vmkping 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 ArticleWiFi Compatible cards.
Hi again, guys and happy new year... for all of you. Has anybody mounted any ESX 3.0 wifi network infraestructure? Due to different circunstances, I'm not capable to install wired connections from my...
View ArticleGuest Memory Usage vs Memory Usage inside VM
Hi Experts, I have browsed much of the community to here find something I am having great difficulty in understanding so a very simple explanation would be greatly appreciated. Now, we have some Linux...
View Articlevmware VirtualCenter service do not running
When I restart my physical server (2k3r2_sp2) hosting virtual center server, I cannot connect with my VMware Infrastructure Client.The service is not started.Log for Event Viewer:Failed to intialize...
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 ArticleCannot switch to service console after 3.0.2 upgrade
Hi all, After I upgraded our ESX servers from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 I cannot use the Alt-F1 to switch to the login screen on the service console. I'm using HP iLO to access the console (ESX is running on HP...
View ArticleHP BL460c G1 boot iso problems
we are trying to install our HP Blades 460c G1 booting from a mounted iso file but when sever starts booting from the mounted cd we get the following error message: isolinux: Disk error 80, AX = 4236,...
View Articlekickstart and passing variables to post install
What I am doing is launching the kickstart from a floppy drive and using a remastered ESX DVD. It includes files for backup agents, patches, management drivers, etc. I would like to have the host...
View ArticleAfter Applying Patch ESX350-200712410-BG ESX Server is disconnected in VC
Hello, after applying the patch ESX350-200712410-BG my ESX 3.5 Host is no longer available in the Virtual Center 2.5. I have disconnected the host and tried to connect it again but there is an error...
View ArticleProblem adding server to VC ha-folder-root
I have just patched one of my servers usuing the software http://www.vmts.net/VMTSPatchManager.htm after the installation of the patches was finnished, it got stuck at the step "restart server". I...
View ArticleHP Proliant DL380 with HP P800 sas and HP MSA70 SAS compatibility
I'm asked to install a new VI-3.5 node in our network. Because we don't have a SAN at the location I want to use a MSA70 with a P800 controller. In the HAL list I can see that the P800 controller is...
View ArticleUse VMware Workstation 6.x machine with a new ESX 3.5
Hi, sorry if it has been asked before. I searched the site finding some information that unfortunatly didn't help me...I'm currently using 3 working VM machines with VMware Workstation 6.x without any...
View ArticleRDM Configuration (Best Practices...)
Folks, when attaching multiple RDM's on a VM, would you add one RDM per vSCSI adapter, or would you add multiple RDM's to the same vSCSi adapter? Also, when creating the RDM would you keep it with...
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 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...
View ArticleHost xxx currently has no management network redundancy
Just upgraded my VC to 2.5 and have this error. Actually, to be fair I had a bunch of DRS/HA errors and a host that wouldn't migrate or do anything. So I unconfigured DRS and HA, then reconfigured,...
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 ArticleSolaris 10 New Install hanging on Configuring Devices
Hi, I have ESX running with a few virtual machines on a Sun 4100 X86 server. The OS's I'm running include Solaris 10X86, Redhad, Win2K. I am trying to install a new version of Solaris, and I'm...
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 ArticleSupport Matrix for old ESX Hosts
We have an old vCenter server used to support our ESX 3.5 hosts. The server is running VirtualCenter 2.5.0 Build 227637. While we are in the midst of decommissioning the environment, we did recently...
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