VCB Proxy blades frequently hang
Hi, I'm running VC 2.0.2, ESX 3.0.2 and VCB 1.5, all consoles running on Server 2003. We have two VCB proxy servers (one at each of our datacenters) and they are both frequently hanging, causing our...
View ArticleA bunch of VMSN files under VM folders ... How can I delete these files ?
Hi ! I have 4 VMs having around 300 vmsn files 20KB big. I would like to know how can I get rid of these files ? There's NO SNAPSHOT in the SNAPSHOT MANAGER, so why I have so much files like that...
View ArticleHA agent xxxxx in cluster xxxxx has in xxxxx an error
Hi, We've got back an ESX server from an ESX cluster in which we've got Ha activated. We add this server in another cluster without HA. Now the server claims the message "HA agent xxxxx in...
View ArticleHow to access ESX service console
Hi all.I am a TV engineer trying to solve a network issue with our equipment. I am not a network engineer. I am trying to follow the VMWareKB: 'Troubleshooting network connection issues using Address...
View ArticleHOWTO: Installing ESX Server from a USB flash drive
After Mike Laverick posted his experience with ESX Server and USB flash disks in another thread, I decided to figure out how to make it work.Here's a quick rundown on setting up a USB flash disk (ie....
View ArticleVI Client 2.5 only supports 32bit OS?
Working through my ESX 3.5 / VC 2.5 upgrade, I download the new VI client onto my workstation (Vista x64 Enterprise) and receive a lovely error message that "This product be installed only on 32-bit...
View Articleierr Assert
I am getting this error under the cpu list IERR assert. what is this error?
View ArticleError: Unable to acquire licenses because license source is unavailable...
I'm getting this attached screen shot error when I attempted to add a new data center through infrstructure Client. Error message: "Unable to acquire licenses because license source is...
View ArticleDRS affinity rules - if I set to manual, they are preserved, if I disable...
DRS affinity rules - if I set to manual, they are preserved, if I disable DRS, DO I LOSE VM AFFINITY RULES? And if I lose them if DRS is disabled ... can I back them up some way prior or are they...
View ArticleVLANs and Dell Blades
I know this is more a Dell question than a Vmware question, but I figure some of you are using the same BladeSystem as me and may be able to provide a quicker answer than Dell. We have a new M1000E...
View ArticleMultiple SCSI Controllers Inside a VM (ESX 3.0.x)
Gidday, I was wondering if there's any/much value in using multiple SCSI controllers inside a VM in ESX 3.0.x? Example - I have an MS SQL server with 3 discs (all individual discs within a single LUN...
View ArticleSAN Transfer Very Slow..?
Hi, I did a deployment of ESX 3.0.2 last week and the customer is now saying that the SAN performance is extremly slow. Apparently transfer rates for a 200Mb file are local to local ~5 secs, local...
View ArticleEmulex security (or lack thereof) with HBAnywhere
Hi All, I'm trying to see if we can use HBAnywhere in out-of-band mode to give the admins a convenient way of upgrading firmware remotely. However, in the default configuration the HBAnywhere daemon...
View ArticleError 25089 - Incorrect VirtualCenter username/password.
Hello, Sorry to keep posting questions here. I'm trying to install Infrastructure Management, but I getting an error 25089 incorrect VirtualCenter username/password. I've attached a screen shot of...
View ArticleVirtual Router for VI3
Hello all i need some advise on chosing Virtual router to use on my Virtual infrustructure . Tanks
View ArticleMD3000i and Multipathing in ESX 3.5
Hello. We're in trouble setting up multipathing with MD3000i. We've a dual controller MD3000i, with one Virtual DIsc configured. MD3000i is connected to 2 ESX 3.5 Hosts. We want to assign a...
View ArticleESX Installation Times
I'm an advocate of rebuilding ESX servers rather than spending hours of troubleshooing time trying to find a needle in a hay stack. Depending on the response time you're getting from VMware, HP, or...
View Article"Cannot create temporary redo log directory" when performing VCB operation...
I'm using VCB with BackupExec but when I run the pre-backup job, it fails. The logs it produces contains the following Could not update cache. Error: Error while opening disk...
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 ArticleDoes new intel chipset (5400) with 54xx processors work with esx 3.5?
Hello! Does anybody know if the chipset 5400 with 2X XEON E5405 (Intel board S5400SF, or Tyan Tempest i5400PW) will work for ESX 3.5??? Thank you
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