CPU compatible doubt
Hello I have 3 ESX Servers in a cluster with HA & DRS working fine and with the CPU configuration below: Server 1 & 2 (DELL PE 2950)-vendor_id : GenuineIntelcpu family : 15model...
View ArticleHow to Create DMZ lab with ESX..
I need to test out SSO for Sharepoint and was hoping to create a sandbox and have the DMZ talk to the production without any firewall rules ... I'm thinking extra nic card (which is on order) and use...
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 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 ArticleError opening console
Hi! Trying to open a console from the cliet I get the following message: "Error Connecting: Connection terminated by server, ret -1 err 10054" If I do the same direct on the Virtual Center, I get it...
View ArticleSetting up raid array for esx server
Hello everybody: This is my first post here, and I am a newcomer to the virtualization. I have been assigned the task of setting up a esx server. Now I need to setup a HP DL380 quad-core dual...
View ArticleHELP:error connecting to .vmx because vmx is not started
Hi, i have a VM power on but not accessible by anyway. i cant stop and restart. when i go to the console i got the messag "eerror connecting to .vmx because vmx is not started" any idea ?
View ArticleDisgustingly poor performance from iSCSI luns on NetApp
I have been suffering with this issue for some time now - I have two Netapp 3020's clustered - one head with FC disks and one head with SATA disks. Same level of Ontap etc. - the lun on the FC head is...
View ArticleObserved IP Ranges blank
We plugged one of our ESX hosts into a switch and the observed ip range came up correctly. We realized the port on the switch was on the wrong VLAN, so we brought the port down, changed the VLAN on...
View ArticleSnapshot problem .. how to remove without committing
hello, I was trying to remove a snapshot the other day when everything broke. the machine can no longer boot into windows 2003. How do I ignore the snapshots already taken, and go back to the...
View Articleyellow exclaimation mark on esx server
recently a yellow exclaimation mark has appeared next to one of my esx servers, nothing shows under alarms and it does not show most information under the summary tab I only have 4 servers running on...
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 ArticleHow to exclude VM from HA availability constraint calculation
Hi, I would like to confirm if I set "Disable" on few VM HA settings (cluster level), These VMs will not be included in the HA "Prevent VMs from being Powered on if they violate availability...
View Articlefailed to extend disk the called function cannot be performed on partial...
I have taken over administration of our VI3 and encountered this message: "failed to extend disk the called function cannot be performed on partial chains please open the parent virtual disk" when I...
View ArticleStop: 0x0000007B Inaccessible_boot_device Error
I have converted a server having windows 2000 adv server with sp4 (Dell 8450 series with 4 processors). I used Vmware converter 4.0 to convert in to VM. Earlier it failed so many times when i choose...
View ArticleKVM migration to VMWare
Hi, all -- We have a KVM virtual machine running latest Ubuntu on a Ubuntu host. We need to migrate this VM to a VMWare ESX farm run by out data center. Is this migration as simple as moving the...
View ArticleOpen vmdk file
Hi, I have lost some files for a server, I only have the following 2 files, name-flat.vmdk and name.vmdk file, the flat file is 150gb file and hopefully contains all my data, I have tried to setup a...
View ArticleWinSCP copies to new DataStores
We have ESX3.5 and VC2.5. Originally, our FibreChnl SAN had 6 DataStores configured with VMFS3.21. We added some additional datastores and they are VMFS3.31. I noticed that whereas I could once...
View ArticleVERY URGENT! VirtualCenter server don't start
Hello all, I've an urgent question. I've an old VMWare environment with Virtual Center 2.0.1 on Windows 2000 serve. Today I've done some operation with my VM (remove old snapshot, move some VM from...
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...
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