understanding 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 ArticleWhere to download an old version of ESX install media
Hi All, I have a site which has a server where the host RAID set has been broken. I need to reinstall the VMWare ESX Server, 3.0.1, 32039 on this host but no longer have the install media. Is there...
View ArticleHP DL385 ILO within ESX
Hi All, I have a question, I am not greatly familiar with ILO so maybe someone can help me. I have a server ata remote location I have no physical access to. The server is running ESX 3.01, is...
View ArticleHyperthreading Enabled (Not active)*
We are currently using DELL 2950's with dual but get the above message from the VMWVIC | Configuration | Processors screen Model Intel(R) Xeon(R) X5355 @ 2.66GHz Physical...
View ArticleVMWARE Tools installation without CD ROM
Hi, Cant i install the VMWARE tools without the physical CD ROM drive in the system ? i tried by installing Virtual CD drive but still unable 2 install. Can u please help me for the same... Thanks,...
View Articlewhat is a raid group?
what is a raid group? and why would i want more than one raid group to 1 lun or more luns to one raid group?
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Why HOST-VM not a CLUSTER-VM?
after the vc update to the latest version, a new tab is show at the start of the vc. "Getting Started" in this tab i can see a picture of a very simple structure.On the left is shown a Cluster with...
View ArticleUnzip command line for patches
Is there any way to unzip all the ESX350*.zip files in the patch folder at once with a command similar to unzip *.zip instead of having to unzip them one at a time from the console prompt when not...
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 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 ArticleVCB and TSM intergration
Trying to intergrate VCB with TSM and I've run into an issue which I'm hoping someone can help me resolve. Let me start off by saying that I am very confident that VCB is functioning correctly because...
View ArticleVC-FC and NPIV RDM
I am trying to set up RDM volumes using NPIV on an ESX 3.5 u1 server that is a hp bl460c with Emulex blade hba, using a VC-FC as the interconnect. It is connected to a MDS 9216i switch running...
View ArticleHow do I move VMDK from one LUN to another LUN
We need to take a data-store down for maintenance so I need to move the VMDK files of VM from one LUN to another, what is the best and fastest way to do it?? One of the VMDK has about 500 GB of data on...
View ArticlevMotion error: different offload or security policies
Hi, I am receiving this error when attempting to vMotion a running windows VM between two new 3.5 U2 R900's (one fresh install from ISO and one esxupdate upgrade from U1) VC is the new U2 as well....
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 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 ArticleSnapshot the virtual machine's memory
Has anyone noticed that if you dont select the "Snapshot the virtual machine's memory" checkbox when taking a snapshot, when you revert to the snapshot the virtual machine turns itself off?
View ArticleMove VM's from one Datastore to another Datastore
I need to move couple of VM's from exisiting Datastore to a new Datastore within a cluster. What is the best way to do this? do I need to shut down VM's in order to move datastore? thanks ESX 3.02
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Add Extent - Expand VMFS volume....
Hi, I created a VMFS volume of 40Gb and after a while realised I should have made it a bit bigger - I've expanded the space on my SAN and then re-scanned the adapter and all is well - I can see the...
View ArticleVm's disconnected in Exs
Dear All, I have a problem wherein my virtual instances are show as disconnected (greyed out) when I access the EXS host via the Virtual client. need advice on the resolving the...
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