Installing HP Data Protector Disk Agent on ESX 3.5
Hello, The information on installing HP Data Protector on an ESX server seems scarce, so I thought I'd ask here...I only want to install the Disk agent to do backup of our ESXpress backup dumps. So we...
View ArticleDisgustingly poor performance from iSCSI luns on NetApp
I have been suffering with this issue for some time now - I have two Netapp 3020's clustered - one head with FC disks and one head with SATA disks. Same level of Ontap etc. - the lun on the FC head is...
View Articleyellow exclaimation mark on esx server
recently a yellow exclaimation mark has appeared next to one of my esx servers, nothing shows under alarms and it does not show most information under the summary tab I only have 4 servers running on...
View ArticleSQL server mirroring with VMware HA
We would like to achieve High availability solution for SQL server in VMware and at the same time we are looking to use VMware HA. We thought of using Failover clustering for SQL server but then if we...
View ArticleVmotion does not support Progress DB running on linux
Hi there, We have a client who is using a Progress DB running on Linux SUSE V10. We tried to vmotion the server the other day and it stopped the Progress DB server process. We had been told when we...
View Articlehow to list process/program running in VM
Is there any options avaliable in ESX to check the list of process that are running in virtual machine? can be start a new process in virtual machine? Thanks for your help in advance Vivek
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....
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Cannot ping my esx server
hi all, i hope you can help, this problem has been driving me mad for some tmie now ! First a bit of background....We have a Compaq ML760 running esx 3.0.1 attached to 2 SCSI drive arrays. At the...
View ArticleHP System Management Tools for Vmware
Hello everybody I have installed the HP system management tools on all my HP physical servers in order to monitor the HW and pull logs out of the server. - Is it possible to have the same on VMware...
View ArticleBasic Knowledge about the VMware esx server
Hi, I am sabarinathan Working as a developer in LaserBeam software in India, I want to virtualize my office by using VMware ,Here we have one server connected to eight client Pc .So i need...
View ArticleConverter - How does it work?
Hello I have only used the Converter for P2V before so this is my question: I am planning to use the Converter to expand the drives on a server (SQL box) and at the same time to move this server from...
View ArticleHow many RAM dimms on a ESX 3.0.1 Server
HiIs there a way to know how many RAM DIMMS I have on my ESX 3.0.1 without having to take the server down?Thanks, ii
View ArticleVMWare Essentials Install - issues - How?
I purchased essentials and have been having issues both registering the product and now looking to install. I was directed to a download of an ISO file. Is this how to install? I've a DL380 G6. Any...
View Articleunderstanding esxtop network RX drop packets
I want to make sure I understand what I am seeing when I look at esxtop in interactive mode. I guess a better way to say it is I want to make sure that my interpetation is correct.. PORT-ID...
View ArticleVirtual Center installation error
I'm installing VC 2.01 Patch2 with Oracle DB.As per documentation I've created an oracle DB called "vpx" and a user vpxadmin.Created a "Vmware virtualCenter" System DSN .Tested connection with the user...
View ArticleWhen ESX can support virtual display memory (vRAM) larger than 4 MB?
I found in one of the discussion topics that currently ESX v3 and previous versions only support virtual dispaly memory up to 4 MB. This is not mentioned in KB 1003. I also notice that in VMWare GSX...
View ArticleLSI MegaRAID SATA/SAS 8204ELP Ctrlr - No hard drives found during install
I have an LSI MegaRAID SATA/SAS 8204ELP Controller. The ESX 3.01 installation fails with no hard drives found. This card appears to be supported based on information in the I/O Guide (LSI1068E). I've...
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 ArticleAdding to vmware.lic license file
All, I have a lic file I am using currently for 1 VC server and 10 ESX Enterprise hosts. Total of 20 CPU licenses. I have just activated via web 4 more CPU lics for ESX enterprise (2 x2CPU) and...
View ArticleCan't boot from cdrom to install guest
I installed esx3.5 on a new dell 2970, but I can't get to boot the guest vm from the cdrom to install an os(win2003) In the console window I get: Network boot from Intel E1000 ... ... PXE-E53: No...
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