Cannot even boot installer on Dell XPS 730
I have a Dell XPS 730 machine. Brand spankin' new, pretty bleeding edge. It has dual WD raptor 10k drives, I planned on using them in RAID0 for performance. However, when I try to boot the...
View ArticleAn error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 during a paging operation.
I'm getting "An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 during a paging operation." Event ID 51 on some virtual machines. These machines are Windows 2000 SP4 Server and Windows 2003 SP2,....
View ArticleScanning for hardware changes
Is there anyway to scan for a hardware change on ESX 3.0.2?
View Articlebackup strategy for VMs and fiber attached tape library
Hi, I'm looking to backup a couple of win2003 VMs to a dell powervault tl2000 fiber-attached tape library. I was wondering what people would recommend? The data is mainly just files stored on a dell...
View ArticleThin Client USB Support to Win XP VM in ESX
Hello, I am using a Sun Ray Thin client (from Sun) to connect to a Windows XP VM running under ESXi. I know the Sun Ray supports USB and will redirect the local USB ports on the Sun Ray via RDP to...
View ArticleError in VM "Operation failed since another task is in progress"
Hi! I administer some VMware ESX 3.0.1 servers and I got this error in a VM when I try to reset them. Any suggestions to this problem??? Tks! Luiz
View ArticleSpanned VMFS Volume Disappeared
Apologies as this is a long story, we originally had 3 HP blades (BL25p) running ESX 3.0 connected via fibre channel to an EVA6000, we created a 2 TB VMFS volume made up of two 1 TB LUN extents...
View ArticleAnyone running Nvidia Tesla server with VMware?
Anyone have any experience running VMware with Nvidia Tesla GPU boards? Can the GPU's be used by VMWARE? Can the hypervisor detect the GPU processors as discrete entities that can be allocated?
View ArticleHow does ESX reclaim memory from SQL servers?
One of our DBAs posed a question - under normal load, SQL Server will take as much memory as the VM it's running on has been allocated (say 4GB). It will ring fence this. They suggest it would be...
View ArticleHost will not enter maintenance mode - Operation Timed Out
Hey all. I am trying to put one of my hosts into maintenance mode and am recieving a "Operation Timed Out" Error. All of the VMs have been moved off the host so I know it is not a "CD in the drive"...
View ArticleHP Virtual Connect. Like it or Hate it?
Are you using or have used in the past the HP Virtual Connect with the c-Class Blade Enclosures? Do you like it or hate it and why? Pete
View ArticleHP PROLIANT DL380 SERVER G3
Hello everyone, I'm a big fan of Virtualization and i'm going to have a server available for testing labs.. Can you please tell me if the following server is compatible with Esx 3.5 or ESXi ? (i...
View ArticleMove VM's from one Datastore to another Datastore
I need to move couple of VM's from exisiting Datastore to a new Datastore within a cluster. What is the best way to do this? do I need to shut down VM's in order to move datastore? thanks ESX 3.02
View Articleadvice on server hardware config to run ESX and ...
Hi there,I'm planning on buying a new server to run Windows SBS 2008 (primarily for email on Exchange 2007), CentOS + DirectAdmin to host some websites, and Windows or Linux to run game servers (like...
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USB over IP at 1Gb
Hi all, Does anyone have any knowledge of any devices which would allow a VM to attach to a USB hard drive over a Gb network. I have seen some devices that will do this, but they only work at 100Mb...
View ArticleHP Management Agents Homepage Problem - No Details / Server is NULL
Currently trying to install HP Agents version 8.1.1 on 9 HP DL585 G5 Servers, but when I log into the management home page https://servername:2381 ther is no information for any of the componets and...
View ArticleVirtualCenter IP Address change, no host management to ESX's in Cluster
Greetings All, Our MS Team moved our VirtualCenter server to a new IP Address. But since then i've had particular problems with a cluster i had previously set up. Since the change, the...
View ArticleUnable to contact the specified host (Servername). This might be because that...
I am getting the following error "Unable to contact the specified host (SERVERNAME). This might be because the host is not available on the network, there's a network configuration problem, or the...
View ArticleIncrease the /opt partition on the fly
Hey Everyone, Just curious, is there a way to increase the size of the /opt partition without rebuilding an ESX? ESX 3.5.0 build 123630. Let me know. Matthew Kaizen!
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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...
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