HP Agents 7.9.0 on ESX V3.0.1
Guys, when I install the HP Agents 7.9.0 on my ESX 3.0.1 system I get issues with my SMH. I find that that the SMH is pretty useless and doesn't detail any of the componets on my system All it tells...
View ArticleNo console access and SSH disabled after installation of ESX 3.5
So just installed ESX 3i, 3.5.0, 7113 on some new Dell PowerEdge 2950's. However, I can't get access to the CLI through the console (keyboard/mouse) by pressing alt-F1. I get what appears to be a...
View ArticleVMWare tools not running
Hi All, We have recently migrated all of our ESX servers from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2. And we have moved all the vdi's from old to new boxes (3.0.2) and still running old VMware tools. And from then we are...
View ArticleIBM 3650 BIOS 1.06 VMotion issue resolved
I've just sent a month working with IBM and VMware to resolve an issue with VMotion not working between two identical IBM 3650's, so I though I'd share because I'm hearing others are running into this...
View ArticleHW Monitoring with HPSIM
Hello ... I am planning to install HPSIM agent on DL380 ESX 3.5 boxes, currently not using any HPSIM licenses . I will need to be alerted if any of the NICs, Disks or power supply ... etc failed Do I...
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URGENT - ESX 3.5 hanging
Hi, I've got an ESX 3.5 host that keeps 'hanging' i.e. the VI client will disconnect, my monitoring software (currently using Veeam Monitor) will disconect and the uptime for all the VMs running on...
View ArticleExposing ESX Server to Internet
Hi, We are using our virtual machines to host training that individuals outside our company need to access (I am still new to configuring ESX Server). Is it a best practice (or can it even be done) to...
View ArticleSSE4.1 and Dell Poweredge 2950 and 2950 GenIII
I just added two new Dell Poweredge 2950 Gen III's to my cluster, and I'm getting a message that there cpu has SSE4.1! The old CPU's are Core. I'm going to have to use cpu mask to get vmotion to work,...
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 ArticleProblem using VMware Update Manager
I have new installed esx 3.5 hosts together with a VCenter Server 2.5. When I try to install the latest patches via VMware Update Manager, the install worked good up for the first 7 patches.Between...
View ArticleDatastore with HP EVA 4000
Hello, I am using virtual disk from HP EVA 4000 as datastore. I was wondering if ESX 3.5 support resizing the vdisk? I would like to resize the vdisk so that I wouldn't have to do another disk and...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Maintenance Mode ...
Hi all, I had problem with VMware maintenance mode with ESX 3.0.3 build 61618 with VC 2.0.2. I had a HA/DRS cluster with 4 hosts. HA/DRS configured with no error. In a cluster, I can put a...
View ArticleAuto Rebooting of ESX Server & Vservers
I know in Windows Server 2005 you could schedule the individual virtual servers to reboot and then finally, after a set number of seconds, have the main box reboot. Is there a way to do this with ESX?...
View ArticleCPU host mismatch vmotion only working one way.
Hi guys, I'm having issues with VMotion after installing a new host in my cluster, I'm running ESX 3.5 with VC 2.5. The problem is that a vm will only hot migrate onto the newer server, but then...
View ArticleESX3.0.2 upgrade to ESX3.5
Hi, I have a ESX3.0.2 environment that I need to upgrade to ESX3.5. Is there any upgrade patch available ? or the servers needs to be restaged like new as ESX3.5 ? Thanks in advance,
View ArticleAuthd error: 514 Error connecting to hostd-vmdb service instance
Hi, Last night on of our esx hosts (3.0.1) suddenly rebooted, and since then I can't connect to it again via VirtualCenter (2.0.1), and neither via local web interface. Following error is generated...
View ArticleISDN Card possible in ESX 3.0.2
Hi there, is ESX 3.0.2 compatible with PCI ISDN Cards? I guess not, but I am not sure. We like to set up a virtual W2k3 Server with ISDN Fax & RAS functionality. Any experiences with that?...
View Article[scripted install] 514 error connecting hostd-vmdb service instance
Hi all, I'm working on a scripted install (I use UDA, it works very well), all is good in the normal section of my ks.cfg, but I have problems (like most of the people) with the %post section.So to be...
View ArticleVM disconnected after host failed - How to manually reconnect?
Hi During some planned downtime today, i came across an issue which may cause problems in the future - so i am just looking for any insight... We have 6 Esx hosts running Win2k3 vm's. All VM's reside...
View Article2x VI3.02 Hosts on VMware Workstation 6.04
Hi All, does anyone insalled 2 Vi3.02 hosts on a VMware Workstation 6.04 ? When i install and start both Hosts at the same time , one of them (started as the second host) is not able to get...
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