High Performance computing on ESX 3.5 U3
Hello, I am looking to build a compute farm that consist of 75 VMs. those VMs will be running mostly on Windows 2003 Std. 2 vcpu. 2 GB RAm and 150GB HDD. The customer has been very specific that...
View ArticleVMFS and VMDK compatibility
Hi, I've got a number of ESX 3.0.2-Update1 hosts which I'm going to be doing fresh installs of ESXi 4.1 onto. The 3.0.2 hosts are connected to external storage where the Datastores and VM's are stored....
View ArticleInstalling VMware ESX3.0 in Workstation
hello everybody . im very new in VMware , and im trying to install VMware ESX server V3.0 in a VMwareworkstation .but the problem is I get the following message at the first step : the isntaller...
View Articlereally odd login/auth problem when using vmts patch manager
I've run into some rather odd behavior while using the VMTS patch manager. I've been using it form some time, but it seems to have stopped working with one of my hosts. Setup: 4x ESX hosts. 1...
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 ArticleWhat is Sr. VMware Consultant for large financial corporation salary be?
Folks, Anyone know would be a decent salary package for Sr. VMware Consultant for large financial corporation be? This would be consulting for other head hunter company. Any ideas would be great!
View ArticleWhen adding a disk, RDM option is greyed out
I am trying to add an additional disk, as an RDM, in a VM and the Raw Device Mapping option is greyed out. We are running VC 2.5 and ESX 3.0.2. I have verified the host sees the new LUN and updated...
View ArticleVM from Clone (linux) --> Failed to do Power Op
Gents I just created a vm out of a Linux (centos 5.2) clone. I tried it with and without customization.The clone process itself goes fine, no error messages, but as soon as I try to power it on, I get...
View ArticleNetwork setup on Dell M6220 switches with blades and port aggregator feature
Hi, I wondered if anyone could share best practise or their experiences of configuring the networking of blades when used with M6220 switches ? We have Dell M600 blades with 6 NICs in each and...
View Articleupdate child resource configuration
Hi, This morning we have had a crash from a node of our ESX farm (the farm wich support VC with HA activated on) Now, I've managed to restart this node but it seems there still problems. The...
View Articlevmwareclustermanager.trace
Hi, Currently my /tmp directory is quite full on one of my hosts. When I check the size of files it contains I notice I have two references to "vmwareclustermanager.trace". One is 140mb and one is...
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High CPU load caused by Hardware Interrupts
Hi all, It seems to be a common problem, you have a virtual Windows 2003 server running Active Directory on a ESX server and suddenly the performance crawls to almost death.We'll I'm having this...
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 ArticleCannot start guest due to msg.hbacommon.outofspace! (discard delta.vmdk?)
Hello all- I have a severe problem with a production server on ESX 3.0.2. During an Exchange maintenance routine and copying the Exchange mailbox DB back to its operational disk, the system has run out...
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 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 ArticlePhysical NIC mapping to VMNIC in Virtual Infrastructure client
I have an ESX 3.0.2 set up. It is a Dell 6950. It has an on board dual NIC. I then installed two more Dual NIC's. So this host now has a total of 6 ports. The question I have is in regards to the...
View ArticleDell Management Agents
Is it possible to extract the Dell Management agents from the Dell CD or do you need the entire set of files? It looks like you could copy the \srvadmin\linux CD with the appropriate subfolder(s). I...
View ArticleTime problems w/ ESX 3.0.2
I've read several threads on how to fix time problems with ESX, and I've tried lots of things, but I just can't get it to work. The HW clock shows the right time, and ESX is 5 hours behind. The time...
View ArticleNetworking Issue. I only see 3 nics of 6 connected.
my issue is for example the vmnic4 is disconnected as well as vmnic3, vminic5.Autonegiation has been set. As well as straight 1Gb Full. Ports are set to 1GB. but still se the nics are in disconnected...
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