possible to have network loop from vswitches
My networking guys wanted to verify that it is not possible to have a situation where traffic coming in to a vswitch on two separate rails would not end up in a looping situation. I found in the...
View ArticleIBM xSeries 346 _PCPU 3 didn't have heartbeat for 62 s. *may* be locked up
The server i am currently working on is an IBM xSeries 346. I previously had 3.0.2 installed on this machine and i recently tried upgrading to 3.5. After the server boots, this is displayed in red...
View Articleunable to retrieve path http://10.1.1.2:80//esxinst//VMware/base/netstg2.img
I am trying to accomplish a pxe boot/scripted install from http. I have gotten it to boot from a win2000 pxe/dhcp server, and start the esx 3.5 install from the http server... however it stops at the...
View ArticleBuild Numbers
How can I get a list of patches that correspond to this build number, VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 build-57940?
View ArticleHow to encrypt root password for Kick Start Script
I am developing a kick start script to install ESX V3.5 Update 1 and I want to encrypt the root password for use during the kick start installation script. What utility can I use to setup an encrypted...
View ArticleKeyboard not working with a guest
I've converted a guest to vmware and need to boot it with an option. The guest is a linux one and on first boot, I need to give it the init=3 option but the keyboard is not working with this guest....
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 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...
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Network Design Opinions
I would like to hear opinions of the following matter. I have created a 6-node Cluster running ESX 3.5 Build 143128. Each node is a HP DL580G5 2-Quad CPU with 64Gb RAM. I placed two Quad-NIC cards and...
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 ArticleVMotion failed -- Failed to start migration pre-copy. Help!
ESX v4, vCenter v4 Vmotion failed with error says: A general system error occurred: Failed to start migration pre-copy. Error 0xbad003f. Connection closed by remote host, possibly due to time out....
View Articleierr Assert
I am getting this error under the cpu list IERR assert. what is this error?
View ArticleIBM x366 remote install: keyboard not working with RSA II
I am sure this is similar to the blade center type issues, but I can't find anything helpful. Basically when I use the web interface thru the RSA II card and start a remote control session the...
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 Articlescript to check if server is in maintenance mode?
I'm a windows tech by trade and I'm looking at a patching script to download all of the patches via ftp and apply. Thanks \[Dominic Rivera (dominic@vmprofessional.com)]. What I'd like to do is at the...
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...
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recover deleted .vmdk file ?
Hi,Just upgraded the last server from ESX 2.5 vmfs2 to 3.0 vmfs3 and are working on the last virtual server...It has two disk files:DiskFile one - SERVER01.dsk 200GBDiskFile two - SERVER01.vmdk 45GB...
View ArticleUsing variables in kickstart script
Hi I'm using Mike's UDA to install ESX hosts. The script I have is about 260 lines at the moment. For each host I copy this script and change the IP / hostname and vmotion IP. To do this I have to...
View ArticleQLA4050C - two versions?
We are (finally) at the purchasing stage of our virtualization project.For the HBAs we are seeing two version of the QLA4050C. The QLA4050C-E-SP @ $555 and the QLA4050C-CK @ $779. Based on the...
View ArticleHP BL460c G1 boot iso problems
we are trying to install our HP Blades 460c G1 booting from a mounted iso file but when sever starts booting from the mounted cd we get the following error message: isolinux: Disk error 80, AX = 4236,...
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