Snapshot grayed out on some VMs
Why would some virtual machines have snapshot grayed out and it is available on others? I am running ESX 3.0.1 on three boxes. There are about 10 VMs on each box. Snapshot is available on some and...
View ArticleVMWARE Tools Status
Good morning, I am currently running ESX 3.0.2. We are also running VCB. I have noticed that the vmtools status for some virtual machines in Virtual Center shows that the tools aren't running. It...
View ArticleAnyone running Nvidia Tesla server with VMware?
Anyone have any experience running VMware with Nvidia Tesla GPU boards? Can the GPU's be used by VMWARE? Can the hypervisor detect the GPU processors as discrete entities that can be allocated?
View ArticleHost will not enter maintenance mode - Operation Timed Out
Hey all. I am trying to put one of my hosts into maintenance mode and am recieving a "Operation Timed Out" Error. All of the VMs have been moved off the host so I know it is not a "CD in the drive"...
View ArticleiSCSI HBA PATHS FAILOVER PROBLEM
Hi. I have this problem: I have an IBM BLADECENTER, one of the blades with ESX 3.5 and a DUAL iSCSI HBA Controller, connected to IBM DS 3300 iSCSI storage with dual controller.All this configured as...
View ArticleHost address lookup failed...
Hi, I've start to configure a new cluster with two esx 3.5 servers, i also activate HA & DRS. when i try to run a virtaul machine from my VC i get an error message in the up of the console...
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How to hot copy VM and get copy up on another ESX server
HI there We have ESX 3.5 in production, but the newbee question is: Can I somehow make a copy of living VM mashine without downtime, and get it up and running on another ESX test server? I can...
View ArticleObserved IP Ranges blank
We plugged one of our ESX hosts into a switch and the observed ip range came up correctly. We realized the port on the switch was on the wrong VLAN, so we brought the port down, changed the VLAN on...
View ArticleWhat is vCPU ?
Can anyone explain me what exactly is vCPU? Is vCPU i can only define wiht ESX 3.5 or i can have options in Vmare server 2.0 also (which i couldn't see anywhere). Also, how can i divide 1 Physical...
View ArticleConvert Standard PC ACPI HAL to Uniprocessor or Multiprocessor???
I have one server that is currently Standard PC HAL, and wondering if it could be convert to uniprocessor or multiprocessor? I've tried so many tricks and tips online but no luck. I"m not sure if...
View ArticleThe server could not interpret the client's request
My VI Client cannot connect to virtual centre , even all VM services is running and pingable .it just pop up with error message " The server could not interpret the client's request" I have using...
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 ArticlePerformance Overview Tabs Stop Working
Hi, Just wondering whether anyone has had problems with the performance overview tabs, once they have got them working. I have them installed and working but after about 2-3 weeks the performance...
View ArticleRDM Configuration (Best Practices...)
Folks, when attaching multiple RDM's on a VM, would you add one RDM per vSCSI adapter, or would you add multiple RDM's to the same vSCSi adapter? Also, when creating the RDM would you keep it with...
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 ArticleCannot start guest due to msg.hbacommon.outofspace! (discard delta.vmdk?)
Hello all- I have a severe problem with a production server on ESX 3.0.2. During an Exchange maintenance routine and copying the Exchange mailbox DB back to its operational disk, the system has run out...
View ArticleSCSI attached tape drive
With VI3 can I attach an external scsi tape drive (ibm 3580 ultra 320) to the host and run the backup server in a vm? thanks
View ArticleVMControl error -3: Invalid arguments: Login Failed - When using VMWARE-CMD
Hi, I had a Vm that wouldn't power on - I received the error "The system returned on error. Communication with the virtual machine may have been interrupted". I had a look around the Communities and...
View ArticleGuest Memory Usage vs Memory Usage inside VM
Hi Experts, I have browsed much of the community to here find something I am having great difficulty in understanding so a very simple explanation would be greatly appreciated. Now, we have some Linux...
View Articlevmware VirtualCenter service do not running
When I restart my physical server (2k3r2_sp2) hosting virtual center server, I cannot connect with my VMware Infrastructure Client.The service is not started.Log for Event Viewer:Failed to intialize...
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