All Network (NIC) interfaces failed at one time
Has anyone ever seen a total disconnect on all interfaces (all vswitches, vmnics, and eths) at the same time? I have redundant connections for each interface (dual port NC380T NIC's) to redundant...
View ArticleHBA BIOS version?
Is there a way to determine a Qlogic HBA BIOS level on an ESX 3.0.2 host besides on bootup?
View ArticleHow many NICs on VM
Hello everybody, I have a VM acting as router for several private networks to world wide networks on a ESX 3.5. At the moment the VM has four NICs and I want to add two more. The problem is that...
View ArticleBuffalo iSCSI storage with VI3
Has anyone tested Buffalo iSCSI storage with VI3? http://www.buffalotech.com/products/network-storage/terastation/terastation-pro-ii-iscsi-rackmount-storage-system Thank you
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 ArticleWhat does Guest Memory % actually mean?
In the virtual machine summary, there are two columns described this way in the online help: Host Mem - Number of megabytes of the virtual machine's memory used. Guest Mem % - Amount of...
View ArticleThin Client USB Support to Win XP VM in ESX
Hello, I am using a Sun Ray Thin client (from Sun) to connect to a Windows XP VM running under ESXi. I know the Sun Ray supports USB and will redirect the local USB ports on the Sun Ray via RDP to...
View ArticleVM Ware Time Keeping issue - Time is ahead
Hi, We have a couple on Servers runnings as guests on VM Ware ESX 3.2, and lately we have been having Time Keeping issues with these guest servers. An history on the same, Initially we were running...
View ArticleP2V Terminal Server licensing
Has anyone had a go at moving the licensing server to VMware? Although I have seen this mentioned elsewhere, no one has quite stated what I am after. Any pitfalls or recomendations? The server is just...
View ArticleHyperThreading conf settings?
Hi, I know ESX has an checkbox to enable HyperThreading ... well, VMware Server 2.0 does not have such a checkbox but I'm quite sure it should also support HyperThreading. Does anybody know what is the...
View ArticleI have a VM on a SRDF replicated pair of luns and can't seem to get the R2...
I am doing a D/R test of a VM that is located on SRDF based storage. We split the SRDF pair and try to access the R2 lun but we can't see the file system. I see the lun in the list of storage by HBA...
View ArticleOpenfiler 2.3 and HA DNS Issues
I have 2 ESX 3.5 servers with VC 2.5. I am using Openfiler 2.3 as my SANs. Configuration: Both ESX boxes and Openfiler have 2 NICs dedicated on a 192 subnet. Cannot configure HA because DNS is not...
View ArticleSCP .vmdk file from ESX 2.5 to ESX 3.5
Hi, I have to SCP a .vmdk file from Esx 2.5 to a ESX 3.5 machine and use it as a storage for a new VM on the 3.5 ESX host. I can't use VI to copy it. Now when I try to attach the .vmdk to the 3.5...
View ArticleDRS affinity rules - if I set to manual, they are preserved, if I disable...
DRS affinity rules - if I set to manual, they are preserved, if I disable DRS, DO I LOSE VM AFFINITY RULES? And if I lose them if DRS is disabled ... can I back them up some way prior or are they...
View Articlespeed in an internal vswitch
Hello, if 2 virtual machines are connected to the same virtual switch (meaning the packets transferred don't go through the physical adapter), what is the maximum actual possible speed? (with vmxnet...
View ArticleUSB over ethernet device recommendations??
I have begun to research USB over ethernet devices in order to host license dongles, and other USB devices for multiple virtual machines. I am hoping to find a USB over ethernet device that has...
View ArticleInstalling ESX on a Dell PowerEdge 2970
We've got a new Dell PowerEdge 2970 and I'm trying to install ESX on it but I'm not getting anywhere. I've inserted the Dell CD and run the Systems Build & Update Utility and selected that I want...
View ArticleESX 3.5 taking 30mins to exit maintenance mode?
I'm having a problem with several hosts in a production cluster taking exactly 30 minutes to exit maintenance mode following a reboot. When the hosts finally exits HA fails and has to be manually...
View Articleerror when configuring nfs for unix or openfiler
Hello, i need help set up NFS for esx test host. i use both openfiler nfs and windows for UNIX servers to install nfs server but no success. i have the following errors. Error during the...
View ArticleMAC addresses of our physical NICs on ESX hosts
I have been asked a very interesting question. What is the MAC address for each of the physical NICs inside our ESX host. Our ESX3.5Update4 host has 6 of them. I am able to use ESXCfg to identify...
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