New ESX host can't see Fibre SAN - Clariion
Hi, I've spent about two hours going through the communities and have tried various things without success...basically, I've got a new ESX host which I've built, configured and networked, but I can't...
View ArticleSingle VMDK for multiple VM's in esx3.5?
Hi, Is it possible to use a single VMDK to host multiple VM's under ESX3.5 or is this feature on the way? I'm thinking of the vmware view tech that allows you to host multiple vm's from a single image...
View ArticleSCP .vmdk file from ESX 2.5 to ESX 3.5
Hi, I have to SCP a .vmdk file from Esx 2.5 to a ESX 3.5 machine and use it as a storage for a new VM on the 3.5 ESX host. I can't use VI to copy it. Now when I try to attach the .vmdk to the 3.5...
View ArticleVMDK File Recovery, Consistancy Need Urgent Help!!
Hi, communities! I am facing very serious problem, VM’s virtual disk becomes not recognized or corrupted to VM after unexpected server root. My current environment is:- Host: IBM X3650- CPU: 4 core...
View ArticleNIC not connecting to 100Mbps switch
I have installed VMware 3.5 U3 on 3 HP BL460c blades. I am trying to connect these to a 100Mbps switch for one of the VM networks. none of the NICs are connecting to a 100Mbps switch, both the onboard...
View ArticleCloning VM with RDM
I need to clone several VM to a DR site and most are configured with RDM HD's. How can I do this live, or can I? ESX 3.5
View ArticleESX is Linux
Hello all ESX was make from Linux's core. I will want install MC (midnight commandor) and other popular software in linux. Did you have any suggest about install softwafe in ESX-Linux? It is good idea?...
View ArticleSetup & Config of ESX 3.5 on 2x Dell2950, HELP!
Hi All, my company just recently purchased 2x dell 2950 (with 2 extra network cards giving 8 nics), 2x dell power connect 5424 switches and MD3000i storage I have the task of puttign everythign...
View Articlesharing vMotion and Service console on single vSwitch
Can the service console and vmotion share the same vSwitch? I know the service console can share with the VMs and wondered if it can also do it with vmotion
View ArticleGuide - How to Monitor VMFS on ESX from Nagios via NRPE
This is my attempt at a guide on how to setup monitoring of ESX VMFS volumes using (Groundwork) Nagios. Assumes you have already installed the NRPE agent on ESX, and you already have a working (GW)...
View ArticleKVM migration to VMWare
Hi, all -- We have a KVM virtual machine running latest Ubuntu on a Ubuntu host. We need to migrate this VM to a VMWare ESX farm run by out data center. Is this migration as simple as moving the...
View ArticleHow many RAM dimms on a ESX 3.0.1 Server
HiIs there a way to know how many RAM DIMMS I have on my ESX 3.0.1 without having to take the server down?Thanks, ii
View ArticleCannot install the network adapter for Virutal Machine(WINNT)
I just converter a WINNT from physcial machine into ESX server. Then I added a network adapter for the virtual machine,but It seems that the virtual network card cannot be recongized by the WINNT...
View ArticleESX server crash - need to get back up and running!
HELP! We had some kind of power hiccup. My virtual server (running ESX 3.0.2) was frozen. I rebooted it, and it displays several errors (e.g. 0:00:01:26:25 CPU1:1038 LVM:1358: One or more devices not...
View ArticleProblem connecting host in Virtual Infrastructure Client
Hello!I have a problem after i rebooted all my esx hosts.In VIC i see one esx host that is disconnected and when i try to reconnect i get an error There are not enough licences installed to perform the...
View ArticleUnderstanding HA and DRS in ESX3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5
We have ESX3.5 and VC2.5 with HA/DRS enabled. DRS in one of the clusters is in Partial mode. We had a situation yesterday with a VM in the HA/DRS cluster (only one resource pool). One of our...
View ArticleHow to upgrade 3.0 to 4.0?
Hi, I've read through VMWare's documentation, and al lI can find it pre-requiste checkers, compatibility, and features. But I'm looking for a "step-by-step" guide. I have one host that's 3.0 and all...
View ArticleWinSCP copies to new DataStores
We have ESX3.5 and VC2.5. Originally, our FibreChnl SAN had 6 DataStores configured with VMFS3.21. We added some additional datastores and they are VMFS3.31. I noticed that whereas I could once...
View Articledecommissioned old ESX 3.5 host and want to use license for new ESX 3.5host
We have decommissioned one of our ESX Hosts and will replace it with a new ESX Host. I'd like to use the license from the old host on the new host. How do I do that?
View Articlelooking for VMware-esx-upgrade-from-esx3-3.5.0-64607a.zip no longer available...
HI there, I need to upgrade an older 3.0.1 server so I can do a Live svMotion of RDM mappings to a new datastore and new server cluster. I cannot find the file...
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