VmWare preconisation about datastore
Hi, I've read somewhere it was adviced to make several datastores instead of one datastore with extends. What Vmware advices about this subject ?
View ArticleAnyone running Nvidia Tesla server with VMware?
Anyone have any experience running VMware with Nvidia Tesla GPU boards? Can the GPU's be used by VMWARE? Can the hypervisor detect the GPU processors as discrete entities that can be allocated?
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 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 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 ArticleHost connection state - (State = Not responding)
I am getting this alerts every other day but when I look at the ESX it is connected and all VMs are OK. Which logs can I take a look to research this issue? please post the commands Target:...
View ArticleFAILED: agent.internal.fault.NfcConnectionFault.summary
I have a vmmachine that I want to move from vmserver 1.0.2 to vm exi 3.5 I have converted successful prior form this excate same host server A to host server B using vmcenter prior. Now I trying...
View ArticleMAC addresses of our physical NICs on ESX hosts
I have been asked a very interesting question. What is the MAC address for each of the physical NICs inside our ESX host. Our ESX3.5Update4 host has 6 of them. I am able to use ESXCfg to identify...
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 ArticleVM 100% cpu utilization after vmotion from one host
Hi folks, When i vmotion a couple of VMs (Win 2003 x64 running IIS) from one host in our solution the VM CPU utilisation goes upto 100% and there are a lot of ASP.NET crash reports in the event log....
View ArticleDetails of clipboard/copy?
Given a virtual desktop that is being driven by an ESX server, what are the details involved in: 1) User on client virtual desktop highlights text, copies it to the virtual clipboard and then pastes...
View ArticleUnable to change the Licnese server
I've recently appropriated an ESX environment which we will call this Environment A consisting of : 7 hosts1 Virtual Center Server also the license server resides on the same box.. I have...
View ArticleDisk Size increase issue.
I have a VM with C and D drive. I increased the D drive space by 10GB through going to edit settings, Hard disk2, and add another 10GB to new Size, HIt OK. I logged into the VM and it is showing...
View ArticleVirtual Machine and McAfee Endpoint Encryption Manager/CPU Load is WARNING
Have a Windows 2003 VM with McAfee EndPoint Encryption Manager recently installed. Every day , at least, once each day we are seeing the following alert from the EndPoint Manager: PROBLEM Service...
View Articlewatchdog-hostd process crashes after startup
Hi, The below issue pertains to a standalone ESX server 3.0 which ash 2 vms running on it.I have an issue with the mgmt-vmware startup. when I start the mgmt-vmware, I get the below /var/log/messages...
View ArticleTwo ESX 3.x hosts mounting to same VMFS datastore on SAN
I'm running two ESX 3.x servers with virtual center. I know that it is possible to create redundancy or high availability by configuring a clustered environment. For HA to work, both ESX hosts must...
View ArticleESX 3.02 on BladeCenter server - can't see gateway
Here's my setup: IBM BladeCenter 8852 Chassis/HS21 BladesNortel Layer 2/3 GbE Switch (6-port) On the switch, I've set up 6 different VLANs, each with their own ID. I input the VLAN ID during ESX...
View ArticleBackup of RAW disk via HP Data protector
Hi Guys, I have the following issue when trying to use HP Data Protector to run a full backup of a windows server running in an ESX 3.0.2 Cluster. Background info: 2 HP Proliant Blade BL20p with 2...
View ArticleVI Client 2.5 only supports 32bit OS?
Working through my ESX 3.5 / VC 2.5 upgrade, I download the new VI client onto my workstation (Vista x64 Enterprise) and receive a lovely error message that "This product be installed only on 32-bit...
View ArticleProblem adding server to VC ha-folder-root
I have just patched one of my servers usuing the software http://www.vmts.net/VMTSPatchManager.htm after the installation of the patches was finnished, it got stuck at the step "restart server". I...
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