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VI3 Home Lab, cheap NFS NAS?
Hi, I am looking for a proven NFS NAS device (cheaper the better) to allow me to use shared Datastores for VMotion / HA / DRS. I stupidly bought a Freecom 500GB (not Pro) NAS device without...
View ArticleHost address lookup failed...
Hi, I've start to configure a new cluster with two esx 3.5 servers, i also activate HA & DRS. when i try to run a virtaul machine from my VC i get an error message in the up of the console...
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 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...
View ArticleUnable to contact the specified host (Servername). This might be because that...
I am getting the following error "Unable to contact the specified host (SERVERNAME). This might be because the host is not available on the network, there's a network configuration problem, or the...
View ArticleCmd addnode failed for primary node?
After upgrading from 3.5.0, 84374 to 3.5.0,110268 I am getting the following HA error.. cmd addnode failed for primary node: Unable to import /var/log/vmware/aam/aam_config_util.def Any clues...
View ArticleCreating users via kickstart
Does anyone know how to configure a kickstart script to automatically create users with SSH access upon first boot? Jason
View Articlewhat are Quorum disk
Folks, Can you please tell me what are quorum disks ? I am referring to - Setup for MS Cluster Service. Thanks
View ArticleWhat is Sr. VMware Consultant for large financial corporation salary be?
Folks, Anyone know would be a decent salary package for Sr. VMware Consultant for large financial corporation be? This would be consulting for other head hunter company. Any ideas would be great!
View ArticleFailed to extend disk : One of the parameters supplied is invalid. (1)
I'm in the process of extending a disk and I get this error "Failed to extend disk : One of the parameters supplied is invalid. (1)" I'm in the .vmdk directory giving the absolute path the VM is off....
View ArticleVirtualcenter server not starting..service hangs on "starting" status
Hi, I have a problem with a virtualcenter server than I have inherited. I needed to reboot the VC server this morning, but the virtualcenter server service is stuck on a "Starting" status. I've...
View ArticleHOWTO: Installing ESX Server from a USB flash drive
After Mike Laverick posted his experience with ESX Server and USB flash disks in another thread, I decided to figure out how to make it work.Here's a quick rundown on setting up a USB flash disk (ie....
View ArticleUsing PuTTY cannot connect to the Host!!!
Hello people. I am trying to use puTTY to connect to the Host but i can't. Message said - Network error: Connection refused. Any help. Thanks.
View Articlefailed to extend disk the called function cannot be performed on partial...
I have taken over administration of our VI3 and encountered this message: "failed to extend disk the called function cannot be performed on partial chains please open the parent virtual disk" when I...
View ArticleThe server could not interpret the client's request
My VI Client cannot connect to virtual centre , even all VM services is running and pingable .it just pop up with error message " The server could not interpret the client's request" I have using...
View ArticleVMotion failed -- Failed to start migration pre-copy. Help!
ESX v4, vCenter v4 Vmotion failed with error says: A general system error occurred: Failed to start migration pre-copy. Error 0xbad003f. Connection closed by remote host, possibly due to time out....
View ArticleIs there anyway to run 64-bit guest on a 32-bit Host?
I have 2 power edge 1950 with ESX3 but i wont let me install a "Windows 2003 enterprise 64-bit" OS Is there anything I can do make this work. I just want to check a bit software works on 64-bit...
View ArticleBest values DAVG/cmd (ESXTOP) ?
Hi I work on performance analysis of our SAN. We use VmWare ESX 3.0.2. I use ESXTOP for that. I read that DAVG/cmd is a good performance index, but i don't know what are good values. What is the...
View ArticleESX Downloading vmdk files from Datastore "Connection Timed Out" Error
When attempting to download vmdk files from my ESX Datastores, I receive a "Connection to server has timed out" Error. I can download any smal files (vmx, etc.) but when I try to download my vmdk's,...
View ArticleCritical Storage Alert on one of my hosts
I've recently applied Update 4 to my VI3 cluster. The upgrade went smooth, and everything has been running fine for about 3 weeks now. I noticed yesterday that one of my hosts was reporting a...
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