what is the practical use of ESXi ?
i know esx server is an O.S for hardware virtulization for Vms but what is this ESX3i ? same or diffrent ? pls tell me with an example Thanks
View ArticleVcenter 2.5x client on ESX 3.0.x
I've upgraded my vcenter from 2.0.2 to 2.5.0. Most of the servers reconnected just fine but some say "disconnected" When I try to reconnect it fails to do so and on top of that shuts down all the VMs...
View Articlecopy a vmware from esx 3.5 to my network
Hello ,I want to copy some Vmware from my ESX server to my network , so it's can be used bu other users for future and also like a backup .Please have you any idea how to use it , i try just to copy...
View ArticleRDM to LUN: how to match it up?
I'm relatively new to VMWare so keep that in mind. We have VI 3.5.0. I'vegot a VM that I need to V2P (it's an issue with the application not beingsupported in VMWare by the vendor). The previous...
View ArticleHyperthreading Enabled (Not active) - Should I turn it on at all?
Environment: ESX Host - IBM Blade's HS21Virtual Center 2.0ESX 3.0.1 Hi, Some of our application developers are requesting that on a cluster we allow their application to access multiple...
View Articleadded qlogic card in vmware setting
Hello ,I have a qlogic card in my ESX 3.5 server and i can see the card in my /proc/scsi....and also in my storage networkBut when i want to added my card in vmware setting i didn't found Fiber channel...
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NFS Error: Unable to unmount filesystem: Busy
I can't remove a NFS datastore from an ESX 3.5 build 110268 with this message : Error performing operation: NFS Error: Unable to Unmount filesystem: Busy This datastore was mounted on 4 or 5 ESX...
View ArticleLun just for Swap files?
I was wondering if it would be beneficial to add another 50Gb RAID 0 Lun to my HP SAN and point my 10 Windows 2003 VM's at a GB raid 0 drive for memory swapping. Any thoughts as to whether this would...
View ArticleHA agent on ESX in Cluster has an error
Hi, we have 2 ESX (3.5) Server in Cluster managed by Virtual Center (2.5). Yesterday I migrated all VMs from one ESX to the other ESX because i want to patch the ESX host with the latested patches from...
View Articledifficulty setting up an external NTP server for ESX 3.5
I am having difficulty setting up an external timeserver, which is our AD timeserver. I am running 3.5 patch 1 as a standalone box. If I go to the time configuration, I can see there is an entry for...
View ArticleDisk/Partition Layout Question
Hello everyone, Got a basic question here. We are planning to install ESX on a box which has 8x146GB HDs, it will have approximately 4-6 guests running. I was thinking 2 HDs in raid1 for ESX system...
View ArticleTrouble adding host to datacentre
Hi all, We have a new VMware setup which was licensed on 3 Nov 08. At the moment, I am trying to add a host (the only host) to the Datacenter in VI so that I can manage it but every time I try, I get...
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 ArticleDatastore utilization
At what point do you consider your datastores to be "full"? I realize that there is a certain amount of dynamic content for each guest machine on a datastore so you can't keep adding guests and disks...
View ArticleScripted installation using HP iLO and virtual media (or HTTP)
Apparently the virtual floppy and CD are seen as USB devices - does anyone know the paths I need to specify in the ks.cfg and also in the command "esx ks=something" to start the installation? Would...
View ArticleStalled Virtual Machine
On my ESX 3 host I have a Windows 2000 server VM that has stalled during a reboot. The VM pings ok and shows as powered on in the VMI client, however I can not restart/shutdown etc. It doesn't allow a...
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snmp on virtual machines
HI, I was wanting to monitor the virtual machines (in an ESX 3.5 updated) by the way of the ESX server. Not by installing SNMP on the virtual machines. Is it possible? I have search on Google and i...
View Articlememory swap
Hi. Prompt me please in what difference of memory balloon from memory swap ?Where does ESX place swap file when virtual machines require more than it is been memory physical ? How to look does ESX...
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Am I hosed? Ran out of physical space in an ESX host's storage partition:...
Many of you would know the scenario: You goto work to fix a few things over the weekend whilst noone is there. At my work, I have a host that everyone uses that is soon to be transitioned...
View ArticleCan you Vmotion from one ESX cluster to another
Hi Guys, Can you migrate from one ESX cluster to another ESX host in a different cluster that is managed by the same Virtual Center? The reason I ask this question is that I will be upgrading our ESX...
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