Cannot 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 ArticleDisk imaging for datastores
Hello all- Due to recent hardware problems with our existing ESX 3.0.2 server I need to image the server for (hopefully) export to a new ESX 4.1 system. The system is currently not in a bootable state...
View ArticleUsing VMware Update Manager to Patch Offline Windows 2008 r2 Cluster Nodes
Anyone have any experience of Using VMware Update Manager to Patch Offline Windows Cluster Nodes? I am curious to see if there are any complexities associated with this as we are looking to do this...
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 ArticleVirtual Center 2.x and ESX 3.x compatibility
Hi, My client is running Virtual Center 2.0.2 build 50618 (which I think is Update 1) and ESX 3.0.2 build 61618 Update 1. I'd like to upgrade the ESX hosts to v3.0.3-U1. Does the Virtual Center 2.0.2...
View Articlelooking for VMware-esx-upgrade-from-esx3-3.5.0-64607a.zip no longer available...
HI there, I need to upgrade an older 3.0.1 server so I can do a Live svMotion of RDM mappings to a new datastore and new server cluster. I cannot find the file...
View ArticleMigrate ESX 3.01, Build 32042 to ESX 4.1
Hi,I have 2 standalone hosts running EXS3.01 Server with direct FC attach to HP storage. The 2 physical server are: HP Proliant DL360 G4P and HP Proliant DL360 G5, due to the space issue, recently we...
View ArticleVM Clone Failed, Unable to clear disk space
Hi All, I'm having an issue with disk space dissapearing from our datastores when Clone or P2V jobs fail to complete. We've had several instances of trying to P2V physical servers or Clone VM's that...
View ArticleRead Only Access to VM in ESX 2.5 MUI
Hope someone there still remember ESX 2.5 ....Does ESX 2.5 provide the Read Only access to manage VM instances via the MUI, I have a requirement to provide a read only access to VMs on the MUI, i.e....
View ArticleMoving vm's with very old snapshots
Hi, I have some very old ESX 3.0 hosts I have acquired with very old snapshots so deleting the snapshots isn't an option, I can'tclone since we are using vsphere 5, how would I move these without...
View Articlewatchdog-hostd process crashes after startup
Hi, The below issue pertains to a standalone ESX server 3.0 which ash 2 vms running on it.I have an issue with the mgmt-vmware startup. when I start the mgmt-vmware, I get the below /var/log/messages...
View ArticleCannot find vm, machine is accesible and performs, but is nowhere in the...
Hello Guys I have a curious problem I googled it around but cant find anything, I created a VM, and today when I went to edit it I could not fint it on the host, is just not there, but the machine...
View ArticlePatches for ESX 3.0.3
I searched on the Site now for a while and was not able to find a list of Patches available for ESX 3.0.3, I am asked to assess a couple of old ESX Servers, they all run 3.0.3 and from esxupdate query...
View ArticleA particular VM fails vMotion at 10%
Hi, I have a VM (call it VM-special) which fails vMotion at 10%, most of the time.I have managed to vMotion VM-special only twice out of 40-50 attempts. I looked at VMware kb 1003734 to troubleshoot on...
View ArticleVmware ESX 3.5 Host CPU % wait
Hello Friends,I have noticed some CPU statistic for when i run esxtop command and see quite a few readings under %WAIT for the CPU statistics. Can someone explain me what it is and does this mean My...
View ArticleVMFS and VMDK compatibility
Hi, I've got a number of ESX 3.0.2-Update1 hosts which I'm going to be doing fresh installs of ESXi 4.1 onto. The 3.0.2 hosts are connected to external storage where the Datastores and VM's are stored....
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ESX 3.0.3 - any upgrade (migration) path to ESXi 5?
Hi Guys, I am facing the task to get 6 Standalone, unpatched, ESX 3.0.3 Hosts to ESXi 5.0 (target will be a Cluster, VCenter Server) without spending money on new Hardware No need to mention that the...
View Articleunderstanding esxtop network RX drop packets
I want to make sure I understand what I am seeing when I look at esxtop in interactive mode. I guess a better way to say it is I want to make sure that my interpetation is correct.. PORT-ID...
View ArticleUsing VMware vSphere Client to access VI 3. Can it be done?
Hi All I'm trying to login to my VI 3 with VMware vSphere Client and I get the following messeges.------------------------------------------------------------------------Messege when logging into ESX 3...
View ArticlePSOD after RAID reset- ESX 3.0.0
Hi, We encountered a hardware error with a Dell server last night which hosts ESX 3.0.0. Investigations are ongoing with Dell as to the cause although it looks like a problem with the raid controller...
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