NIC 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...
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 Articleerror when configuring nfs for unix or openfiler
Hello, i need help set up NFS for esx test host. i use both openfiler nfs and windows for UNIX servers to install nfs server but no success. i have the following errors. Error during the...
View ArticleFree Test Server or Simulator for Practise
Hi All, Is there any free test server or simulator available in Internet for Practise. Please help me.
View ArticleVC Service does not start after upgrade to 2.5
Hi I went a bit mad and decided to upgrade VC from 202 to 2.5 and also my database from 2000 to 2005...after a short fight I have it installed but when i try to start the service I get: Log for VMware...
View ArticleServer refusedServer refused to allocate pty -
"This is what I get when I try to putty into the server" Server refusedServer refused to allocate pty -bash: /root/.bash_profile: Input/output error
View ArticleCan't create virtual machine with HD over 256 GB
Need to create a virtual machine with disc space of 600 GB but VC would not let me. The error message states the following: The disk capacity entered was not a properly formed number or was out of...
View ArticleVMTS Patch Manager not downloading
I have the latest version of VMTS installed and up untilthis month worked great however the update/downloading of patches no longerworks, with no errors or messages generated in the logs files. Is...
View ArticleHP USB KVM on ESX 3.0.1
Hi all,I have this issue, when i use PS/2 to KVM (ipconsole) works fine, when i replace it with USB to KVM it does not work. And finally when i attach a usb keyboard-mouse it works fine....any...
View ArticlePXE build of ESX server on a NIC/port configured for 801.2q vlan tagging
Hiya, I have spent some time recently trying to put together a PXE boot environment to build ESX servers. This was helped no end with the release last week of the Universal Deployment Appliance:...
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 ArticleHP iLO Kickstart
I wish to use the HP iLO virtual cdrom (for the ISO) and virtual floppy (for KS.cfg) What is the command to kick off kickstart so that it uses those 2 sources. Please do not ask why I am not using PXE,...
View ArticleChange iscsi lun to fcp
We've been using iscsi vmfs luns on our netapp fas270c to provide disks to our vmware servers. We've recently upgraded our fas270c to include Fibre Channel and would like to change the luns to use...
View ArticleDell 1850 and 64-bit VMs
I have this good old Dell 1850, with Irwindale processors capable of 64-bit. I have installed ESX 3.0.2 on it, no problems, and 32-bit OSes (Win2k3) no problems, but i can't get RHEL5 64-bit to...
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 ArticleAPC Network Shutdown and ESX
Hi, I am trying to install and configure APC's Network Shutdown for VMware version 2.2.1. APC has a specific rpm for VMware and even has VMware mentioned in their installation guide, so I thought...
View ArticleInstalling and Configuring NTP on VMware ESX server
Installing and Configuring NTP on VMware ESX server. Our firewall setup prevents configuring the esx hosts communicating with the internet ntp servers. An internal device relays time to our Data...
View ArticleUpgrading from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 Update 1
I have two ESX servers running 3.0.1 and want to upgrade them to 3.0.2 Update 1. Do I need to unplug the FC cables from the servers when I upgrade them? Does the upgrade make any changes to the VMFS...
View ArticleWLB and VMware
Hi Has anyone got any experience of virtualising Windows Load Balancing service? I am trying to virtualise one on the nodes of a two node WLB cluster. The cluster is load balancing Outlook Web...
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...
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