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