Reconnect host stuck on In Progress
one of my hosts in a ESX 3.0.2 cluster is hung up and still have vms running on it. Right now its showing a status of disconnected and I tried to reconnect it into the cluster but VC is showing...
View ArticleHow to determine which vmnic is actually active in a NIC team ?
Hi folks! Does anyone know how to tell which vmnic is actually active at any one time in a NIC team ? I was expecting the Networking link in the VI Client would do so, but obviously not : My...
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?
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Bladecenter ESX server Vlan trunking problem
Bladecenter ESX server Vlan problemESX, Bladecenter, VLAN Hello, The bladecenter was initially setup by a company and allows me to onlycreate VM's from Vlan 2. The issue is...
View ArticleiSCSI SAN device recommendation
I would like to know if someone could recommend an iSCSI SAN for use in a small business. We want to use it for ESXi and to test VI3 with 2 server boxes. Can anyone say what an acceptable transfer...
View ArticleForce Guest OS to Use 100Mbps/Full Duplex NIC
My service provider only provide 100Mbps/Full with no Auto-negotiate connection, therefore I have to make sure both host and guest are using 100Mbps/Full. While I know how to change it in the host,...
View Articleresize disk space on vm
hi! I have a little problem, when I converted a vm to my esx server so did I choose 14GB for the vm. But I have now realize that I need more space on the vm. but the problem is that I shutdown...
View ArticleVpXClient has encountered a problem
Hi, I've just tried to launch my VI client from my XP desktop and I'm receiving the following error message: VpXClient has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the...
View ArticleVmware Memory using SNMP
I am reading the VMWare Resources MIB to monitor memory on my ESX server. I reading these three OIDS: Total Memory>.1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.3.2.1 Used Memory>.1.3.6.1.4.1.6876.3.2.2 Free...
View Articleierr Assert
I am getting this error under the cpu list IERR assert. what is this error?
View ArticleFailed to import client (using Data protector for backup VMware ESX server)
Hi, I've been trying to backup VMWare ESX 3.5 with Data Protector 6.1.Agent, such as da,ma,vmware already installed in ESX.Ports 5555 for comunicating with the server also been opened. But, when I'm...
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 ArticleESX Guest hanging
Hi All, One of my ESX guest is hanging frequently. Its running on a ESX host with 64GB RAM and 8*2.33GHZ processors. It is congifured with 4 Processors and 4GB RAM and is running a critical MS SQL...
View ArticleVirtualcenter server not starting..service hangs on "starting" status
Hi, I have a problem with a virtualcenter server than I have inherited. I needed to reboot the VC server this morning, but the virtualcenter server service is stuck on a "Starting" status. I've...
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 ArticleVMFS and VMDK compatibility
Hi, I've got a number of ESX 3.0.2-Update1 hosts which I'm going to be doing fresh installs of ESXi 4.1 onto. The 3.0.2 hosts are connected to external storage where the Datastores and VM's are stored....
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 ArticlePort Numbers For ESX 3.0.1 to License Server on Virtual Center 2.0 Machine
We are installing a Cisco firewall between our esx servers and the Virtual Center server that holds the License server. I need to tell the firewall team what ports to open. Does anyone know which...
View ArticleESX 3.02 on BladeCenter server - can't see gateway
Here's my setup: IBM BladeCenter 8852 Chassis/HS21 BladesNortel Layer 2/3 GbE Switch (6-port) On the switch, I've set up 6 different VLANs, each with their own ID. I input the VLAN ID during ESX...
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...
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