VLAN tagging during installation phase
Hi, I'm using VLAN tagging on our VMWare hosts to be able to send traffic to the right VLAN for each VM we use. To do so, my network engineers configure the ports on the switch on which we connect...
View ArticleVMware 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 ArticleInstalling vRanger Pro and VCB
I have VC and 8 ESX hosts setup, with shared storage for VM's on a NFS share. Using another physical machine, i'm trying out vRanger and VCB for backups. I can get Vranger to backup VM's, no bother,...
View ArticleNew ESX server and ISCSI HBA redundancy
Hi Everyone. Im Farily new to ESX and ive recently had a play with ESX3.5 with ISCSI storage provided by IET open source ISCSI target software which worked fairly well. Now the company i work for wants...
View ArticleDell 2950 Trying to install ESX through DRAC asks for CD
I'm trying to install ESX 3.5 on a new Dell 2950 through the DRAC. This is really just a dry run before I upgrade a server 1000 miles away. Through the DRAC I can boot the server from the ESX CD or...
View ArticleHA Failover Calculation
Based on the display in Virtual Center: Number of ESX Hosts: 7 Current Failover capacity: 2 Configured Failover Capacity: 1 What does this mean in simple terms. Please explain. Thanks
View ArticleHow to mount USB drive as VMFS storage?
Can this be done? I have a 1TB external drive connected directly to the ESX 3.0.2 server. Can I mount this sucker somewhere and then add it in Virtual Center as storage, and then clone my VM's to it...
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 ArticlePartition split in separate VMDK files
During the P2V conversion the two partitions ( c: & d: ) of the Servers were created as one VMDK file ,but I would like to have these partitions as separate VMDK file ? Pls guide me,if anyone came...
View Articlestop and start a vmnic from command line
I just recently did a clean install of ESX 3.5 on an ESX host at a remote site (the system was on ESX 2.5.3). Unfortunately we did not do any "trunking" with ESX 2.5.3 and had our network people...
View ArticleAdding existing VMFS LUN
Hi Everyone, Current Setup: Clariion SANESX 3.5 ClusterESX 3.0.2 Update 1 Cluster I have an existing LUN which currently has VM's installed and running on that LUN. Basically, I want another ESX...
View ArticleNetware NSS and File-Backed Disk Images for Virtual Devices
Hey all, I am looking for some answers on compatablity of VMDK files running on a virtual Netware server with NSS. I was reading thru Novell's documentation on XEN and it stated that you should not...
View ArticleiSCSI direct ethernet connection?
Hi! I'm a bit of a noob about this... ?:|Is it possible to connect an iSCSI device directly to one or two physical networking cards on an ESX 3.0 server?The purpose is to avoid the use of an ethernet...
View ArticleiSCSI connection without ethernet switch involved?
Hi! I have a HP StorageWorks MSA2000i with dual controllers (4 host ports) for redundancy purposes. -MSA2000i controller ports:Controller A:Port 0Port 1 Controller B:Port 0Port 1-Port 0 on controller...
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NFS Error: Unable to unmount filesystem: Busy
I can't remove a NFS datastore from an ESX 3.5 build 110268 with this message : Error performing operation: NFS Error: Unable to Unmount filesystem: Busy This datastore was mounted on 4 or 5 ESX...
View Articlevimsh vmotion command no longer Works in update 2
I used to be able to configure vmotion to enable via the kickstart script but since I upgraded to update 2 it no longer works, any ideas... esxcfg-vswitch -A VMotion vSwitch0esxcfg-vmknic -a...
View ArticleIssues with VMotioning VMs on local storage but not cold VMotion
I have 2 ESX servers utilizng a x-over cable for VMotion for testing purposes. The local VMFS storage was setup on both. When I cold VMotion it moves the VM and disk files over. When I try to hot...
View ArticleSlow network copy between P2V'd VMs on same host
We've recently installed an HP C3000 chassis with three BL460c blades each running ESX 3.5 (Foundation, updated to just prior to 'Update2') and backending to an HP MSA2012fc SAN. The blade chassis has...
View ArticleCPU0 stuck at 100% utilization after ESX 3.5 U1 to U2 upgrade
I have 4x ESX 3.5 build 110268 hosts (Dell PE1950's) in a HA / DRS cluster. They were upgraded from U1 to U2 over the weekend. 3 of them have CPU0 getting stuck at 100% utilization. These are dual...
View ArticleVMWARE Tools Status
Good morning, I am currently running ESX 3.0.2. We are also running VCB. I have noticed that the vmtools status for some virtual machines in Virtual Center shows that the tools aren't running. It...
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