How to create a bootable CD-ROM from ISO image?
Folks, I'm struggling to figure out how to create a bootable CD-ROM from the ISO image of ESX3.5 available through evaluation. I have tried to create the bootable CD but the system does not see it...
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 ArticleUsers unable to browse datastore ISO file under CD configuration
I have just upgraded to Virtual Center 2.5. I have users that cannot browse to the ISO datastore under the CD/DVD configuration without giving them Administrator access at the DataCenter level. They...
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 ArticleA bunch of VMSN files under VM folders ... How can I delete these files ?
Hi ! I have 4 VMs having around 300 vmsn files 20KB big. I would like to know how can I get rid of these files ? There's NO SNAPSHOT in the SNAPSHOT MANAGER, so why I have so much files like that...
View ArticleRecover Snapshots
hi, i had an entire snapshot set for a specific VM, but an error ruined my snapshot manager file (i believe it is .vmsk file) and now the VM does not recognize its snapshots (the snapshots delta...
View ArticleAll 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 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 Article"Destination Host Unreachable" after changing Service Console IP address
Due to a corporate merge, the IP schema for our servers must be changed from a 192.168.225.X network to 10.165.1.X I have followed the simple method of using esxcfg-vswif to alter the IP, Netmask, and...
View ArticleVMWare ESX 3.5 basic commands & Required ESX Server Command line Video...
Hi, This is Nagaraj, We have DellPoweredge 6850 servers,In that base Machine VMware ESX 3.5 servers installed,After that W2K3 VMs Placed . I have required some guidance to overcome my basic problems....
View ArticleDatastore Cleanup
I see a whole bunch of files in my subfolders of my datastores and I'm pretty sure that some are old VM hard drives that were never removed. Is there any easy way to verify what is in use and what I...
View ArticleNew ESX host can't see Fibre SAN - Clariion
Hi, I've spent about two hours going through the communities and have tried various things without success...basically, I've got a new ESX host which I've built, configured and networked, but I can't...
View ArticleVCB Proxy blades frequently hang
Hi, I'm running VC 2.0.2, ESX 3.0.2 and VCB 1.5, all consoles running on Server 2003. We have two VCB proxy servers (one at each of our datacenters) and they are both frequently hanging, causing our...
View ArticleDecrease Guest Server Drive Size
Hello, I have a Windows 2003 Server guest on an ESX 3.0.2 Host. I need to decrease the amount of disc space allocated to this guest server. I tried to edit the drive space and click OK... it...
View ArticleRDM Configuration (Best Practices...)
Folks, when attaching multiple RDM's on a VM, would you add one RDM per vSCSI adapter, or would you add multiple RDM's to the same vSCSi adapter? Also, when creating the RDM would you keep it with...
View ArticleVLANs and Dell Blades
I know this is more a Dell question than a Vmware question, but I figure some of you are using the same BladeSystem as me and may be able to provide a quicker answer than Dell. We have a new M1000E...
View ArticleVMWare Essentials Install - issues - How?
I purchased essentials and have been having issues both registering the product and now looking to install. I was directed to a download of an ISO file. Is this how to install? I've a DL380 G6. Any...
View ArticleIBM x3400 shutdown after starting Virtual Machine
Hi! I've a big problem with my IBM x3400 with ESX 3.0.1 that is about 3 years old. I've found the server powered off this morning. After restarting no error in log file or in startup procedure. But,...
View ArticleWhen ESX can support virtual display memory (vRAM) larger than 4 MB?
I found in one of the discussion topics that currently ESX v3 and previous versions only support virtual dispaly memory up to 4 MB. This is not mentioned in KB 1003. I also notice that in VMWare GSX...
View Article[NTP]: no servers can be used, exiting
Hi, This is the error message I get when I run '# ntpdate' on two newly created ESX 3.0.2 servers:15 Jan 22:23:34 ntpdate[2689]: no servers can be used, exiting Using the NTP sample configuration...
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