HP 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 ArticleIs there a limit to the number of VM's per fiber card WWN?
Is there a limit to the number of VM's per fiber card world wide name? I'm currently looking at blades to host ESX. One of the nice features is having fiber on all the blades in the chassis but, only...
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Problem with MSA1500, Luns (works under VMWare)
Hello,My client have an great problem. Have an MSA1500 and that works under VMWare v. 3.x . The problem is with result that shows CLI. I dont know what he know to do, what option shall be used. They...
View ArticleBuffalo iSCSI storage with VI3
Has anyone tested Buffalo iSCSI storage with VI3? http://www.buffalotech.com/products/network-storage/terastation/terastation-pro-ii-iscsi-rackmount-storage-system Thank you
View ArticleUnable to remove vSwitch via Service Console or VI Client
I have a vSwitch that is broken, it was created via a scripted install gone wrong, but I am unable to delete it via the VI Client, see image 1 then 2. the output of esxcfg-vSwitch -l is in the...
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Network Design Opinions
I would like to hear opinions of the following matter. I have created a 6-node Cluster running ESX 3.5 Build 143128. Each node is a HP DL580G5 2-Quad CPU with 64Gb RAM. I placed two Quad-NIC cards and...
View ArticleUsing variables in kickstart script
Hi I'm using Mike's UDA to install ESX hosts. The script I have is about 260 lines at the moment. For each host I copy this script and change the IP / hostname and vmotion IP. To do this I have to...
View ArticleSolaris 10 New Install hanging on Configuring Devices
Hi, I have ESX running with a few virtual machines on a Sun 4100 X86 server. The OS's I'm running include Solaris 10X86, Redhad, Win2K. I am trying to install a new version of Solaris, and I'm...
View ArticleChange MAC address of VM to whatever MAC I want
I have a Windows 2003 Server guest that I migrated from a VMware Server to an ESX Server. In the migration the MAC address was changed. This is a real problem since this is a licensing server and the...
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 ArticleRe-attach virtual machines back into ESX
Just wondering.. if you remove a machine from the inventory or if you find an orphaned virtual machine that you just can't "fix" with the normal means (such as restarting VC, hostD, etc), is there any...
View ArticleFailed to import client (using Data protector for backup VMware ESX server)
Hi, I've been trying to backup VMWare ESX 3.5 with Data Protector 6.1.Agent, such as da,ma,vmware already installed in ESX.Ports 5555 for comunicating with the server also been opened. But, when I'm...
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helper world consuming 50% CPU
Greetings, I have a newly built ESX 3.5 Server running on a SunFire 40 Dual AMD Single Core system. I have zero (0) Virtual Machines running on it and noticed that in the VI Client that 50% of the CPU...
View Articlewhat is the command to check Dell PE6850 BIOS version in ESX 3.0.2 SC?
Does anyone know what is the command to check BIOS version on PE6850 besides reboot? Please advice.
View ArticleVMware ESX on Vmware Fusion
For those of you like me who have Macs and want to run ESX in a VM, check out this quick tutorial and you should be up and running in no time....
View Articleproper way to shutdown esx server
what is the proper way to shutdown a esx server? I moved all vms to another host already
View ArticleBackup of RAW disk via HP Data protector
Hi Guys, I have the following issue when trying to use HP Data Protector to run a full backup of a windows server running in an ESX 3.0.2 Cluster. Background info: 2 HP Proliant Blade BL20p with 2...
View ArticleVmware vs FreeNAS vs Lacie Ethernet Disk Mini
Hi I have installed a small VMware ESX Lab in home. I have a VMware Desktop with: AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 5200+3Gb MemoryHard Disk IDE 60Gb This is my VMware ESX Server. The Vmware is...
View ArticleClariion LUN migration with vmfs or rdm volumes
Did anyone already try the Clariion feature of online lun migration with vmfs and/or rdm luns. Background: I want to optimize i/o load for esx luns and move some raid5 luns to raid1/0. Already...
View Articleadding user by script, password doesnt work
hi, help. Trying to add a user by script and have already read the other thread to use either the esx ks.cfg creator or htpasswd.exe to create the hashed password. Have also tried different...
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