VMFS and VMDK compatibility
Hi, I've got a number of ESX 3.0.2-Update1 hosts which I'm going to be doing fresh installs of ESXi 4.1 onto. The 3.0.2 hosts are connected to external storage where the Datastores and VM's are stored....
View Article[NTP]: no servers can be used, exiting
Hi, This is the error message I get when I run '# ntpdate' on two newly created ESX 3.0.2 servers:15 Jan 22:23:34 ntpdate[2689]: no servers can be used, exiting Using the NTP sample configuration...
View ArticleESX Can't find SAN
I'm trying to get an ESX server to find my iSCSI SAN without much luck. Forgive me if this is a bit long, but I'm working on my first ESX installation and am stuck on a few items. My gear:HP DL360...
View ArticleVm's disconnected in Exs
Dear All, I have a problem wherein my virtual instances are show as disconnected (greyed out) when I access the EXS host via the Virtual client. need advice on the resolving the...
View ArticleRDM Configuration (Best Practices...)
Folks, when attaching multiple RDM's on a VM, would you add one RDM per vSCSI adapter, or would you add multiple RDM's to the same vSCSi adapter? Also, when creating the RDM would you keep it with...
View ArticleVLANs and Dell Blades
I know this is more a Dell question than a Vmware question, but I figure some of you are using the same BladeSystem as me and may be able to provide a quicker answer than Dell. We have a new M1000E...
View ArticleOccasional NTFS errors on Windows Server VM
I have a Windows 2003 server that I occasionally (every 2 weeks or so) get NTFS errors during the backup (Backup Exec 12.5). It is always the same disk (dynamic spanning two volumes). The VM...
View ArticleDisk Size increase issue.
I have a VM with C and D drive. I increased the D drive space by 10GB through going to edit settings, Hard disk2, and add another 10GB to new Size, HIt OK. I logged into the VM and it is showing...
View ArticleESX hosts not responding in VC
For the past few days one of our ESX host is going to not responding state in VC every night. When checking service console found the hostd agent was in stopped state, so I have restarted hostd and...
View ArticleVMWare Essentials Install - issues - How?
I purchased essentials and have been having issues both registering the product and now looking to install. I was directed to a download of an ISO file. Is this how to install? I've a DL380 G6. Any...
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 ArticleDisk imaging for datastores
Hello all- Due to recent hardware problems with our existing ESX 3.0.2 server I need to image the server for (hopefully) export to a new ESX 4.1 system. The system is currently not in a bootable state...
View ArticleUsing VMware Update Manager to Patch Offline Windows 2008 r2 Cluster Nodes
Anyone have any experience of Using VMware Update Manager to Patch Offline Windows Cluster Nodes? I am curious to see if there are any complexities associated with this as we are looking to do this...
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 ArticleProblem cloning JeOS 8.04 on ESXi
Hi I have an ESXi server running well and have built a number of VMs using JeOS 8.04, I have started to use VM Explorer from Trilead which is a very cost effective way to manage multiple ESXi...
View ArticleIntroducing new Dell R910 into R900 HA/DRS Cluster
We are about to purchase an new Dell R910 server and make it a part of our existing R900 ESX cluster. However, I am being told that there will be some issues doing that. We have all ESX3.5 hosts....
View ArticleAdding space to ESX 3.0.1 after RAID5 expansion
Dear friends, I've done a RAID5 expansion via IBM raid manager on a Vmware esx 3.0.1 machine and added a new 143Gb disk to the RAID5. After that I've used esxcfg-rescan, esxcfg-vmhbadevs and fdisk to...
View ArticleUsed VMFS volume didn't appers
Hello all, I have two stand alones ESXs servers 3.0.1 and will update their ESXs to 3.5.5, but first I need to configure this two ESX to see all VMFS, to be possible made VMotion in my environment. I...
View ArticleCannot start guest due to msg.hbacommon.outofspace! (discard delta.vmdk?)
Hello all- I have a severe problem with a production server on ESX 3.0.2. During an Exchange maintenance routine and copying the Exchange mailbox DB back to its operational disk, the system has run out...
View Articlevmware VirtualCenter service do not running
When I restart my physical server (2k3r2_sp2) hosting virtual center server, I cannot connect with my VMware Infrastructure Client.The service is not started.Log for Event Viewer:Failed to intialize...
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