VMware Healthcheck script Installation Guide
How to install the ESX healthcheck script on ESX host , Can anyone provide Step by Step procedure for doing so.Thanks & Regards
View ArticleUPS & ESX - HA/shutdown Question
Hi I have a question regarding UPS shutdown and HA on ESX 3.02 We have 6 ESX hosts, all running Production VM's from a SAN. The system is powered through an APC Symmetra unit.I have managed to Install...
View ArticleNetwork Usage Alarm
Hi, we recently set up alarms for Metric Network Usage. It sometimes shows (like shown below) usage far over 100 percent. How can this be? Is this not telling me how much of the network is being used?...
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 ArticleVM Lockup with 100% CPU utilization - Random times, varying loads, RHEL5,...
Hi, we are running ESX 3.5 (original - no updates. We have another client that sees this same thing with u4) We have a VM that experiences lock ups at seemingly random times. The machine is running...
View Articlefailed to extend disk the called function cannot be performed on partial...
I have taken over administration of our VI3 and encountered this message: "failed to extend disk the called function cannot be performed on partial chains please open the parent virtual disk" when I...
View Articleerror while running the Dset tool .
Hi Everyone, Whenever i try to Run the DSET tool to generate the DSET report . i get an error saying that no space left . Its in ESX 3.0. Please look into the below error. Append report...
View ArticleHow to access ESX service console
Hi all.I am a TV engineer trying to solve a network issue with our equipment. I am not a network engineer. I am trying to follow the VMWareKB: 'Troubleshooting network connection issues using Address...
View ArticleHP Insight Manager service console agent install
Hi, I am looking for a link to a "how to" install the insight manager agent. I have looked on the HP site and the forums here, but I can't some up with anything particularly useful. I want to...
View ArticleUsers unable to browse datastore ISO file under CD configuration
I have just upgraded to Virtual Center 2.5. I have users that cannot browse to the ISO datastore under the CD/DVD configuration without giving them Administrator access at the DataCenter level. They...
View Articleierr Assert
I am getting this error under the cpu list IERR assert. what is this error?
View ArticleWhere to download an old version of ESX install media
Hi All, I have a site which has a server where the host RAID set has been broken. I need to reinstall the VMWare ESX Server, 3.0.1, 32039 on this host but no longer have the install media. Is there...
View Articleunable to remove orphaned and inaccessible vm from inventory.
Had a crash during an svmotion, vm orphaned and tried to readd to inventory but no luck. I have since restored the vm from a san snapshot and deleted all the original files and it now sits in a whole...
View ArticleESX Downloading vmdk files from Datastore "Connection Timed Out" Error
When attempting to download vmdk files from my ESX Datastores, I receive a "Connection to server has timed out" Error. I can download any smal files (vmx, etc.) but when I try to download my vmdk's,...
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 ArticleDelete or remove VMFS / VMFS3 partition or slice
Im running VMware ESX Server 3.0.0 build 27701. This was installed by a colleague who in a flurry of default settings and next clicks has built the server with two VMFS partitions. There are two...
View ArticleSlip stream ESX patches
I know VMware provides a supported "scripted installation" of ESX server 2.5.4; however, I wish to know is there a supported or un-supported method to either run the installation of patches after the...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 132T Tape Library and ESX 3.0.1
Hi, I want to install our Dell PowerEdge 132T Tape Library into our SAN running VMWare ESX 3.0.1. I think it will work but am not sure about how to install into the guest OS. The tape library has a...
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 ArticleSCSI card: LSI20320-HP compatibility
Hi all, I've got the opportunity to purchase one of the above SCSI cards, but don't know whether it's compatible with ESX 3. The HCL lists "LSI U320 SCSI Controller" as being supported, and this card...
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