Individual disk - Persistent and non-persistent
Hi, Can somebody please explain to me, what does persistent and non-persistent means? My understanding was, if the disk is non-persistent and I put somefiles, on that disk. After reboot those files...
View ArticleVI Client 2.5 only supports 32bit OS?
Working through my ESX 3.5 / VC 2.5 upgrade, I download the new VI client onto my workstation (Vista x64 Enterprise) and receive a lovely error message that "This product be installed only on 32-bit...
View ArticlePhysical NIC mapping to VMNIC in Virtual Infrastructure client
I have an ESX 3.0.2 set up. It is a Dell 6950. It has an on board dual NIC. I then installed two more Dual NIC's. So this host now has a total of 6 ports. The question I have is in regards to the...
View ArticleESX server as a VM: adding a second vnic, how to?
Hi, I have virtualized ESX server 3.0.1 with Vmware Workstation 6.0.0 build 45731. I am trying to add a second nic in the vmx file to that esx server can use extra nic for vmotion.. See the actual...
View ArticleDell 2950III with internal SAS & PERC 6/i RAID and ESX3.5 install
Hi, I'm looking at setting up a dev lab with a 3 node ESX 3.5 cluster attached to a LeftHand iSCSI storage unit. I want to have a couple of VMFS3 volumes on the iSCSI SAN presented to all 3 hosts....
View Articlestorage vmotion with 3.5
When my vm is powered off, I'm able to migate this vm to another storage place. That works very good. But how can I migrate a vm when it is powered on?When powered on, I can only migrate this vm...
View ArticleWhat is Sr. VMware Consultant for large financial corporation salary be?
Folks, Anyone know would be a decent salary package for Sr. VMware Consultant for large financial corporation be? This would be consulting for other head hunter company. Any ideas would be great!
View ArticleUnable to format a Lun with VMFS
HI I am having a strange problem and was wonderring if anyone else has seen it or has any suggestions. I have several servers attached to a CX300 with flare 26. All servers are running ESX 3.5...
View ArticleIntel ESB2 SATA 3.0Gbps Controller
Can someon tell me if the "Intel ESB2 SATA 3.0Gbps Controller " works within VMWare 3.5??? I would like to have this controller manage the storage of the VMs. My mb is a Supermicro x7dva-e mb, with the...
View ArticleChange memory allocated to Service Console using CLI
Anyone know the command line argument to change the service console memory allocation for ESX 3.x. I know the command in ESX 2.x was vmkpcidivy and want to be able to manually change the memory...
View ArticleRAID Driver and ESX 3.5
I have an eval version of ESX 3.5. I tried to load it on an Intel S5000...server board with RAID5. Naturally it is not supported. But I suspect all I need to do is get the Linux driver installed at...
View ArticleInstall ESX 3.5 Update 1 on Tyan S2915-E
Has anyone been able to install ESX 3.5 on this motherboard Has dual quad core Opteron 2350 B3 stepping Am trying latest ESX 3.5 Update 1 Installer cannot "see" onboard LSI1068E controller or...
View Articleintel server board s5000vsa compatibility
Hello, can some one help me? i need to check compatibility for Intel server board S5000VSA, i dont see this in the vmware 3.5 compatibility list, and also for the component Intel 82563EB Gigabit...
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 ArticleAdding a User to Multiple ESX Hosts (Script)
Guys, we have several ESX hosts that have local accounts and use Active Directory to sync the passwords. If we need to add (or remove) a user to multiple hosts we logon to each host individually and...
View ArticleRe-attach virtual machines back into ESX
Just wondering.. if you remove a machine from the inventory or if you find an orphaned virtual machine that you just can't "fix" with the normal means (such as restarting VC, hostD, etc), is there any...
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 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 Articlevmkfstools command line help
Hi Can anyone refer the link for guide to commands supported on ESX 3.0 Thanks
View ArticleESX 3.0.2 host hung after re-scan LUNs
Hi there, We have 5 ESX 3.0.2 server hosts, one day I did re-scan entire HBAs because I want to add two new LUNs into the datastore, but the server host hung. After rebooting, the ESX server host...
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