Virtual Machine Oddity When Adding SCSI Tape Drive
We have a WIN2K3 server on ESX3.5 Update1 and the NIC is set for a static address. I power down the machine, and add the SCSI Tape Drive to the Virtual Machine. Once the server is back up, NIC1 is gone...
View ArticleThin Client USB Support to Win XP VM in ESX
Hello, I am using a Sun Ray Thin client (from Sun) to connect to a Windows XP VM running under ESXi. I know the Sun Ray supports USB and will redirect the local USB ports on the Sun Ray via RDP to...
View Articlevm consolidated backup with attached scsi hard disks
greetings Although very familiar with vmware server 1.x, i am just now getting my first taste of esx server and vi client. I am wondering, if i can use the vmware consolidated backup scripts to...
View ArticleCan't add a VM to the inventory > Operation timed out
Hi there, I've been trying to add a VM to my VIC inventory but I keep getting the error "Operation timed out". Do you have any idea what should I do to be able to do it from the GUI ? Tips : it worked...
View ArticleCannot power a virtual machine within a virtual machine
I have successfully setup and configured ESX3.5 to run under VM 6 WS but it appears that when I add a VM using the VI client to the ESX host I encounter the following error; "you may not power on a...
View ArticleAssign Permissions on the Virtual Machine Level in VI: ESX
I'm hoping this is a really simple question. We just got an ESX 3.5 server. I'm using the VI Client 2.5. I'm trying to be able to set permissions on the Virtual Machine Level. e.g. User1 can...
View ArticleDatastore with 4mb block size = Max 1024 gig file
We have a major production issue with our main Windows 2003 file server. Our main file share is 1024 gig (1 terrabyte). I tried to grow it this weekend and realized that we have reached the max file...
View ArticleUpgrading Dell PE 2950's from ESX VMware 3.0.1 to 3.5.0
I have three Dell PE 2950's, configured exactly alike, that I am upgrading to VMWare 3.5 from 3.0. Two of them, I was able to upgrade without any problems using the graphical interface. The third...
View ArticleVI Client roles
I am trying to lock the VI client down so our operatiors can open it and then open the console for each Virtual Machine. I can successful create a role that does this, but when I login as the test...
View ArticleHP Insight Manager service console agent install
Hi, I am looking for a link to a "how to" install the insight manager agent. I have looked on the HP site and the forums here, but I can't some up with anything particularly useful. I want to...
View Articlebackup strategy for VMs and fiber attached tape library
Hi, I'm looking to backup a couple of win2003 VMs to a dell powervault tl2000 fiber-attached tape library. I was wondering what people would recommend? The data is mainly just files stored on a dell...
View Articlevimsh vmotion command no longer Works in update 2
I used to be able to configure vmotion to enable via the kickstart script but since I upgraded to update 2 it no longer works, any ideas... esxcfg-vswitch -A VMotion vSwitch0esxcfg-vmknic -a...
View ArticleCan't connect via SSH
I've got two hosts that were imaged at the same time that I've never been able to get ssh access to. I'm talking about with my user account, not enabling root ssh access. I immediately get...
View ArticleDRS migrated Guest changes local time
Has anyone seen this behaviour/feature? VI3 , version 3.0.2 DRS cluster set to auto migrate (aggressive). VC (auto-) migrates Guest1 from HostA to HostB Guest1 has VMTools installed but does not...
View ArticleSAN Replication ideas?
So... I'm looking for a replication idea for our primary SAN to an (as of yet unpurchased) off-site SAN. Both SANs are iSCSI and we're using the software HBA... hardware HBAs could be purchased if...
View Articlebackup VMs using Symantec Backup Exec 12.0
hi how can I backup VMs from ESX 3.5 using Symantec Backup Exec for Windows Server 12.0 we have agent license for linux servers and the linux agent software is already installed on the ESX. in...
View ArticleOne LUN for 5 ESX
Hello ! I have 5 ESX 3.0.2 connected to an EMC SAN Storage AX 100. I manage this storage with Navisphere Express.I would like to show 1 LUN to all my ESX server. I assigned All my server to my virtual...
View ArticleCannot SSH into datastore folders
I'm trying to ssh into my datastore, I can use the browser and view the folders and files, But when I ush ssh I can cd into the datastore but cannot see anyfiles? Is this a permission thing? Can...
View Article64-bit guest OS
I have a Dell 2950 with Xeon E5430 CPUs running ESX 3.5 U1 but I am unable to run 64-bit guest OS. If I create a bootable CD with the CPUID ISO and boot it in my server it shows that it supports...
View ArticleAccessing BIOS through ILO
Hi, Did anyone ever have any issues accessing BIOS using ILO, I can't putty onto system and need to rebuild o/s. But I need to make change in BIOS but no responsive from keyboard when booting from...
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