supported hardware (high point rocket raid)?
Hi, I'm currently running VMWare Server (on a Linux Host) in my privat network. As I got used to the features of ESX at work I would like to upgrade my privat network as well. Unfortuenately my...
View ArticleHow to install SATA RAID Controller, LSI MEGARAID 150-4 driver on ESX 3.01 or...
I heard that LSI MEGARAID 150-4 SATA RAID controller works in ESX. I just bought one. However, when I was installing ESX 3.01 or 3.5, the RAID controller couldn't be installed. I manually selected...
View ArticleConverting window 2000 MSCS cluster to virtual machine, how to and best...
Hi Our customer has an windows 2000 MSCS cluster. We plan to use the vmware converter starter (version 3.02 update 1) to virtualize the physical machine to virtual machines. I think that is best to...
View ArticleESX 3.5 - Access denined using Putty and WinSCP
Hi, I have tried to create a user with the same access rights as root which i can use to access the ESX server Via Putty and WinSCP, I used the following bit of advice from VMware-land:- Service...
View ArticleVI client 2.5 unable to initialize logging
VI client unable to initialize logging after ESX server upgraded from version 3.0.2 to 3.5. Error: " VMware Infrastructure Client was unable to initialize logging. This session will proceed without...
View ArticleFor anyone interested....updated patchlist.txt for esx-autopatch.pl on ESX 3.0.2
ESX v3.0.2 Post 3.0.2 Update 1 Patch List with MD5SUMSUpdated 02/20/2008##Patches for November 15,...
View ArticleProblem between Intel Network Card e1000/MT and RedHat 7.1
Good afternoon, My colleague and I trie to install an Intel Network Card e1000/MT with ESXServer. We have the following messag :...
View ArticleESX server on Snap Server
Hi, We are planning on using Snap server for ESX data store, has anybody tried this is there any performance issue. If NFS is used will be there any performance degradation and will ISCSI be...
View ArticleHP Proliant DL380 with HP P800 sas and HP MSA70 SAS compatibility
I'm asked to install a new VI-3.5 node in our network. Because we don't have a SAN at the location I want to use a MSA70 with a P800 controller. In the HAL list I can see that the P800 controller is...
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Install ESX host on new diskless Dell M600 Blades via ISCSI EqualLogic...
OK. This might be a little too late to be asking some of these questions as we have already made the purcahse and have it in our rack but I'm really hoping someone can point me in the right direction....
View ArticleScripted install - vmnic0 selection
Hello, I have setup an ESX server yesterday with the kickstart installation method. After the installation I noticed the installer did not pick the lowest pci id nic card for vmnic0 and it mixed the...
View ArticleVMKernel NIC
Hi all, OK..here's the situation...we were having an ESX 3.5 host on a HP ProLiant DL580 G5. We swapped the disks to a new HP DL580G5 (as the former one was on loan). Since the change, I am not able to...
View ArticleInfo on expanding iscsi san volume
Just in case someone else can use this info, I successfully expanded an iscsi san volume without much trouble. No reformatting on the ESX side. Here are the specs: 2 esx 3.5 hostsThe latest...
View ArticleUnable top setup iSCSI on a PE 2650 - ESX 3.0.2 with a EMC cx3-10c
Hello, I am trying to setup iSCSI initiator in ESX 3.0.2 in a PE 2650 and a EMC cx3-10c but it does not works. Firewall is open, I can ping SP ... butI have a time out on the discovery I think that...
View ArticleI/0 errors on ESX and so ... on Guest
Hello I'm running ESX 3.5 connected to MD3000 (iSCSI) 1. I discovered some hosts SLES-SP2 with filesystem in ReadOnly (EXT3 Journaling abort) 2. Searching in my ESX Logs , I've found bad...
View ArticleQLogic HBA Timeout Settings
Hi, We need to set the time vaules for our ESX's HBA's to specific vaules in accordance with out SAN vendor, however, I'm unsure where to place the following values in the /etc/vmware/esx.conf file....
View ArticleProblem encountered while trying to get iSCSI SW initiator to work on ESX3.0.2
In an attempt to setup the iSCSI environment in our lab, I encountered a problem that my iSCSI array could not be recognized by the ESX server. I keep on getting *<span style="font-weight:...
View ArticleVM does not start after RAID5 rebuilding-ESX new install
Hi, My ESX 3.0.0 server crashed due to a RAID5 problem. We rebuild succesfully my RAID5 and try to retart the ESX server but he crashed to a "Pink Screen". Nothing to do, so I re-install the ESX and...
View ArticleWorkaround for "Unable to get Console path for Mount"
Error message: Error during the configuration of the host: Unable to get Console path for Mount Envirovment : ESX 3.5 u2 with NFS datastore We are in the process of moving data between datastores. I...
View Articlechange LUN ID for a host?
Hi, I have a cluster cosisting of five hosts (host01 - host05), with 10 LUNs presented to the hosts, and all hosts see the LUNs in the same order, i.e., each LUN is seen as the same vmhba # and...
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