An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 during a paging operation.
I'm getting "An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 during a paging operation." Event ID 51 on some virtual machines. These machines are Windows 2000 SP4 Server and Windows 2003 SP2,....
View ArticleRDM to LUN: how to match it up?
I'm relatively new to VMWare so keep that in mind. We have VI 3.5.0. I'vegot a VM that I need to V2P (it's an issue with the application not beingsupported in VMWare by the vendor). The previous...
View ArticleThin Client USB Support to Win XP VM in ESX
Hello, I am using a Sun Ray Thin client (from Sun) to connect to a Windows XP VM running under ESXi. I know the Sun Ray supports USB and will redirect the local USB ports on the Sun Ray via RDP to...
View ArticleWorkaround for "Unable to get Console path for Mount"
Error message: Error during the configuration of the host: Unable to get Console path for Mount Envirovment : ESX 3.5 u2 with NFS datastore We are in the process of moving data between datastores. I...
View ArticleAssign Permissions on the Virtual Machine Level in VI: ESX
I'm hoping this is a really simple question. We just got an ESX 3.5 server. I'm using the VI Client 2.5. I'm trying to be able to set permissions on the Virtual Machine Level. e.g. User1 can...
View ArticlePartition Table differences... should I be alarmed?
So... I know very little about 'nix environments... which is why I figured I'd better go off to ask people who do know more. I'm trying to troubleshoot why my ESX hosts can see 8 LUNs on my SAN, but...
View ArticleSerious IBM 3650 Woes - Unable to install ESX 3.0.2 Update 1 / ESX 3.5 Update 2
Having major issues installing ESX 3.0.2.Update 1 and ESX 3.5 Update 2 on an IBM 3650 (7979 - BJG -- BIOS Version 1.12) with the following hardware; 2x Quad Core Intel Xeon 5450 3.00GHz 2x Duel...
View ArticleResize ESX Swap File
Is it possible to resize the ESX default (644MB) swap file to the recommended 1.65GB by using gparted, or do I have to do a rebuild?
View ArticleVirtual Machine UDP packets Problem
I have a VM that is supposed to receive UDP packets. However it doesn't.I know that the packet are sent because the device sending them says so.Also the program on the VM was running on a physical...
View ArticleDo to determine which VM's are bound to a network adapter(s) in a vSwitch
Lets say for instance I have an ESX server 3.02/3.0.3 with 4 NIC's grouped to a single vSwitch. I have many VM's on this ESX server. During production hours a physical NIC is having problems sending...
View ArticleError with Netapp ESX Host Utilities
When settting up the Netapp ESX Host utilities and running "config_mpath --persitant" we receive an error that it could not connect to the filers. Then looking on the filer there is and HTTP XML...
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 ArticleHELP:error connecting to .vmx because vmx is not started
Hi, i have a VM power on but not accessible by anyway. i cant stop and restart. when i go to the console i got the messag "eerror connecting to .vmx because vmx is not started" any idea ?
View ArticleESX 3.5 taking 30mins to exit maintenance mode?
I'm having a problem with several hosts in a production cluster taking exactly 30 minutes to exit maintenance mode following a reboot. When the hosts finally exits HA fails and has to be manually...
View ArticleFailed to import client (using Data protector for backup VMware ESX server)
Hi, I've been trying to backup VMWare ESX 3.5 with Data Protector 6.1.Agent, such as da,ma,vmware already installed in ESX.Ports 5555 for comunicating with the server also been opened. But, when I'm...
View Articleschedule a VM reboot
Is it possible to setup a schedule a reboot for VM from VC or any other way?
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 ArticleFree Test Server or Simulator for Practise
Hi All, Is there any free test server or simulator available in Internet for Practise. Please help me.
View ArticleKVM migration to VMWare
Hi, all -- We have a KVM virtual machine running latest Ubuntu on a Ubuntu host. We need to migrate this VM to a VMWare ESX farm run by out data center. Is this migration as simple as moving the...
View ArticleUnable to open SCSI device '/vmfs/devices/generic/vmhba1:5:0:0'...
Hello, I'm using ESX 3.0.2, and one VM which is under Windows Server 2003 can't start. This server is attach to a tape device IBM Total Storage 3581-2U. I have the following error: Unable to...
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