error incompatible device backing specified for device '5' while poweron a...
hi all, i am getting the following error incompatible device backing specified for device '5' while powering on a mchine which is restored through vrangerpro here is the vmx configuration...
View ArticleHBA rescan hanging for several hours
Sorry if this is in the wrong section. ESX 3.5 - rescan not only does not see newly assigned lun (others do OK) but the rescan process is still in the VC event list for several hours. Does this...
View ArticleAdding Additional RDM's to MSCS Cluster
Evening all, Not sure if anyone seen's this issue but....Trying to add some additional RDM's to a two node Active/Passive Windows W2K3 Cluster spread across two ESX 3.02 hosts, each using local...
View ArticleAssigning CPU to a VM Guest question
I have been asked to to do some testing on one of our VMGuest against a real box that is looking to replace. In the past (and before I touched the config). They had run some tests. This is wha tI...
View ArticleMount VMFS partition
After an "hot disk replace" on an HP 385 the file system was corrupt.The suggested fsck command found a lot of error and try to fix it.In the result, ESX (3.0.1) start but without a lot of file.I have...
View ArticleSlip stream ESX patches
I know VMware provides a supported "scripted installation" of ESX server 2.5.4; however, I wish to know is there a supported or un-supported method to either run the installation of patches after the...
View ArticleHelp with HP MSA1000 SAN, please!
Now I'm used to working with EMC SAN's, and I've just got my hands on an HP MSA1000 SAN (with HA kit) and I need some help! How on earth do I create LUN's, RAID groups, etc? I use NaviSphere for my...
View ArticleThe ESX whitebox mainboard Topic
Hi all, I'm trying to put together a VERY cheap whitebox ESX server. Preferably in a small minitower enclosure, cheap dual core CPU (AMD or Intel) and 4GB of memory. Storage is to be external (via an...
View Articlevswif0 interface will not start after 3.0.2 upgrade
Timeline of events1 - Upgraded ESX host from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2. Rebooted server and encounter file system errors. Fixed errors by running FSCK.2 - After rebooting the server several times the disk...
View Articleisolinux: Disk error 80, AX = 4236, drive 9F
When I try to boot from the ISO I get this error: isolinux: Disk error 80, AX = 4236, drive 9F Any ideas? Thanks, Jason
View ArticleBoot hangs at vmkernel initialization
Hi, Just installed vmware 3.0.2 and it hangs at "starting vmkernel initialization". First we had 8 GB RAM and intel vt-enabled quad core processor in the server but it wouldnt go past the...
View ArticleHow to enable iSCSI multipathing with iSCSI software initiator?
I'm trying to enable multipathing to a Dell MD3000i iSCSI target using the software initiator.The target has 2 controllers with 2 NIC's each.I have added every ip address on each target NIC to the...
View ArticleOperation Timed Out when migrating VMs from ESX to ESX 3.0.2?
Anyone know why I got Operation Timed Out when trying to migrate VM to different host? Two hosts are configured HA & DRS fully automated. Both ESX can see LUNs and I just want to migrate couple...
View ArticleA tools for sizing esx server
Hi, I saw few week ago a tools for sizing es server (CPU, RAM) ... but I don"t remember where it was.Could you help me to find it again ? Regards
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?
View ArticleAttempted to read or write protected memory
We were running ESX Server 3.0.2 and Virtual Infrastructure Client 2.0 until today when we upgraded to 3.5 and 2.5, respectively. Now when trying to run the virtual machines through VIC I get this...
View ArticleProblem adding server to VC ha-folder-root
I have just patched one of my servers usuing the software http://www.vmts.net/VMTSPatchManager.htm after the installation of the patches was finnished, it got stuck at the step "restart server". I...
View ArticleHow to avoid the split-brain situation with HA ?
Hi folks We have a configuration question about HA. situation is as follows 4 ESX Servers ( A, B, C, D ), running 3.x entreprise, 2 of them in Building A, 2 of them in building B, sites linked...
View ArticleIntel ESB2 SATA 3.0Gbps Controller
Can someon tell me if the "Intel ESB2 SATA 3.0Gbps Controller " works within VMWare 3.5??? I would like to have this controller manage the storage of the VMs. My mb is a Supermicro x7dva-e mb, with the...
View ArticleBeacon probing vs Link status only
So quick overview here, I have 4 esx servers 2 still running 3.0.2, 1 clean 3.5 build, and 1 3.5 that was upgraded from 3.0.2. all of these servers are running on an IBM bladecenter with both nics...
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