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View ArticleInstalling vRanger Pro and VCB
I have VC and 8 ESX hosts setup, with shared storage for VM's on a NFS share. Using another physical machine, i'm trying out vRanger and VCB for backups. I can get Vranger to backup VM's, no bother,...
View ArticleExisting LUNs appear with old names on new servers
Hi, I have an existing SAN with some ESX 3.0.2 hosts attached. Many of the LUN names were changed some time ago. Recently, upon adding four new ESX 3.5 hosts to that storage group in the SAN, and...
View ArticleILO 2 & VMWARE ESX 3.0.x USB Keyboard problem
Hi All I loose keyboard connectivity once VMWare ESX starts loading. I am able to go into BIOS settings via F9 etc, but once ESX loads the problem appears. This is a fact via ILO connection and via...
View ArticleScripted Install on HP blades in C7000 enclosure
I have an HP C7000 enclosure. With several BL680c quad core blades. I have attached a usb cd rom thru the oba usb virtual media. Boots off the 3.5 install cd just fine. Connected a usb floppy to...
View ArticleESXi command line access from console
Sorry newbie to ESX here. How does one get command line access from the console? Thanks for you help.
View ArticleCannot rescan HBA on freshly installed ESX
Hi all, When I'm trying to scan for new LUNs on my two new ESX box, I got a "Timed out waiting for the server response" on my two ESX... A LUN was presented to these ESX, but they cannot view it. I...
View ArticleGuest not booting from CD
I'm running ESX server 3.0.2 with VirtualCenter 2.5.0 and VI client 2.5.0. I have a Windows 2003 Standard guest which I need to upgrade to enterprise edition. I edit the VM settings and connect the...
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Unused VM's
Hi, I work in an environment where I have quite a few VM's. Due to storage shortages and resource restrictions I'm looking to find a quick and easy way of finding out which VM's have not been used...
View ArticleWhat will happen if power is lost to ESX host?
I have 2 dell servers ESX hosts, 1 SAN with it's own UPS. If the power is lost to both the ESX servers what will happen to the VMs? Obviously this situation should be avoided with the correct use of...
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Sizing server CPU wise
Hi Guys, I need to size several servers physical CPU wise according to the following formula: N! / (R!(N-R)!) where N=the number of physical CPUs on the ESX Server host and R=the number of VCPUs on...
View Articleesx 3.0.2 build 61618
Tarball upgrade of esx 3.0.2 build 61618 to esx 3.0.3 build 104629 is supported. Any patches needs to be installed before upgrading using esxupdate? Any issues noticed after the upgrade? esx 3.0.3 can...
View ArticleVMotion alternatives for moving guest VM from one ESX host to another
Source Host- ESX 3.0.1, 32039- HP DL360 G4- 2 x Intel Xeon(TM) @ 3.4GHz- Hyperthreading: Active- Storage: SAN1 Source VM- 2 NICS- 3 Virtual Disks Target Host (Option 1)- HP BL480c G1- 8 x Intel...
View ArticleSnapshot issue - ran out of disk space - removed snapshot, but it didn't...
Server info: 3.0.2-52542 All, I made the mistake of leaving a snapshot live on a system overnight and our SQL backups ran which ended up writing a ton of data to the delta file, in turn it filled up...
View ArticleHow to get HP Insight management agents working
Hello, We are running ESX 3.5 on a DL380 G4. I downloaded the files from here:...
View ArticleAnyone running Nvidia Tesla server with VMware?
Anyone have any experience running VMware with Nvidia Tesla GPU boards? Can the GPU's be used by VMWARE? Can the hypervisor detect the GPU processors as discrete entities that can be allocated?
View ArticleHost will not enter maintenance mode - Operation Timed Out
Hey all. I am trying to put one of my hosts into maintenance mode and am recieving a "Operation Timed Out" Error. All of the VMs have been moved off the host so I know it is not a "CD in the drive"...
View ArticleBooting vm from CD/DVD
I'm trying to install a guest OS by booting to the hosts CD/DVD drive. In the vm's settings I have given it a CD/DVD Drive of Client type and set it to Emulate IDE (I read somewhere that you need to...
View ArticleChange vmhba label DL385 smart array
Hi, In my clients environment two types of HP hardware is being used.The majority of servers being used for the virtual infrastructure are DL585 G1's.They recently started using DL385 G5's.The servers...
View ArticleIBM AIX On VMWare
Hi, Will is be possible to host IBM AIX on VM Ware? I saw a couple of posts where it is mentioned as IBM AIX HMC would be possible on VM Ware If this is possible, where will be able to download the...
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