VMware Healthcheck script Installation Guide
How to install the ESX healthcheck script on ESX host , Can anyone provide Step by Step procedure for doing so.Thanks & Regards
View ArticleESX Networking, S.C, VMotion, Production DMZ???
Dear All,I'm on the process of building a Vi3 Infrastructure that consists of 2 BL-460 C Class. Each with 20 gig of ram, 6 pNICs and Qlogic FC 26242 HBA dual port via the mezzenien card. My Question...
View ArticleDuplicate ddb.uuid on VMDKs
We previously setup a default template which we use for deployment of our VMs and the last few days we've encountered an issue where we find that the vmdk file of various VMs are getting created with...
View ArticleI/0 errors on ESX and so ... on Guest
Hello I'm running ESX 3.5 connected to MD3000 (iSCSI) 1. I discovered some hosts SLES-SP2 with filesystem in ReadOnly (EXT3 Journaling abort) 2. Searching in my ESX Logs , I've found bad...
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Clunky AD integration - Anybody create a script to update local users on...
So we're at 48 ESX hosts and growing. One of the clunky aspects of ESX and AD integration is the requirement to have local user accounts in the Service Console with equivalent names within AD. Updating...
View Articlevmwareuser.exe on Terminalserver
Hi there! we have a virtulized Terminalserver on production. On that TS the vmwareuser.exe is started for every single user logged on. Is there a solution to minimize the vmwareuser.exe to only one...
View ArticleVCB could not renew disk lease
I'm running a HP MSA1000 SAN, Virtual center 2.5 with VCB on the same box, and esx 3.02 When trying to manually run vcbmounter, I get the error "Could not renew disk lease. Aborting operation"...
View ArticleVCenter host not responding -- Hostd doesn't start
Hi, I have 3 ESX servers ( version 3.5.0,82663) with Vcenter (version 2.5 update 1, 84782). For maintenance reasons, I had to shutdown the systems the week-end. I put the 3 ESX server into...
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 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 ArticleCan't create virtual machine with HD over 256 GB
Need to create a virtual machine with disc space of 600 GB but VC would not let me. The error message states the following: The disk capacity entered was not a properly formed number or was out of...
View ArticleUnable to remove vSwitch via Service Console or VI Client
I have a vSwitch that is broken, it was created via a scripted install gone wrong, but I am unable to delete it via the VI Client, see image 1 then 2. the output of esxcfg-vSwitch -l is in the...
View ArticleScript to Shutdown and startup of virtual machines
I need a script to shutdown and startup virtual machines from the ESX 3.5 console. Please also include how to run the script and also I have a few examples but not sure which is the best route to take...
View ArticlePermissions for viewing Performance
Quick question that hopefully someone has run across before. Does anyone know what are the minimum permissions required to access the "performance" tab of a server/resource pool/vm? I have some...
View ArticleConnection dropping for a split second to ESX Host when in VI Client
Hi there, Just wondering if anyone can helpme out with a pretty major problem we are having with out ESX server (3.0.2 build 52542) and VI Client 2.0.2 (Build 50618). We are currenly running about...
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 ArticleESX Downloading vmdk files from Datastore "Connection Timed Out" Error
When attempting to download vmdk files from my ESX Datastores, I receive a "Connection to server has timed out" Error. I can download any smal files (vmx, etc.) but when I try to download my vmdk's,...
View Articlecannot open disk (/vmfs/volumes/xxxxxxx-xxxxx/Server_name/Server_name.vmdk)...
Straight up when I putty into the ESX 3.0 server, I can scan and view all of my LUN's. The problem I am having is when i view the vmdk and flat.vmdk files directly on the Server they are not the same...
View ArticleRecommendations for virtualising SQL server
I'm putting together a plan to virtualise our small SQL servers (fairly low I/O) - I'd be interested to know what configuration changes ppl have made when virtualising SQL - specifically: - using...
View ArticleI have a VM on a SRDF replicated pair of luns and can't seem to get the R2...
I am doing a D/R test of a VM that is located on SRDF based storage. We split the SRDF pair and try to access the R2 lun but we can't see the file system. I see the lun in the list of storage by HBA...
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