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 Articlebackup VMs using Symantec Backup Exec 12.0
hi how can I backup VMs from ESX 3.5 using Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Server 12.0 we have agent license for linux servers and the linux agent software is already installed on the ESX. in...
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 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 ArticleVirtual Machine and McAfee Endpoint Encryption Manager/CPU Load is WARNING
Have a Windows 2003 VM with McAfee EndPoint Encryption Manager recently installed. Every day , at least, once each day we are seeing the following alert from the EndPoint Manager: PROBLEM Service...
View ArticleMS SQL Express Error 25057
When I load the VMware-VIMSetup-2.5.0-64201 VCServer setup, I get this error and install bails out. I am not using a license server, and not using an existing db, I am installing a new instance of sql...
View ArticleAn error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 during a paging operation.
I'm getting "An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 during a paging operation." Event ID 51 on some virtual machines. These machines are Windows 2000 SP4 Server and Windows 2003 SP2,....
View ArticleVMotion failed -- Failed to start migration pre-copy. Help!
ESX v4, vCenter v4 Vmotion failed with error says: A general system error occurred: Failed to start migration pre-copy. Error 0xbad003f. Connection closed by remote host, possibly due to time out....
View ArticleRead only Datastore with HP SAN Replication? (CA)
Hi Not sure if this should be in the ESX or VC forum... We use EVA and XP SAN's with the CA (Continuous Access) SAN based replication. We have some VM's on a source LUN (Read write) replicated...
View ArticleVM disconnected after host failed - How to manually reconnect?
Hi During some planned downtime today, i came across an issue which may cause problems in the future - so i am just looking for any insight... We have 6 Esx hosts running Win2k3 vm's. All VM's reside...
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 Articleswap partition's UUID goes missing after upgrade
I recently upgraded from esx 2.5.x to 3.0.1 and found that the swap partition no more has an UUID listed against it in the /etc/fstab. It shows as follows : /dev/sda3 swap swap defaults 0 0...
View ArticleRename ESX
Hiafter installing the ESX server can i rename it with a different name.Kind Regards
View Articleibm 346 and compaq msa 1000 (now hp msa 500)
Don't know how to use MSA 500 attached to external SCSI of buit-in controller adaptec 7902-w. It's sees attached MSA as compaq smart array but no size for prepared raid-5 array of 600 GB. thanks, I'll...
View Articleautomatic Install of ESX 3
Hello, I'm trying to install with kikstart file install of ESX 3. My idea is to have ks.cfg located on a web server (IIS6) and the install files on normal CD. Unfortunately I'm not able to use a PXE...
View Article2.5->3 upgrade with a "swing-box"
I'm looking to do what I'm calling a swing-box upgrade, where I bring in a box whose sole purpose is for upgrades. I'd like to temporarily bring in a brand new server into our 2.5.3 ESX farm, and it...
View ArticleSoftware support mandatory?
We're currently attempting to buy a handful of additional ESX Licenses for testing and development. However, we've been told by our reseller that we MUST buy support on the products which we believe...
View ArticleHelp with HP MSA1000 SAN, please!
Now I'm used to working with EMC SAN's, and I've just got my hands on an HP MSA1000 SAN (with HA kit) and I need some help! How on earth do I create LUN's, RAID groups, etc? I use NaviSphere for my...
View Articleesxupdate: file not found
Hi, I installed ESX3.0.1 server successfully with out any errors, rebooted successfully, then I copied all the required update patches to /tmp/update. then I extracted the files using tar -vxzf...
View ArticleDell Openmanage Kickstart
I am in the process of finishing my script for auto installation does anyone have a working install routine for the Dell Openmanage 5 and best ways of patching the server via the KS post script? Any...
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