Name/Pass problem after VC installation
Well, now I have 3 not working installations of VirtualCenter last version 2.5.0-84782.Installation of VC itself was OK, but later on it does not allow to login with name/pass specified during...
View ArticleEsx sees deleted RDM lun paths
Hi ,I have created a RDM lun on windows 2k3 GOS, esx 3.02, using FCP emulex hba and again deleted. RDM got deleted from GOS but ESX is still seeing it. esxcfg-mpath -l shows these deleted LUN. Disk...
View ArticleVM disconnected after host failed - How to manually reconnect?
Hi During some planned downtime today, i came across an issue which may cause problems in the future - so i am just looking for any insight... We have 6 Esx hosts running Win2k3 vm's. All VM's reside...
View ArticleAssign static IP automatically
Is anyone aware of a way to have a vm created from a template, and when it gets a dhcp to convert it to static? We are trying to reduce the steps for vm creation, thanks! Windows 2003 guest...
View ArticleResource Pool configuration
Does anyone have any good documentation or links to configuring and best practices for Resource Pool configurations? Thanks in advance!
View Articlerm: cannot remove Device or resource busy - But no VMX file exists
Morning, I imported a physical server and it booted up fine, then restarted on its own and then would never turn on again. I thought i deleted the VM from disk but looking via veeam fastscp there...
View ArticleLog /var/log/vmkernel - errors
got this message many times on my servers. Log /var/log/vmkernel vmkernel:38:03:22:56.663 cpu6:1064)WARNING: SCSI: 4559: Manual switchover to path vmhba3:1:1 begins. couold any one tell what are...
View ArticleError with Netapp ESX Host Utilities
When settting up the Netapp ESX Host utilities and running "config_mpath --persitant" we receive an error that it could not connect to the filers. Then looking on the filer there is and HTTP XML...
View Articlecan esx run solaris or hp-ux?
I can't find this information. Can the ESX product run Solaris (9 or 10) and/or HP-UX 11.(v2 or v3)? Thanks.
View ArticleVMs and High Paging issues
We use NetIQs AppManager to monitor our VMs in our ESX 3.5 DataCenter. Our infrastructure is: ESX3.5Upd3 and VC2.5Update4 with all DRS/HA clusters included. The ESX hosts are Dell PowerEdge 2950s...
View ArticleVM Lockup with 100% CPU utilization - Random times, varying loads, RHEL5,...
Hi, we are running ESX 3.5 (original - no updates. We have another client that sees this same thing with u4) We have a VM that experiences lock ups at seemingly random times. The machine is running...
View ArticleGuide - How to Monitor VMFS on ESX from Nagios via NRPE
This is my attempt at a guide on how to setup monitoring of ESX VMFS volumes using (Groundwork) Nagios. Assumes you have already installed the NRPE agent on ESX, and you already have a working (GW)...
View ArticleVERY URGENT! VirtualCenter server don't start
Hello all, I've an urgent question. I've an old VMWare environment with Virtual Center 2.0.1 on Windows 2000 serve. Today I've done some operation with my VM (remove old snapshot, move some VM from...
View Articleunderstanding esxtop network RX drop packets
I want to make sure I understand what I am seeing when I look at esxtop in interactive mode. I guess a better way to say it is I want to make sure that my interpetation is correct.. PORT-ID...
View Articlevmware-cmd removesnapshot running 24 hours +
We have a server that is still running ESX 3.01, we are preparing to replace the hardware and upgrade everything. Through this preparation process I came across a VM that has some old (2009), HUGE...
View Articlewhat is a raid group?
what is a raid group? and why would i want more than one raid group to 1 lun or more luns to one raid group?
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Why HOST-VM not a CLUSTER-VM?
after the vc update to the latest version, a new tab is show at the start of the vc. "Getting Started" in this tab i can see a picture of a very simple structure.On the left is shown a Cluster with...
View ArticleIntel ESB2 SATA 3.0Gbps Controller
Can someon tell me if the "Intel ESB2 SATA 3.0Gbps Controller " works within VMWare 3.5??? I would like to have this controller manage the storage of the VMs. My mb is a Supermicro x7dva-e mb, with the...
View Articleunable to retrieve path http://10.1.1.2:80//esxinst//VMware/base/netstg2.img
I am trying to accomplish a pxe boot/scripted install from http. I have gotten it to boot from a win2000 pxe/dhcp server, and start the esx 3.5 install from the http server... however it stops at the...
View ArticleAuto Rebooting of ESX Server & Vservers
I know in Windows Server 2005 you could schedule the individual virtual servers to reboot and then finally, after a set number of seconds, have the main box reboot. Is there a way to do this with ESX?...
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