Best Solution Backup All VM at ESX 3.0 server
Dear admin, What the best solution to backup all Virtual server/machine inside ESX server 3.0 if hardware malfuction?
View ArticleStorage vMotion question
I have a VM which has 3 drives attached to 3 diff LUN's. I need to move the storage to another array, and would like to do it live, what is the best way to do it? should I move one LUN at a time or is...
View ArticleThe easiest way to Managing and Maintaining Guest VM from VM_Template using...
Hi, I'd like to know, how does people do in creating a guest VM from a VM_Template in ESXi 3.5 ?previously i was using VMWare Server 2.0 and it worked by just copy paste the directory and then...
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Adding Hard disk causing problem, might be minor issue
Guys I got a quick reply a while ago regarding sysprep thanks, thats something new. I have C partition only on my master server and i wanted to add another partition prior to clone. I just add new...
View ArticleHow to rename a vNIC
Hi I need to rename the vNIC on all my hosts to bring them in line. What is the best way of doing this and will this cause a problem to the machines powered on? Thanks ii
View ArticleESX 3.01 vmotion
Hi, I have 2 ESX Server (esx1 and Esx 2) in a cluster and both have 12 GB Memory Each of the esx have 10 machine with 1 GB Memory each. I would like upgrade RAM - additional 8 GB to both esx...
View ArticleMoving Vmware virtual machines
Hello. I have the free version of ESX Server 3i. Does anyone know of a way to move my virutal machines on this server to a windows host?
View ArticleTime Syncronization
Is there a way to Synchronize the ESX server with time server automatically other than just at reboot? I have it set correctly to sync time during a restart and if I run an update. But unless I run...
View ArticleHow to get guests into ESX? Also, VM2.0 > ESX, How???
I want to try some of the appliances in the appliance listings but not many seem to be for ESX. ESX seems to be looking for OVF extensions only and doesn't seem to work with the vmdk files. So, how...
View Articlespeed in an internal vswitch
Hello, if 2 virtual machines are connected to the same virtual switch (meaning the packets transferred don't go through the physical adapter), what is the maximum actual possible speed? (with vmxnet...
View Articlehow do I enter command on esx?
Hi! I have installed a ESXi server and now trying to enter some commands but I don't know how I do this? I tried Alt + F2 (console mode?) but I cannot write anything there, do you guys have any tip...
View ArticleObserved IP Ranges blank
We plugged one of our ESX hosts into a switch and the observed ip range came up correctly. We realized the port on the switch was on the wrong VLAN, so we brought the port down, changed the VLAN on...
View ArticleVCB Problem?
Hi All, I'm not sure if my issue is down to Backup Exec or VCB - so if anyone here knows this is an issue not relating to VCB then please let me know and i'll head on over to their forums. Background:...
View ArticleCopying a virtual machine
I've got to copy a virtual machine from 1 esx server to another, I could do this by plugging in my laptop and using vmware convertor however that seems somewhat slow and my assumption is that this is...
View Articlerm: cannot remove Device or resource busy - But no VMX file exists
Morning, I imported a physical server and it booted up fine, then restarted on its own and then would never turn on again. I thought i deleted the VM from disk but looking via veeam fastscp there...
View ArticleNew to VM servers (please read)
hello everybody, I am a new user to vmware infrastructure and i just had a few quick questions for setup. 1. i am looking to setup a server for which i can access multiple virtual machines and...
View ArticleInstalling HP Data Protector Disk Agent on ESX 3.5
Hello, The information on installing HP Data Protector on an ESX server seems scarce, so I thought I'd ask here...I only want to install the Disk agent to do backup of our ESXpress backup dumps. So we...
View Articlecannot connect ESX box to HP MSA 1000
I have 2 ESX servers. Both these servers are connected to a HP MSA 1000 (this is our mini san) On connecting to one of the box from the vi console, I see the server and 3 guest under it.On creating a...
View ArticleCouldn't find matching file system UUID=
My ups failed last night and my ESX server went down with a power failure. I have four internal drives in two hardware raid 1 groups. One for the ESX install and one for the images running on the...
View ArticleNew to VMWare. I wish to install VMWare and simulate Checkpoint from one pc
Hi, You will have to bare with me, I am new to VMWare. Ive found a copy of the PDF file - Getting started with ESX Server 3i Installable guide, but not sure whether I need to click VMWare...
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