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VMware VirtualCenter 1.3.x Release Notes: Known Issues

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

View all the Knowledge Base articles related to the VirtualCenter 1.3 and 1.3.1 releases.

• VirtualCenter Installation Issues
  • Cancelling an Installer action might not clean up all files
  • Re-installation asks to use existing database when uninstallation removed it

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

• VirtualCenter Template and Cloning Issues
  • Browse button disabled when importing a template remotely
  • Cannot edit serial port setting of a virtual machine migrated or cloned from a Linux GSX Server to a Windows GSX Server
  • More than two concurrent deployments from the same SAN-based virtual machine template or across a firewall might fail
  • Using multiple selection to delete templates from the templates inventory might fail
  • Customizing a Guest Operating System That Uses a LVM Other Than Microsoft LVM Fails
  • VMotion Disabled After ESX Server Patch Upgrade or Boot into Linux
  • NEW 12/22/05 Losing configuration information from template to deployed virtual machine

• VirtualCenter Management and Virtual Machine Issues
  • Virtual Machine Disk Size Reported as -1MB or Size Unavailable
  • CPU Usage summary might appear as negative percentage
  • Removing a virtual machine removes shared .dsk files from disk
  • Changing Hot Keys in Console requires restarting the Console to preserve the settings
  • VirtualCenter virtual machine console might need manual refresh
  • Scheduled tasks do not show correct time when time zone changed
  • NEW 12/22/05 Ethernet MAC address is changed from ESX Server assigned value to VirtualCenter assigned value.
  • NEW 12/22/05 VirtualCenter listed available memory resource for new virtual machines is incorrect.

• VirtualCenter GSX Server Issues
  • Private GSX Server virtual machines are viewable in VirtualCenter
  • GSX Server displays incorrect information about user account running a virtual machine
  • Virtual Machine disks must reside in the GSX Server datastore specified through VirtualCenter
  • Creation of a virtual machine on GSX Server fails in the case of insufficient disk space
  • Console goes blank when virtual machine is reverted to a snapshot through GSX Server console