HBA rescan hanging for several hours
Sorry if this is in the wrong section. ESX 3.5 - rescan not only does not see newly assigned lun (others do OK) but the rescan process is still in the VC event list for several hours. Does this...
View ArticleFailed Snapshot removal
I am experiencing issues attempting to remove snapshots from some of our virtual machines. All of the virtual machines involved are SQL servers. I am trying to backup all of our VM's with a 3rd party...
View ArticleUnable to open SCSI device '/vmfs/devices/generic/vmhba1:5:0:0'...
Hello, I'm using ESX 3.0.2, and one VM which is under Windows Server 2003 can't start. This server is attach to a tape device IBM Total Storage 3581-2U. I have the following error: Unable to...
View ArticleWiFi Compatible cards.
Hi again, guys and happy new year... for all of you. Has anybody mounted any ESX 3.0 wifi network infraestructure? Due to different circunstances, I'm not capable to install wired connections from my...
View ArticleVirtual Machine and McAfee Endpoint Encryption Manager/CPU Load is WARNING
Have a Windows 2003 VM with McAfee EndPoint Encryption Manager recently installed. Every day , at least, once each day we are seeing the following alert from the EndPoint Manager: PROBLEM Service...
View ArticleVirtualcenter server not starting..service hangs on "starting" status
Hi, I have a problem with a virtualcenter server than I have inherited. I needed to reboot the VC server this morning, but the virtualcenter server service is stuck on a "Starting" status. I've...
View ArticleCannot customize host name
Error:A specified parameter is not correct: spec.identity.hostNameMy hostName is normal:"pigtails" [Code]protected CustomizationSpec customizeVM(ManagedObjectReference vmRef, String ipAddress, String...
View ArticleHot add of RDM not detected ESX 5.0
I am adding a physical RDM through the vCenter on a VM that is powered on. When I add the device, shouldn't it automatically show up under/dev?dmesg has nothing about the device. Does it require a...
View ArticleHP iLO Kickstart
I wish to use the HP iLO virtual cdrom (for the ISO) and virtual floppy (for KS.cfg) What is the command to kick off kickstart so that it uses those 2 sources. Please do not ask why I am not using PXE,...
View ArticleRename Vmnic
Hi, I would like to rename the vmnic1 to vmnic0 and vmnic0 to vmnic1, it's possible?
View ArticleStrange Error Message: IPMI_SI during boot up
During the boot up of esx 3.5, I get OK for each system that loads except one: ipmi_si. I get the following message: unable to find any system interface(s). I am running on a brand new Dell...
View ArticleVLAN tagging during installation phase
Hi, I'm using VLAN tagging on our VMWare hosts to be able to send traffic to the right VLAN for each VM we use. To do so, my network engineers configure the ports on the switch on which we connect...
View ArticleCmd addnode failed for primary node?
After upgrading from 3.5.0, 84374 to 3.5.0,110268 I am getting the following HA error.. cmd addnode failed for primary node: Unable to import /var/log/vmware/aam/aam_config_util.def Any clues...
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SCSI Emulation on SAN
I believe I know the root cause but want to see if their was someone who could validate, and also help me with knowing how to better 'root cause' these issues faster on 3i in the future. The details...
View ArticleSQL error while creating snapshot
My ESX cluster is on V3.5.0, build 130756 and my SQL VMs are on MS SQL2005 32bit system. I notice some SQL errors in event log as below. Check the time and found I was creating snapshot. I have 5 SQL...
View ArticleHow to exclude VM from HA availability constraint calculation
Hi, I would like to confirm if I set "Disable" on few VM HA settings (cluster level), These VMs will not be included in the HA "Prevent VMs from being Powered on if they violate availability...
View ArticleRDM Configuration (Best Practices...)
Folks, when attaching multiple RDM's on a VM, would you add one RDM per vSCSI adapter, or would you add multiple RDM's to the same vSCSi adapter? Also, when creating the RDM would you keep it with...
View ArticlePort Numbers For ESX 3.0.1 to License Server on Virtual Center 2.0 Machine
We are installing a Cisco firewall between our esx servers and the Virtual Center server that holds the License server. I need to tell the firewall team what ports to open. Does anyone know which...
View ArticleHELP:error connecting to .vmx because vmx is not started
Hi, i have a VM power on but not accessible by anyway. i cant stop and restart. when i go to the console i got the messag "eerror connecting to .vmx because vmx is not started" any idea ?
View ArticleAdding NFS Storage: error during the configuration of the host cannot open...
I am trying to add NFS storage to my ESX3.5 host. I keep getting an error (see atttached). I have trouble-shooted for days and cannot get it to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated....
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