Raid 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 ArticleDatastore with HP EVA 4000
Hello, I am using virtual disk from HP EVA 4000 as datastore. I was wondering if ESX 3.5 support resizing the vdisk? I would like to resize the vdisk so that I wouldn't have to do another disk and...
View ArticleVCB and TSM intergration
Trying to intergrate VCB with TSM and I've run into an issue which I'm hoping someone can help me resolve. Let me start off by saying that I am very confident that VCB is functioning correctly because...
View ArticleSolaris 10 New Install hanging on Configuring Devices
Hi, I have ESX running with a few virtual machines on a Sun 4100 X86 server. The OS's I'm running include Solaris 10X86, Redhad, Win2K. I am trying to install a new version of Solaris, and I'm...
View ArticleRDM to LUN: how to match it up?
I'm relatively new to VMWare so keep that in mind. We have VI 3.5.0. I'vegot a VM that I need to V2P (it's an issue with the application not beingsupported in VMWare by the vendor). The previous...
View ArticleHA agent on ESX in Cluster has an error
Hi, we have 2 ESX (3.5) Server in Cluster managed by Virtual Center (2.5). Yesterday I migrated all VMs from one ESX to the other ESX because i want to patch the ESX host with the latested patches from...
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core dumps filling drive to 100% = why?
Ok, now that I figured out how to get back into my ESX box (i.e. http://communities.vmware.com/thread/171356?tstart=0),anyone wana help me figure out why something keeps filling up my /var/core with...
View ArticleESX 3.0.2 - PSOD Issue
Hi, I have a whitebox config for home use. Config:2 x ESX 3.0.2 Update 1 ASUS P5M2/SAS - Motherboard8 Gb RAMIntel Quad Core CPU4x SATA HDD The Problem: On the first ESX host I have a VM running as the...
View ArticleVMControl error -3: Invalid arguments: Login Failed - When using VMWARE-CMD
Hi, I had a Vm that wouldn't power on - I received the error "The system returned on error. Communication with the virtual machine may have been interrupted". I had a look around the Communities and...
View ArticleMigrate VM to one Datacenter to another Datacenter
I am trying to migrate VM one datacenter to another Datacenter, and getting the following error: "The input arguments had entities that did not belong to the same datacenter" I can't migrate live VM...
View ArticleMySQL Cluster in VMWare
Has anyone had experience in implementing MySQL cluster in VMware/ is there any better way to achieve High availability for MySQL in VMware.
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 ArticleProblem Backup with vcbmounter
I tried to backup the VM with the command : %chemin_vcb%\vcbmounter -F 0 -h %ip_esx% -u %user_esx% -p %mdp_esx% -m nbd -a name:%%j -r "%chemin_backup%\%nom_jour%\%qoc%\%%j" -t fullvm I got this...
View ArticleWhy do Virtual machines are inaccessible after change in datastore?
Hi, I have two ESX 3.5 servers running which share two SAN disks. I have moved VM files of all the VM's from one SAN disk to another SAN disk using vCenter server. After moving these files, i am...
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Snapshot without green arrow
The Snapshot Manager Show me an Snapshot without green arrow ?The Machine is up and running Can i delete this Snapshot without Problems ? RegardsMarkus
View ArticleStrange Error Message: IPMI_SI during boot up
During the boot up of esx 3.5, I get OK for each system that loads except one: ipmi_si. I get the following message: unable to find any system interface(s). I am running on a brand new Dell...
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 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 ArticleESX install from PXE boot No clear answers Please help
Could someone please help with the DHCP/PXE configuration issues. I have to same problem with the PXE client not receiving the DHCP Offer from the DHCP server. We have run a sniff on the network and...
View ArticleNew patch solution available from VMTS
I don't have anything to do with this site, but I've used the vmbk solution in the past and it's a fantastic tool. Now it seems Massimiliano Daneri has moved his focus to patching ESX. Check it out:...
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