The OVF package cannot be imported on the selected host
Previously I was running a Windows 2003 x64 server on VMWare server and decided to move it to an ESX Server. I installed the ESX server from scratch, converted the virtual server to an ovf file and...
View ArticleInstalling ESX Server 3.5 on x346 8840-25U
At the moment I am trying to figure out if my server is supported by ESX Server 3.5. I've got the following hardware : x346 8840-25U (Bios version 1.17)IBM ServeRaid 7e (Adaptec AIC-7902) (Bios version...
View ArticleVCB on Netbackup with SAN disk assigned to the host
I've setup VCB on our Netbackup host, but I'm getting failures (see below) My question is... I have 3 fiber connections on my Netbackup host (for disk, 2 for tape) 1-2 are redundant...
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 ArticleQlogic QLE-4060 issues, ESX Server 3.5, Sun X4150
This is my first post and my first official issue with VMWare ESX Server 3.5. Nice place, thanks for having me. Environment: Sun X4150, 2x2.3ghz Quad Core Xeon, 16gb memory Qlogic QLE-4060C DNF...
View ArticleMerging two Virtual Center servers into 1
Hello, I need to merge 2 virtual center servers into 1. Each has its own MS SQL db with severa hosts, DRS, resource reservation, folders, datacenters, etc. that I would like to keep intact. Is...
View ArticleWhat NFS User Does ESX use?
Goal to get a NFS mount where the ESX can mount a NFS export/share but do it in a secure manner. I will limit it down to the two ESX servers and the unix filesystem perms are limited to only rw for...
View Articlescsi lun read-only, can't make vmfs3
Hey! I got in trouble when adding luns from smart array controller.The problem is only with lun 1. when adding lun 1, vmkernel says:Apr 11 03:46:33 vmware vmkernel: 0:00:08:26.158 cpu3:1037)WARNING:...
View ArticleInfo on expanding iscsi san volume
Just in case someone else can use this info, I successfully expanded an iscsi san volume without much trouble. No reformatting on the ESX side. Here are the specs: 2 esx 3.5 hostsThe latest...
View ArticleAdding NFS Storage
I'm testing an NFS storage implementation and ran into a problem. My NAS is just an old DL380 with some 146GB drives and I'm running FreeNAS. So the storage setup went ok, but when I try to add the...
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 ArticleSVMotion with RDM's
When using Svmotion what happens to the RDM lun that is attached to the Vmdk file. I understand that the RDM is mapped by a Lun mapping file but I used SVMotion to move a vmx file and selected all vmdk...
View ArticleUN-MOUNTER problem? Anyone can help?
Dear All I can mounter VM in file-level, but when I unmounter the VM (C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Consolidated Backup Framework>vcbmounter -h server-esx3 -u xxxxxx -p xxxxx -U...
View ArticleESX Networking, S.C, VMotion, Production DMZ???
Dear All,I'm on the process of building a Vi3 Infrastructure that consists of 2 BL-460 C Class. Each with 20 gig of ram, 6 pNICs and Qlogic FC 26242 HBA dual port via the mezzenien card. My Question...
View Articleexport via vmkfstools & RDM
Second question of the day, I'm working hard today... I've to export a VM on a windows share, I wanted to use vmkfstools -i as usual, but I noticed that this VM got a RDM disk.I've never encountered...
View ArticleRe-attach virtual machines back into ESX
Just wondering.. if you remove a machine from the inventory or if you find an orphaned virtual machine that you just can't "fix" with the normal means (such as restarting VC, hostD, etc), is there any...
View ArticleISDN Card possible in ESX 3.0.2
Hi there, is ESX 3.0.2 compatible with PCI ISDN Cards? I guess not, but I am not sure. We like to set up a virtual W2k3 Server with ISDN Fax & RAS functionality. Any experiences with that?...
View ArticleRename HBA for vmotion
I want to setup vmotion on 2 ESX 3.01 boxes and have read that the LUN IDs have to match on the boxes. Does that include the HBA name? I have identical Dell 2950s with Qlogic 2342s but on one box it's...
View ArticleCPU Masking KB 1993 for Intel vMotion ecx SSE compat
Need to implement CPU masking according to KB 1993 to overcome Intel ecx error on vMotion. I added <guestOSDescriptor> <esx-3-x-x> <all-versions>...
View ArticleLUN Disk Alignment on SAN and Guest OS
Due to another VMware/NetApp related issue, NetApp support have been looking over our perstat logs from our NetApp filers, the NetApp Engineer spotted and raised some health issues with our VMware...
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