VMware VirtualCenter 1.2 Release Notes: Known Issues

Known issues for this release include brief descriptions and related actions for corner-case situations that might occur.

• VirtualCenter Installation Issues
  • Cancelling an Installer action might not clean up all files, KB 1375

• VirtualCenter VMotion and Migration Issues
  • Virtual Machines with More Than 2GB of Memory Might Fail if Migrated with VMotion, KB 1509
  • Migrating a Virtual Machine from ESX Server 2.1 to 2.0.1 Might Degrade Performance, KB 1484
  • Migration with VMotion does not complete if an external Console is open, KB 1381
  • Configuring VMotion with duplicate IP addresses creates an error, KB 1382
  • Selecting Multiple Virtual Machines and Attempting to Migrate Them All Concurrently Might Fail, KB 1383
  • Migration with VMotion causes the creation of incremented files when migration of a VirtualCenter 1.0.x virtual machine fails, KB 1386
  • Modified NVRAM Settings Might Prevent Virtual Machine from Powering-On, KB 1503

• VirtualCenter Template and Cloning Issues
  • Browse button disabled when importing a template remotely, KB 1390
  • Cannot edit serial port setting of a virtual machine migrated or cloned from a Linux GSX Server to a Windows GSX Server, KB 1392
  • More than two concurrent deployments from the same SAN-based virtual machine template or across a firewall might fail, KB 1393
  • Deletion using multiple selection in the templates inventory might fail, KB 1489
  • Customizing a Guest Operating System That Uses a LVM Other Than Microsoft LDM Fails, KB 1488

• VirtualCenter Management and Virtual Machine Issues
  • Virtual Machines on ESX Server 2.5 Hosts Managed by Virtual Center 1.2 Renamed When Management Server is Restarted, KB 1578
  • Disk size for new virtual machine created with an existing disk on GSX Server might display as -1MB, KB 1500
  • CPU Usage summary might appear as negative percentage, KB 1495
  • Removing a virtual machine removes shared .dsk files from disk, KB 1504
  • Changing Hot Keys in Console requires restarting the Console to preserve the settings, KB 1481
  • VirtualCenter virtual machine console might need manual refresh, KB 1406

• VirtualCenter GSX Server Issues
  • Private GSX Server virtual machines are viewable in VirtualCenter, KB 1405
  • GSX console shows incorrect run-as user status for VirtualCenter-created virtual machine, KB 1501
  • Virtual Machine disks must reside in the GSX Server datastore specified through VirtualCenter, KB 1490
  • Creation of a virtual machine on GSX Server fails in the case of insufficient disk space, KB 1486
  • Console goes blank when virtual machine is reverted to a snapshot through GSX Server console, KB 1483