WiFi Compatible cards.
Hi again, guys and happy new year... for all of you. Has anybody mounted any ESX 3.0 wifi network infraestructure? Due to different circunstances, I'm not capable to install wired connections from my...
View Articlerdm shared disk
ok this probably sounds like a stupid question but i have to ask! Is it possible to share a RDM disk between two servers. As far as i am aware windows will not allow a disk to be accessed by two...
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...
View ArticleWhere to download an old version of ESX install media
Hi All, I have a site which has a server where the host RAID set has been broken. I need to reinstall the VMWare ESX Server, 3.0.1, 32039 on this host but no longer have the install media. Is there...
View ArticleInstalling an Adaptec AIC-7850 PCI SCSI controller
Hi, Wondering how hard or what the procedure or commands are to install a new PCI scsi controller to an already installed ESX server. We want to add a second storage to our Dell 2900 ESX 3.5...
View ArticleCan I virtualize Mac OS/X 10 Server (Leopard) on ESX 3.5.0 ?
Hi ! Can I virtualize Mac OS/X 10 Server (Leopard) on ESX 3.5.0 ? Is there an hardware limitations ? licensing ? thanks for your reply Damien
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 ArticleVLANs and Dell Blades
I know this is more a Dell question than a Vmware question, but I figure some of you are using the same BladeSystem as me and may be able to provide a quicker answer than Dell. We have a new M1000E...
View ArticleDelete or remove VMFS / VMFS3 partition or slice
Im running VMware ESX Server 3.0.0 build 27701. This was installed by a colleague who in a flurry of default settings and next clicks has built the server with two VMFS partitions. There are two...
View ArticleVMWare Tools V3.0.1 backwards compatibility?
We support about 20 EXS 2.5.x servers mainly running versions of RedHat Linux. Because we patch kernels very aggressively we always have to compile our own version of VMWare Tools rpm which we...
View ArticleCannot install on Adaptec AIC-9410
ESX server supports Adaptec's AIC-9410w raid controller (it is listed in the compatibility guide), yet during the install it tells me that a supported device was not found. I even see a message pop up...
View ArticleKS Post script will not run
I have created a KS file for a scripted install, but my post script does not work. Is there any one out there that can take a look at my ks script and tell me what i'm doing wrong. I have changed the...
View ArticleLSI Logic LSI20320 PCI-X 64bit
Hi I am trying to find out if LSI Logic LSI20320 is compatible with Vmware ESX Server 3.0. I'm planning to purchase one scsi adapter in order to start learning Esx. But in I/O Compatibility Guide For...
View ArticleImage a full ESX system
I have imaged a complete ESX system successfully and put it back up on a different piece of hardware with no problems! This is great news to us so that we can standardize on the builds and allow us to...
View Article3.0.2 install failing
I have tried a new install of ESX 3.0.2 onto an HP DL365 server that contains a P800 controller and keep getting a Red Screen just after post. The error reads: EAX=0000E19C EBX=00007000 ECX=0064DD4B...
View Articleisolinux: Disk error 80, AX = 4236, drive 9F
When I try to boot from the ISO I get this error: isolinux: Disk error 80, AX = 4236, drive 9F Any ideas? Thanks, Jason
View Articlekickstart & VLans
Is it possible to do a network scripted install where the nic you are doing the install through is attached to a trunk port. i.e. can I specify a vlan ID in the esx install boot process ?
View ArticleAttempted to read or write protected memory
We were running ESX Server 3.0.2 and Virtual Infrastructure Client 2.0 until today when we upgraded to 3.5 and 2.5, respectively. Now when trying to run the virtual machines through VIC I get this...
View ArticleDell 2950III with internal SAS & PERC 6/i RAID and ESX3.5 install
Hi, I'm looking at setting up a dev lab with a 3 node ESX 3.5 cluster attached to a LeftHand iSCSI storage unit. I want to have a couple of VMFS3 volumes on the iSCSI SAN presented to all 3 hosts....
View ArticleInstalling ESX 3i on Dell PowerEdge 2950
Hi, Did anyone encounter any issues booting up Dell PowerEdge 9250 after the ESX 3i install? I have a PE 2950 here, with 16GB RAM, 4 300GB 10K SAS drives in 2 RAID1 mirrors, PERC 5/i RAID...
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