Can't ping my ESX host - can't convert any PM to VM?
Hello, Here is my problem: Since few days, I cannot convert any Physical Machine into a Virtual Machine because the link between the converter and the ESX server seems to drop during the process....
View ArticleSQL 2000 on VM.. time to move to physical?
I will make a VERY long story short: We have our main laboratory production SQL 2000 database on a 4 gig RAM/4 vCPU VM Windows Server 2003 on ESX 3.0.2 - The backend is IBM DS8100 Fiber Channel SAN....
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 ArticleServer 2.0 migration to ESX 3.0.1-Do I need tools installed??
Very new to VMware am kind of stuck. I am trying to get a server 2.0 built virtual machine installed into ESX 3.0 running in Infrastucture 3 and the machine will not shgow up on the netwrok despite...
View ArticleVMs and High Paging issues
We use NetIQs AppManager to monitor our VMs in our ESX 3.5 DataCenter. Our infrastructure is: ESX3.5Upd3 and VC2.5Update4 with all DRS/HA clusters included. The ESX hosts are Dell PowerEdge 2950s...
View ArticleNeed to change lun path on SAN for vmotion but have 1 VM on there
Issue: The Lun path for one of my ESX hosts is different than all the others so I can't use Vmotion on it. Good thing is there is only 1 host on it. The one host is using one LUN in which im going...
View ArticleProblem with Broadcom BCM 5709
Hi all, I have a problem with network card Broadcom BCM 5709. When I launch a copy of several megabyte, the trasfert is interrupted. Is this network card in Vmware HCL? If I use another network...
View ArticleMove VC database, SQL Express to SQL 2005?
We have Virtual Center 2.5 using a SQL Express 2005 database installed on the same machine. I now have a separate SQL 2005 server so I would like to move the Virtual Center database to it. Are these...
View ArticleError when trying to resize a hard drive
Does anyone know how I can extend this disk? I am trying to go from 6GB to 10GB. My command prompt is at the directory with the VMDK file and I ran this command. vmkfstools -X 10G filename.vmdk...
View ArticleUpgrade ESX 3.5.0
hi we have ESX 3.5.0 Update 2 installed. howto upgrade to ESX 3.5 Update 3 ? what risks ?
View ArticleHA Error ‘An error occurred during configuration of the HA Agent on the host’...
I had to reboot one of the two ESX 3.0.2 server that I have here. Now the I get a HA Error ‘An error occurred during configuration of the HA Agent on the host' when try to reconfigure HA. I also...
View ArticleAdding NFS Storage: error during the configuration of the host cannot open...
I am trying to add NFS storage to my ESX3.5 host. I keep getting an error (see atttached). I have trouble-shooted for days and cannot get it to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated....
View ArticleVI Client can't connect to the host
My VMware ESX 3.01 host was up and running for months. Last week I found my virtual center got trouble connection to the host. I reinstall the virtual center server 2.5. It didn't fix it. I bounce the...
View ArticleCould not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or directory.
Hi. I have some broblem. After instalation & configuration VMWare player 2.0.0 from rpm on CentOS 4.0, i try to run vmplayer and i have message "Could not open /dev/vmmon: No such file or...
View ArticlePossible to change vmnic0,1,2, etc. names?
I have a cluster of 3 ESX servers, and network cards are all in the same slots, however adapter names are different. My last slot dual ethernet card lists as vmnic4 and 5 in one ESX. My other ESX...
View ArticleVI Client 2.5 only supports 32bit OS?
Working through my ESX 3.5 / VC 2.5 upgrade, I download the new VI client onto my workstation (Vista x64 Enterprise) and receive a lovely error message that "This product be installed only on 32-bit...
View ArticleHP BL460c Management Agent installation problem
I get this when I try to install from hpmgmt-7.9.0-vmware3x.tar Can anyone help? It says I need to create a .config file. Unknown Linux Distribution - No Source to buildCan not rebuild the...
View ArticleOVF Open Virtual Machine Format Tool?
I just got 3i installed and I went to download the rCLI and notice the OVF tool. Can anyone clarify what this is exactly for? The description sounds much like the vmkfstools -i, is this a...
View ArticleHowto upload/import .vmdk to SAN connected to ESX?
We are running 2 ESX 3.5 servers connected to a MSA1000 SAN with use of fiber.We now have several .vmdk files installed in VMware workstation that we want to use in ESX. First: Is this...
View Article2nd ESX can't connect to storage group via iSCSI
Hi. I'm trying to connect 2 esx 3.5 servers to a Clarion SAN via iSCSI. The first server connected with no problems, I added it to the "ESX" storage group, did a rescan and it can see all the LUNs....
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