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Chapter 8 Troubleshooting Lab Manager
Importing a Virtual Machine as a Template Fails
Problem Itrytoimportavirtualmachinetoserveasatemplateandseethiserror
message:
Disk too large to import. Consider using ‘VMware vdiskmanager’ to split the
large disk.
Solution Youcanimportvirtualmachinesupto2GBper.vmdkfile.Formonolithic
templatesthatexceedthesizelimit,createsplitdisksusingtheVMwareVirtualDisk
ManagerutilitypackagedwithWorkstation.
Forinstructionsonusingthisutility,seethe“UsingDisks”chapterofthisWorkstation
guide:http://www.vmware.com/products/beta/ws/ws60_manual_beta.pdf
Ifyoucannot
accessthebetadocumentationforWorkstation6,refertotheWorkstation
5.5documentation:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_disk_virtual_disk_manager.html
Import from VMFS Operation Fails
Problem ItrytoimportavirtualmachinefromVMFSstoragetoserveasatemplate.
Thiserrormessageappears:
The source VM's vmx configuration file and vmdk disk file(s) must all reside
in the same directory on the VMFS volume.
Solution Toimportavirtualmachinewithanabsolutepathtoits.vmdkfileintoLab
Manager,reviewtheserequirements:
The.vmdkfileshavetoresideinthesamedirectoryasthe.vmxfile.
Thepathtoa.vmdkfilemustberelativetothevirtualmachine.
Forexample,ifa.vmxfileisin[storage1] abc/abc.vmx,the.vmdkpathinthe
.vmxfilemustbeabc.vmdk.Youcannotuse
/vmfs/volumes/storage1/abc/abc.vmdk.
Ifyouneedtoimportavirtualmachinewithanabsolutepathtoits
.vmdkfile,power
offthevirtualmachine,openits.vmxfile,andmakethepathrelativetothe.vmxfile.
Inserting Media from NFS Server Fails
Problem Theprocessofinsertingmedia(CDorfloppyimages)fromanNFSServer
fails.
Solution PinpointtheManagedServerinvolvedintheoperation.(Theerrormessage
typicallydisplaysthenameoftheinvolvedManagedServer.)