What does Guest Memory % actually mean?
In the virtual machine summary, there are two columns described this way in the online help: Host Mem - Number of megabytes of the virtual machine's memory used. Guest Mem % - Amount of...
View ArticleNFS connection Lost then restored, Now VM's inaccessible
I have two Test VM's setup with NFS. The NFS server is a Win2k3 R2 server. I had to reboot the win2K3 server. Before doing so, I shutdown the 2 VMs that I had running off the NFS shares. Rebooted...
View ArticleHow to Reset HBA on ESXi server
Hello all, I need to reset one Emulex HBA on my ESXi installable server in order to get access to the fabric.I would like to avoid the need to reboot this prod server. I found the LPutil tool on ESX...
View ArticleWEB CONSOLE ON VM
Dear Sir / Madam, I have installed Solaris Virtual Machine on my ESX server. I have tried VNC and X- Manager so that users can conenct this VM remotely but users are unable to conenct it. One of...
View Articleunable to remove orphaned and inaccessible vm from inventory.
Had a crash during an svmotion, vm orphaned and tried to readd to inventory but no luck. I have since restored the vm from a san snapshot and deleted all the original files and it now sits in a whole...
View ArticleHP System Management Tools for Vmware
Hello everybody I have installed the HP system management tools on all my HP physical servers in order to monitor the HW and pull logs out of the server. - Is it possible to have the same on VMware...
View Articlerdm shared disk
ok this probably sounds like a stupid question but i have to ask! Is it possible to share a RDM disk between two servers. As far as i am aware windows will not allow a disk to be accessed by two...
View ArticleVirtualcenter server not starting..service hangs on "starting" status
Hi, I have a problem with a virtualcenter server than I have inherited. I needed to reboot the VC server this morning, but the virtualcenter server service is stuck on a "Starting" status. I've...
View ArticleVMDK file
Good Morning I have a problem with a file that i need to access (.vmdk) file what happened was we had a server space error that we could not run the specified server so i moved a 24Gb file to one of my...
View ArticleImage ESX and Restore...
Does anyone have any experience with imaging an ESX server and restoring it dissimilar hardware? Is it even possible?
View ArticleCan't ping host ESX ip's
I can't think of anymore things to try. i've gotten as far as installing ESX but can't add the host in VI. Can't ping the IP's (i have 3 boxes setup) .. and can't ping anywhere from the ESX box out....
View ArticleHP 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 ArticleLun does not contain any VMFS/LVM signatures...vcbMounter error Failed to...
Alright so inch by inch I have been making progress trying to get consolidated backup working to no avail. Currently this is my progress. I have my backup proxy connected to a brocade fiber switch...
View ArticleInstalling ESX on a Dell PowerEdge 2970
We've got a new Dell PowerEdge 2970 and I'm trying to install ESX on it but I'm not getting anywhere. I've inserted the Dell CD and run the Systems Build & Update Utility and selected that I want...
View ArticleProblem with disk cloning
Hello all, I had troubles with the snapshots of a vm guest. I tried to delete them over the VI snapshot manager, unfortunately the vmdk delta files still exist. I made a clone from the first two...
View ArticleHyperthreading > Inactive (Why?)
A quick question. My ESX hosts are IBM Blades HS21 with twin Xeon CPU's at 2GHz and in the VIclient it reports that hyperthreading is enabled but not active. It says that in the BIOS you should enable...
View ArticleSQL error while creating snapshot
My ESX cluster is on V3.5.0, build 130756 and my SQL VMs are on MS SQL2005 32bit system. I notice some SQL errors in event log as below. Check the time and found I was creating snapshot. I have 5 SQL...
View ArticleVm's disconnected in Exs
Dear All, I have a problem wherein my virtual instances are show as disconnected (greyed out) when I access the EXS host via the Virtual client. need advice on the resolving the...
View ArticleLots of files left on datastore after migration
Hi There, i have just moved all our VM's off a couple of Datastores(LUN1 & LUN2) and onto a new bigger Datastore (LUN3). I want to consolidate LUN1 & LUN2 but have noticed there are still a...
View ArticleTemplate and Sysprep
Guys I have prepared a normal windows 2003 VM with SPs and all updates . I like to use this as a template for future server cloning . I want to confirm the steps to avoid any problems once the VMs...
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