HP DL385 ILO within ESX
Hi All, I have a question, I am not greatly familiar with ILO so maybe someone can help me. I have a server ata remote location I have no physical access to. The server is running ESX 3.01, is...
View ArticleHP Insight Manager service console agent install
Hi, I am looking for a link to a "how to" install the insight manager agent. I have looked on the HP site and the forums here, but I can't some up with anything particularly useful. I want to...
View ArticleA tools for sizing esx server
Hi, I saw few week ago a tools for sizing es server (CPU, RAM) ... but I don"t remember where it was.Could you help me to find it again ? Regards
View ArticleConfigure boot mode to redirect server console to serial port permanently
Hi, 1) How do I configure the above. Basically, when a person want to access the console, it will insert the serial cable to access the esx server. Is this possible? 2) How to provide redundancy to...
View ArticleESX hosts continuing dicsonnected from Virtual Center Server
We have two ESX hosts at our DMZ zone with a firewall running between them and the Virtual Center Server. The ESX hosts have been managed under the Virtual Center Server since September 2007 Today, we...
View ArticleCommand to add user/group to administrator role
Is there a way to script user/group addition to administrator role via commandline? I use script to build our servers and it would be nice if I can script this one step. Thanks, Bhargav
View ArticleInstall AMD Dual-core Opterons now, then replace them with AMD Barcelonas in...
I want to install VMware 3.5 on 3 supermicro servers (all hardware is verified compatable)http://supermicro.com/Aplus/system/2U/2021/AS-2021M-32RV.cfm I want to use barcelona chips, because of rapid...
View ArticleHow to avoid the split-brain situation with HA ?
Hi folks We have a configuration question about HA. situation is as follows 4 ESX Servers ( A, B, C, D ), running 3.x entreprise, 2 of them in Building A, 2 of them in building B, sites linked...
View Articlewhat is the proper tool for disk align for windows 2000
since window 2000 doesn't have diskpart, what is the proper tools and syntax to perform disk alignment to my c:drive on windows 2000
View ArticleAdd Host to Cluster
when I tried to add host to cluster , during the wizard it asked me about Virtual Machine Resources , first option "Put all of this host's virtual machines in the cluster's root resource pool ,...
View ArticleMS SQL Express Error 25057
When I load the VMware-VIMSetup-2.5.0-64201 VCServer setup, I get this error and install bails out. I am not using a license server, and not using an existing db, I am installing a new instance of sql...
View ArticleStorage Vmotion with several datastores.
Hi I have a VM with 4 VMDK. Each VMDK file is in one different datastore. So 4 datastore for this vm (Because I use snapshot on my san)When I use storage vmotion, all vmdk files are migrate on only one...
View ArticleMerging two Virtual Center servers into 1
Hello, I need to merge 2 virtual center servers into 1. Each has its own MS SQL db with severa hosts, DRS, resource reservation, folders, datacenters, etc. that I would like to keep intact. Is...
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
View ArticlePorts between Virtual Center and ESX hosts, Hosts being listed as...
I have a firewall between my ESX hosts and my Virtual Center Manager. I opened the ports below from the documentation file for ESX3i. I can add the new ESX hosts and configure them for a few minutes...
View ArticleRaid Read & Write policy for ESX 3.5
Just wondering, creating a new vmfs partition on an ESX 3.5 server after adding some disks... On a DELL PowerEdge 2900 / PERC 5/I RAID controller with SAS disks, the Raid Read policy, can be either No...
View ArticleIs it a bad idea to set security policy on vSwitch that control vmotion and...
We are doing an internal audit and decide to set the following policy on our VM guest vSwitch Security - Promiscious Mode: RejectSecurity - MAC Address Changes: RejectSecurity - Forged Transmits:...
View ArticleCreating users via kickstart
Does anyone know how to configure a kickstart script to automatically create users with SSH access upon first boot? Jason
View ArticleCouldn't find matching file system
Hi all, I have configured a new ESX server 3.02 and decided to add a second array (raid1) to be able to use 2 others internal disk for backup etc. When trying to create a VMFs volume on it, I get...
View ArticleProblems using NFS for VM storage on NSS volume (Novell OES2)
I have an Novell OES2 server (SLES 10 SP1 with Novell add-ons) which I have been using as a NAS server for VM storage on some test ESX servers (ESX 3.0.2 Update 1). It has been working perfectly for...
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