Attempted to read or write protected memory
We were running ESX Server 3.0.2 and Virtual Infrastructure Client 2.0 until today when we upgraded to 3.5 and 2.5, respectively. Now when trying to run the virtual machines through VIC I get this...
View ArticleESX vswitch and HP Procurve configuration?
Hi all. Having a customer who has 2 ESX 302 servers attached to one HP Procurve 3500 switch, pretty new. They want to configure switch and ESX vswitch to run in "Trunk" or in cisco "etherchannel"....
View ArticleStoreVault S500 & VCB
What I have: (2) ESX Servers, (1) Virtual Center Server, (1) VCB Server, (1) StoreVault S500 SAN, all using iSCSI. ESX Version: 3.0.2 Update 1VCB Version: 1.0.3S500 Version: 7.0.3S8...
View ArticleESX 3.5 licenses
Hi, I had purchased an ESX 3.0.x standard license, can I now upgrade the ESX server from ESX 3.0.2 to ESX 3.5 using the same license. In other words, do I have to purchase or upgrade my license for...
View ArticleBetter understand VCB process steps
Hi, I'am currently testing VCB 1.1 and my understanding of the product during the backup was: Example: VM full Backup - VCB initiate Snapshot on VM - The VM files are mount on VCB Proxy holding...
View ArticleCan't install Windows 2003 on new VM .iso or CD media?
Sounds strange, but I've done all I can but wasn't able to load Windows 2003 Standard VM creation wizard on newly built ESX 3.5 & VC 2.5 environment. I have tried the following: 1. Placed...
View ArticleNo /vmimages directory access?
Hi all, I am building a new VM on a new ESX installation for templating purposes. I created the /vmimges/iso directory and SCP'ed the ISO to it. Now when I try to connect the virtual CD ROM in the...
View ArticleLSI 8708ELP SAS
Hello, I have a server with LSI 8708ELP SAS (megaraid_sas). When I try any CD of vmware esx server on it, it stucks on loading megaraid_sas module. I have installed other systems like CentOS, X__,...
View Articlevimsh issues - not working
I am trying to get vimsh to add the nicorderpolicy. I have tried running this from the ESX Server console. However, when I execute the command it never seems to work. I have tried what all the...
View ArticleError: Unable to acquire licenses because license source is unavailable...
I'm getting this attached screen shot error when I attempted to add a new data center through infrstructure Client. Error message: "Unable to acquire licenses because license source is...
View ArticleESX Patching and Rollback
I have a requirement that when an ESX Host is patched, I have a method of rolling back the changes if required. Is there any easy way to do this?
View ArticleVMWare ESX 3.0 or 3.5 does not recognize the IDE Harddrive during installation
Hi, I have two questions and if anybody help me resolve it, I'd greatly appreciate it. 1) I have recently purchased this Intel BOXDG33FBC LGA 775 Intel G33 ATX Intel Motherboard with a WD 80 GB IDE...
View ArticleSAN LUN error, shows up as highlight red. After patch 3/10, ESX hosts can't...
When I look at the /vmfs/volumes one of my LUNS are messed up. I can see this volume/LUN from 4 of my ESX servers, but I patched 2 others, they can't see this volume. When I look at the storage, I can...
View ArticleProblem between Intel Network Card e1000/MT and RedHat 7.1
Good afternoon, My colleague and I trie to install an Intel Network Card e1000/MT with ESXServer. We have the following messag :...
View Articlepossible to have network loop from vswitches
My networking guys wanted to verify that it is not possible to have a situation where traffic coming in to a vswitch on two separate rails would not end up in a looping situation. I found in the...
View ArticleEarly adopter woes, can't get network on Dell M600 blade
We've been running ESX on Dell 6850's, a 2650, and a 2950 for about 4 years now (well, the 2950's for a few months.) I migrated from 2.5.3 to 3.0.2 about 6 months ago with very little hassle. During a...
View ArticleCouldn't find matching file system
Hi all, I have configured a new ESX server 3.02 and decided to add a second array (raid1) to be able to use 2 others internal disk for backup etc. When trying to create a VMFs volume on it, I get...
View Articleesxtop take over 100% of CP used for a vm
Hello, i' have on vm that taking approximately 150% of %USED of CPU when i run esxtop. how can i do for decrease this average. ( vm : windows 2000 server SP4 with SQL 2000 ) size : bi-cpu...
View ArticleConfiguring portgroups in the kickstart %post section
Hi all, I've set up UDA in order to deploy my ESX boxes. All went well and my ESX are now installed in 4 minutes.So now I'm working on the %post section in order to have fully configured ESX at the end...
View ArticleSLES 10 SP1 x86 Ethernet vmxnet error msg - ESX 3.0.2
Hi, After updating a instance of SLES 10 SP1 x86 VM running under ESX 3.0.2 build 90892, and updating/rebuilding vmtools the ethernet module begins to send the following messages to virtual machine...
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