What is vCPU ?
Can anyone explain me what exactly is vCPU? Is vCPU i can only define wiht ESX 3.5 or i can have options in Vmare server 2.0 also (which i couldn't see anywhere). Also, how can i divide 1 Physical...
View ArticleSetting the license server via command line
Can anyone give me the command to set the license server information via the comand line. It dosent matter if its an esxcfg or vmware or vimsh command I just need to know a command line to set the...
View ArticleChange Hostname of esx 3.5 Host
Hi, is there a working and neat way to rename a esx 3.5 host? As read in another thread esxcfg-advcfg should do that (esx-cfg -s NewName.dnszone /Misc/Hostname) but that does not work (even there is no...
View ArticleP2V Error
I am trying to convert a physical machine to virtual using the Converter plug-in in VC 2.5.It's erroring out at 1% and this is what I see in the log. 1 j10 2008-01-16 08:12:13.953 'App' 2776 info...
View ArticleError: Unable to acquire licenses because license source is unavailable...
I'm getting this attached screen shot error when I attempted to add a new data center through infrstructure Client. Error message: "Unable to acquire licenses because license source is...
View ArticleESx 3.5 Crash new maschine, HW replaced still the same
Hello Guys, here is one of my ESx Servers. I have a coublle of them but this one is not working.He crashes in 5min or 4h. downbelow is the logfile.Does u have an idea whats up with him? THX HW is not...
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ESX 3.5 GUI Time Configuration - Bug ?
Setup - 5 x 3.5 ESX Servers and Virtual Center, VC 2.5.0 (build 64192) If I check the NTP settings in the time config gui (as below), without changing anything it screws the time up on the ESX box...
View ArticleMerging two Virtual Center servers into 1
Hello, I need to merge 2 virtual center servers into 1. Each has its own MS SQL db with severa hosts, DRS, resource reservation, folders, datacenters, etc. that I would like to keep intact. Is...
View ArticleUnable to format a Lun with VMFS
HI I am having a strange problem and was wonderring if anyone else has seen it or has any suggestions. I have several servers attached to a CX300 with flare 26. All servers are running ESX 3.5...
View ArticleVLAN tagging during installation phase
Hi, I'm using VLAN tagging on our VMWare hosts to be able to send traffic to the right VLAN for each VM we use. To do so, my network engineers configure the ports on the switch on which we connect...
View ArticleSuperMicro 6025B/X7DB3/SATA RAID5/ESX 3.5
Have: SuperServer 6025B-3RV X7DB3 MB 16G RAM 7 SATA Drives w/RAID 5 using AOC -LPZCR2 0 Channel RAID Card for 1.36TB Storage Just found out today that my X7DB3 MB and AOC -LPZCR2 RAID Card are...
View ArticleInstallation Of ESX on Dell Laptop.
Hi, I have to create VI infrastructure in my laptop. From some source i got to know that we can intall ESX server on workstation 6's VM. I want to install 2 ESX server and 1 Virtual Center. I am...
View ArticleiSCSI SW Initatior and HBA
We just installed a Netapp FAS2020 yesterday and connected to a new ESX 3.5 (update 1) Server, using a Qlogic qla4052c HBA. We are seeing very poor performance with large file transfers. If we copy a...
View ArticleVolume Storage Bus
I have Backup Exec 12 and I would like to install VCB, but I'm having issues. (I've never installed VCB before). The Virtual Volume Storage Bus has not passed Windows... See attached. I'm...
View ArticleESX Install Issue with HP Proliant ML110 G5 Server
Hello everyone.... I just purchased a HP ML110 with 8GB of memory and I am trying to install ESX server 3. When the server boots into the installation and gets to the "Installation Method" I of...
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 Article2nd PCI express Intel NIC not showing in ESX
Hi, I've installed ESX 3.5 on a HP DL380 G5 server. The server has 1 x 2 port onboard broadcom NIC but I've also installed 2 x HP NC360T 2 port NIC adapters. The 2 x broadcom nics show up fine but...
View ArticleNavisphere Agent Support on ESX
Guys Where is the doco or statement which says that Vmware do not support (or sanction) the installation of the Navisphere Agent on the ESX Host?
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...
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sharing virtual disks between vms
Hi everyone, I would like to know if it is possible for 2 Windows 2003 server VMs to share a virtual disk and have them both doing read/writes to the data. If not, can anyone suggest another way...
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