speed in an internal vswitch
Hello, if 2 virtual machines are connected to the same virtual switch (meaning the packets transferred don't go through the physical adapter), what is the maximum actual possible speed? (with vmxnet...
View ArticleHA agent xxxxx in cluster xxxxx has in xxxxx an error
Hi, We've got back an ESX server from an ESX cluster in which we've got Ha activated. We add this server in another cluster without HA. Now the server claims the message "HA agent xxxxx in...
View ArticleError message "cimserver: IpmiIfcFruBoard: checksum failed 0x43" logged...
Greetings, Config: VMWare ESX Server, ver 3.5.0, Build 123630 Server: Sun Fire X4150 with 2 Fibre Channel HBA's multipathed to the same SAN. Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation 4Gb Fibre Channel...
View ArticleNIC not connecting to 100Mbps switch
I have installed VMware 3.5 U3 on 3 HP BL460c blades. I am trying to connect these to a 100Mbps switch for one of the VM networks. none of the NICs are connecting to a 100Mbps switch, both the onboard...
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High CPU load caused by Hardware Interrupts
Hi all, It seems to be a common problem, you have a virtual Windows 2003 server running Active Directory on a ESX server and suddenly the performance crawls to almost death.We'll I'm having this...
View ArticleVMware Tools upgrade will not run - only prompts MSIEXEC install options.
After placing all the VMware critical and recommended patches, there was a VMware Tools upgrade included. These were applied to all servers in my environment. Now when I log into my servers 50% ran...
View ArticleUsing PuTTY cannot connect to the Host!!!
Hello people. I am trying to use puTTY to connect to the Host but i can't. Message said - Network error: Connection refused. Any help. Thanks.
View ArticleVm's disconnected in Exs
Dear All, I have a problem wherein my virtual instances are show as disconnected (greyed out) when I access the EXS host via the Virtual client. need advice on the resolving the...
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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 ArticleExtending a virtual disk (System partition)
What is the best way to increase the system partition? I usually increase the hard drive in VI client, use Knoppix to then extend the partition. Is there a better way? or is there other prefered...
View ArticleHow to exclude VM from HA availability constraint calculation
Hi, I would like to confirm if I set "Disable" on few VM HA settings (cluster level), These VMs will not be included in the HA "Prevent VMs from being Powered on if they violate availability...
View ArticleVLANs and Dell Blades
I know this is more a Dell question than a Vmware question, but I figure some of you are using the same BladeSystem as me and may be able to provide a quicker answer than Dell. We have a new M1000E...
View Articlevmkping not respond between some hosts
Our situation (vmotion network): ESX1 = 10.0.0.1, ESX2 = 10.0.0.2, ESX3 = 10.0.0.3, ESX4 = 10.0.0.4, ESX5 = 10.0.0.5, All vmkpings and vmotions OK except between ESX4 and ESX5 with other hosts. At 10%...
View ArticleVMOTION error
Hi im having problem with vmotion and i can't find anything on that error First my host don't support Vmware EVC ESX2 = Intel (R) Xeon (TM) CPU 2.80GHz - IBM HS20 ESX3 = Intel (R) Xeon (TM) CPU...
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 ArticleWinSCP copies to new DataStores
We have ESX3.5 and VC2.5. Originally, our FibreChnl SAN had 6 DataStores configured with VMFS3.21. We added some additional datastores and they are VMFS3.31. I noticed that whereas I could once...
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 ArticleESX 3.0.1 with BMC Patrol
I have a BMC Patrol (3.5) install on my ESX 3.0.1 server (patched). However, the patrol agent which reports to a central server is not talking. This ESX server is a clone of another that works fine...
View ArticleCan login to SC using root but not VC after fresh 3.5 install
I installed VI 3.5 on a server using a kickstart script. The script uses the useradd command to add 3 users. useradd -m -p '<password>' -c "User1" user1useradd -m -p...
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