MS SQL Express Error 25057
When I load the VMware-VIMSetup-2.5.0-64201 VCServer setup, I get this error and install bails out. I am not using a license server, and not using an existing db, I am installing a new instance of sql...
View ArticleMD3000i and Multipathing in ESX 3.5
Hello. We're in trouble setting up multipathing with MD3000i. We've a dual controller MD3000i, with one Virtual DIsc configured. MD3000i is connected to 2 ESX 3.5 Hosts. We want to assign a...
View ArticleInstalling ESX 3.5 on Dell Laptop (Kernel panic at apic.c:298)
I realise its not the first place to start installing ESX but I am hoping to be able to make use of some spare equipment we have, to gain experience in VI so i started to load ESX 3.5 on a Lattitude...
View ArticleABIT IN9 32X-MAX LGA 775 Nvidia nForce 680i SLI work with ESX 3.5?
Does anyone has this deployed with ESX 3.5 can you can confirm seems cheaper than ASUS P5M2/SAS LGA775? Just want to confirm before order another sandbox. ABIT IN9 32X-MAX LGA 775 Nvidia nForce...
View ArticleHow to obtain licence file
Hi, I've already registered my HP licences for vmware. Now I would like to know how to obtain the key files for my 5 ESX.Is there a procedure or a doc describing this ? Thx
View ArticleAdaptec 2610SA fails with ESX 3.5
Hello, Previosuly, with ESX 3, I had used my Adaptec 2610SA card which is a 6 port SATA RAID unit. This card has been placed in a PCI slot on my Intel motherboard. Upon bootup I am able to see the...
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 ArticleAdding a User to Multiple ESX Hosts (Script)
Guys, we have several ESX hosts that have local accounts and use Active Directory to sync the passwords. If we need to add (or remove) a user to multiple hosts we logon to each host individually and...
View ArticleUPS & ESX - HA/shutdown Question
Hi I have a question regarding UPS shutdown and HA on ESX 3.02 We have 6 ESX hosts, all running Production VM's from a SAN. The system is powered through an APC Symmetra unit.I have managed to Install...
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Ethernet frames dropped - NP2 hardware - ESX Server 3.0.2
<div>Hi,</div> <div> </div> <div>In my environment have four hosts with the ESX Server 3.0.2, building July 2007.</div>My infrastructure support HBA, SAN, fiber...
View ArticleCannot power a virtual machine within a virtual machine
I have successfully setup and configured ESX3.5 to run under VM 6 WS but it appears that when I add a VM using the VI client to the ESX host I encounter the following error; "you may not power on a...
View ArticleCreating VMWare home lab to pursue VCP
OK, here's the deal... I started out as a 'network services' field guy installing Servers like UNISYS ES7000...didn't survive the Unisys bloodletting... ended up as an Applications support guy; that...
View ArticleHow do I determine the queue depth?
I know how to get it, but how do I see what it currently is?
View ArticleError message "cimserver: IpmiIfcFruBoard: checksum failed 0x43" logged...
Greetings, Config: VMWare ESX Server, ver 3.5.0, Build 123630 Server: Sun Fire X4150 with 2 Fibre Channel HBA's multipathed to the same SAN. Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation 4Gb Fibre Channel...
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 Articlevmreconfig.pl adding a network adapter with port group
I have trawled the net looking for a way to add a network adapter to a virtual machine and specify the port group/ network name from the command line or with vi perl and have found no examples (Or...
View ArticleESX 3.5 strange error message in hardware health status
I recently acquired an IBM xSeries 236 server and installed ESX 3.5 update 3, upon doing so I noticed an error message in hardware health status that reads: "processor module 80 SEL fullness" To the...
View Articleierr Assert
I am getting this error under the cpu list IERR assert. what is this error?
View ArticleThe server could not interpret the client's request
My VI Client cannot connect to virtual centre , even all VM services is running and pingable .it just pop up with error message " The server could not interpret the client's request" I have using...
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...
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