Category Archives: Troubleshooting

Unable to perform a VM task like vMotion or Snapshot in vCenter 6x – Step-By-Step
This week I had an VM that couldn’t perform an vMotion or a snapshot task. Performing one of these tasks results in an error message as shown in the picture below: Troubleshooting One of the first steps I did was checking the VM log of that particular VM for any errors. This is very simple…

Reducing the CPU Quota in vCloud Director 9.7 results in a error
The error message We were getting an error message when trying to reduce the CPU quota of an OrgVDC to 92 Ghz in vCD 9.7: “Unable to update the Organization VDC configuration because the new value for CPU resource is less than current usage by all Virtual Machines within this Organization VDC”. The error message…
The requested operation could not be executed on VM – error in vCloud Director 9.7 – Step-By-Step
“The requested operation could not be executed on VM “VM Name”. Stop the VM and try again.” was the error message that i received when I tried to remove a specific vApp or a single VM in that particular vApp. I even waited a few minutes when we received this message, but it never got…