March 2013 - VirtJunkie

Virtualization, Automation, and anything else that might be on my mind

Month: March 2013

NetApp – Unable To Delete Snapshots (Dependency: busy, backup[n], dump)

NetApp – Unable To Delete Snapshots (Dependency: busy, backup[n], dump)

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Jon

I came across this error when a NDMP backup of a large volume failed.

To isolate the exact error and resolve the issue, I ran the following commands:

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ESXi 5.1 – Regain Access to Host After Setting Wrong Default Gateway

ESXi 5.1 – Regain Access to Host After Setting Wrong Default Gateway

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Jon

I’ll admit – I’ve done this once or twice. Each time causes me some grief while trying to get things set up correctly.

Here’s how to fix this issue as long as you have access to the Direct Console UI or ESXi Shell.

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