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Starting VirtualCenter automatically when it fails to start
May 3, 2010
Create a .bat file with following script:net start MSSQL$SQLEXP_VIM
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 120 -w 1000 > null
net start vpxdNote: for SQL Server substitute MSSQLSERVER in the above batch file instead of MSSQL$SQLEXP_VIM.
Set script to run on boot.
In one of my VirtualCenter servers, a Windows XP machine, the VirtualCenter Server service often fails to start because it tries to run before the MSSQL server is fully initialized. This happens even when the dependencies are set correctly between the services (which is the official solution provided by VMware). The workaround is to create a startup script as shown above. I remove the redirection to nul (which means the script window shows the ping output) as a reminder of what is happening.
Installing Windows XP in Vmware ESX - "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer." | TechHead.co.uk
April 7, 2010
Trying to install Windows XP within VMWare ESX and getting the following error message?
"Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer."
The reason for this is that the necessary hard disk controller drivers have not been installed.
Useful information and links for installing XP VMs on a VMware ESX server.