System Management in VMWare

Common system
management issues in VMware Infrastructure

1003926 Troubleshooting the VMware VirtualCenter Server service when it does not start or fails	1003895 Stopping, starting, or restarting the VirtualCenter Server service	1003928 Troubleshooting the database data source used by VirtualCenter Server	1003971 Determining if a port is in use	1003979 Investigating the health of a VirtualCenter database server	1003996 Investigating Active Directory when it causes the VirtualCenter Server to stop or fail to start
1003684 Overview of migration compatibility error messages	1003718 Troubleshooting VMotion CPU feature requirement error messages
1004070 Diagnosing why VirtualCenter is not sending email alerts	1003486 Testing network connectivity with the Ping command
1003409 Diagnosing an ESX Server that is Disconnected or Not Responding in VirtualCenter	1003480 Changing an ESX Server's connection status in VirtualCenter 1003490 Restarting the Management agents on an ESX Server	1003486 Testing network connectivity with the Ping command 1003496 Checking for resource starvation of the ESX Server service console	1003487 Testing port connectivity with the Telnet command	1003494 Verifying that the Management Service is running on an ESX host	1003495 Verifying that the VirtualCenter Agent Service is running on an ESX host
1004002 Diagnosing slow deployment of templates or clones from VirtualCenter	1004028 Troubleshooting slow template deployment on a single template	1003496 Checking for resource starvation of the ESX Server service console	1004089 Configuring the speed and duplex of an ESX Server host network adapter
1004050 Troubleshooting template deployment or cloning when it fails	1005593 Determining the correct version of sysprep to use	1005594 Ensuring VirtualCenter Server is the only VMware product installed on host	1005870 Ensuring the guest operating system type is set correctly
1003870 Diagnosing the Virtual Infrastructure Client when it fails to connect to an ESX host	1003486 Testing network connectivity with the Ping command	1003494 Verifying that the Management Service is running on an ESX host	1003487 Testing port connectivity with the Telnet command	1003887 Troubleshooting permissions errors when connecting to an ESX Server host with the Virtual Infrastructure client
1003869 Diagnosing the Virtual Infrastructure Client when it fails to connect to VirtualCenter	1003486 Testing network connectivity with the Ping command	1003895 Stopping, starting, or restarting the VirtualCenter Server service	1003487 Testing port connectivity with the Telnet command
1003561 Troubleshooting the VMware ESX Server Management Service when it will not start	1003631 Restarting the ESX Server Management service	1003564 Investigating disk space on an ESX host	1003634 Troubleshooting the firewall policy on an ESX Server	1003496 Checking for resource starvation of the ESX Server service console
1003807 Unable to connect to an ESX Server host using Secure Shell (SSH)	1003486 Testing network connectivity with the Ping command	1003906 Verifying that the Secure Shell Daemon is running on an ESX Server host	8375637 Enabling Root SSH Logins on ESX Server 3	1003808 Configuring the ESX Server host firewall for SSH	1003487 Testing port connectivity with the Telnet command
1003691 Diagnosing a VMware High Availability cluster configuration failure	1003692 Verifying a feature is licensed	1003735 Identifying issues with and setting up name resolution on ESX Server	1003713 Configuring name resolution for VMware VirtualCenter	1003486 Testing network connectivity with the Ping command	1003714 Verifying and reinstalling the correct version of VMware VirtualCenter Server agent
1003734 Diagnosing VMware VMotion failure at 10%	1002662 Unable to set VMkernel gateway as there are no VMkernel interfaces on the same network 1003791 VMware VMotion fails if target host does not meet reservation requirements	1003728 Testing VMkernel network connectivity with the vmkping command 1003496 Checking for resource starvation of the ESX Server service console	1003486 Testing network connectivity with the Ping command 1003780 Troubleshooting migration compatibility error: Device is a connected device with a remote backing	1003735 Identifying issues with and setting up name resolution on ESX Server	1003736 Verifying time synchronization across environment
1003839 Troubleshooting Virtual Machine loses network connection after VMware VMotion	1003486 Testing network connectivity with the Ping command	1002811 Port security on the physical switch causes a loss of network connectivity
1003792 Diagnosing VMware VMotion failure at 90-95%	1003490 Restarting the Management agents on an ESX Server	1003736 Verifying time synchronization across environment	1003791 VMware VMotion fails if target host does not meet reservation requirements	1003496 Checking for resource starvation of the ESX Server service console	1003659 Identifying shared storage issues with ESX 3.x

 

Windows 2003 and 2008 Server

Hi

There are major changes in windows 2003 & 2008 Server with new features,i  am expecting this would help for you ...... 

Windows 2003 Server	Windows 2008 Server
RIS	WDS-Windows Deployment Services
IIS 6.0	IIS 7.0
DFS	Changes in DFS
4-Primary Partitions	3-Primary Partitions
No Shrinking Volumes	Shrinking Volumes
No network discovery service	Network Discovery service
No RODC	RODC
No in built GPMC	Inbuilt GPMC
windows NT Backup	windows server Backup
No windows server core	windows server core
Terminal Service-RDP 5.2	Improved Terminal Services-RDP 6.0
DNS	Improved DNS

1. 32 / 64 Bit Operating system. 2. Built on NT Technology 3. Inbuilt Terminal Services 4. No Primary Domain controller and Backup Domain Controller 5. Transitive trust relationship automatically created 6. Active Directory 7. Secondary Logon Services 8. Improved Security – Kerberos Version5 9. Distributed File System (DFS) 10. Freedom from drive letters 11. Centralized deployment of applications 12. Only DNS required no need for WINS 13. Remote Installation service 14. Supports FAT 16, Fat 32, NTFS and EFS 15. Internet Information services (IIS) 16. Volume shadow copy 17. Quality of service 18. Disk Quotas

1. 32 / 64 Bit Operating system. 2. Server Manager 3. Active Directory   -- Domain Services  -- Federation Services  -- Lightweight Directory Services  -- Rights Management Services  -- Read-only Domain Controller 4. In-built GPMC 5. Centralized deployment of applications 6. Disk Quotas 7. Distributed File System (DFS) 8. Windows Server Backup 9. DNS Dependency 10. Internet Information services (IIS) 11. Improved Terminal Services       --Ts web Access Administration       --Ts Remote App       --Ts Gateway 12. Windows Deployment Services 13. Support FAT16, FAT32, NTFS 14. Windows Server Core 15. Volume Shadow Copy 16. Network Access Protection 17. Virtualization 18. Windows Power Shell 19. Improved Security      -- Kerberos Version5      -- Internet Protocol Security      -- Support for smart card

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