{"id":341,"date":"2009-11-23T23:21:22","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T22:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/?p=341"},"modified":"2009-11-23T23:21:22","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T22:21:22","slug":"upgrading-windows-2008-from-virtual-hw-4-to-7-may-cause-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amikkelsen.com\/?p=341","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading Windows 2008 from virtual HW 4 to 7 may cause problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just found this very interesting article <a href=\"http:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/selfservice\/microsites\/search.do?language=en_US&amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;externalId=1013109\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/selfservice\/microsites\/search.do?language=en_US&amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;externalId=1013109<\/a> describing a problem with Windows 2008 and ESX 4 virtual hardware version 7.<\/p>\n<p>In short the article states that you might have the disks go offline in a Windows 2008 VM if you<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrade virtual hardware from version 4 to 7<\/li>\n<li>Installing a new VM with virtual hardware 7<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is two ways to get around this (taken from the VMware KB 103109)<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">This can be resolved by changing the SAN Automount Policy on the system.<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">See the Microsoft article <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/973834\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/973834<\/a> to change the SAN Policy to online.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">The SAN policy is defined within the VDS environment of the system and is represented by the following values:<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier New;\">VDS_SP_UNKNOWN = 0x0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier New;\">VDS_SP_ONLINE = 0x1<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier New;\">VDS_SP_OFFLINE_SHARED = 0x2<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Courier New;\">VDS_SP_OFFLINE = 0x3<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">For more information, see <a href=\"http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb525577%28VS.85%29.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bb525577(VS.85).aspx<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">On Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, the default SAN policy is VDS_SP_OFFLINE_SHARED. On all other Windows Server 2008 editions, the default SAN policy is VDS_SP_ONLINE.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">To query current SAN policy from the command line, start DISKPART and issue a SAN command:<\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote style=\"margin-right: 0px;\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Courier New;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">C:\\&gt;DISKPART.EXE<br \/>\nDISKPART&gt; san<br \/>\nSAN Policy : Offline Shared<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">DISKPART&gt; exit<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">Alternatively, you\u00c2\u00a0can set the disk to Online\u00c2\u00a0after the\u00c2\u00a0hardware version upgrade.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">To set the disk to Online:<\/span><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">Log in to your system as an Administrator.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">Click\u00c2\u00a0<strong>Computer Management<\/strong> &gt;<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\"><strong>Storage<\/strong> &gt;<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\"><strong>Disk Management<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\">Right-click\u00c2\u00a0the disk and\u00c2\u00a0choose<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;\"><strong>Online<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just found this very interesting article http:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/selfservice\/microsites\/search.do?language=en_US&amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;externalId=1013109 describing a problem with Windows 2008 and ESX 4 virtual hardware version 7. 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