Adding NFS Storage
I'm testing an NFS storage implementation and ran into a problem. My NAS is just an old DL380 with some 146GB drives and I'm running FreeNAS. So the storage setup went ok, but when I try to add the...
View ArticleAn 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 ArticleWhat does Guest Memory % actually mean?
In the virtual machine summary, there are two columns described this way in the online help: Host Mem - Number of megabytes of the virtual machine's memory used. Guest Mem % - Amount of...
View ArticleScript to Shutdown and startup of virtual machines
I need a script to shutdown and startup virtual machines from the ESX 3.5 console. Please also include how to run the script and also I have a few examples but not sure which is the best route to take...
View Article"Destination Host Unreachable" after changing Service Console IP address
Due to a corporate merge, the IP schema for our servers must be changed from a 192.168.225.X network to 10.165.1.X I have followed the simple method of using esxcfg-vswif to alter the IP, Netmask, and...
View Article'Unable to establish reciprocity' when trying to pair SRM sites
I have two VC (2.5 U3) sites each with SRM (1.1 U1) installed using the default certificate option. When I try to configure a connection from the Protected Site, the last step 'Unable to establish...
View ArticleDRS affinity rules - if I set to manual, they are preserved, if I disable...
DRS affinity rules - if I set to manual, they are preserved, if I disable DRS, DO I LOSE VM AFFINITY RULES? And if I lose them if DRS is disabled ... can I back them up some way prior or are they...
View ArticleHow to Reset HBA on ESXi server
Hello all, I need to reset one Emulex HBA on my ESXi installable server in order to get access to the fabric.I would like to avoid the need to reboot this prod server. I found the LPutil tool on ESX...
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 ArticleUnexpected shutdown caused datastore to become inaccessable - VM's show up as...
We had a unexpected power outage in our building over this weekend and on Sunday when the power was finally restored, upon powering up our ESXi server, we found that the Datastore was NOT visible in...
View Articledecommissioned old ESX 3.5 host and want to use license for new ESX 3.5host
We have decommissioned one of our ESX Hosts and will replace it with a new ESX Host. I'd like to use the license from the old host on the new host. How do I do that?
View ArticleCannot customize host name
Error:A specified parameter is not correct: spec.identity.hostNameMy hostName is normal:"pigtails" [Code]protected CustomizationSpec customizeVM(ManagedObjectReference vmRef, String ipAddress, String...
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 ArticleHOWTO: Installing ESX Server from a USB flash drive
After Mike Laverick posted his experience with ESX Server and USB flash disks in another thread, I decided to figure out how to make it work.Here's a quick rundown on setting up a USB flash disk (ie....
View ArticleHP DL385 ILO within ESX
Hi All, I have a question, I am not greatly familiar with ILO so maybe someone can help me. I have a server ata remote location I have no physical access to. The server is running ESX 3.01, is...
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Adding Hard disk causing problem, might be minor issue
Guys I got a quick reply a while ago regarding sysprep thanks, thats something new. I have C partition only on my master server and i wanted to add another partition prior to clone. I just add new...
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...
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...
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