OpenManage Post Installation in ks.cfg Script
Is it possible to run a post installation in ks.cfg script to install Dell OpenMange? Can someone please guide on how to go about that? Thanks. Regards,\*-aZrEn-*
View ArticleIBM XSERIES 235 MODEL# 8671-4AX
Newb here.........will this IBM XSERIES 235 MODEL# 8671-4AX do the trick for esx 3.02? Is there something better for the money to train on? thanx in advance.
View ArticleMonitor black screens
New VM ESX user here and when attempting to install VM ESX I loose the signal to the monitor, I also do not see any activity on the hard drive but then again I can not see the screen.Any ideas what...
View ArticleProblem: Service Console & VMotion on trunked connection
I am having difficulties correctly configuring our ESX servers. We plan on assigning two NICs, one on-board and one to the Service Console and VMotion in an active/standby and standby/active pair.But...
View ArticleHow to add a license
I just downloaded a new license, but I do not know how to add it to the license server. How would I go about doing this? Thanks!
View Articlekickstart and passing variables to post install
What I am doing is launching the kickstart from a floppy drive and using a remastered ESX DVD. It includes files for backup agents, patches, management drivers, etc. I would like to have the host...
View ArticleALERT: APIC: 1354 error on console
Hi, I have just build me an ESX whitebox, and it works fine. However, this morning the console displayed a few errors in red. Looking at /var/log/vmkernel, I see these errors back: Nov 20 08:45:28...
View ArticleESX3: Server Uptime
Folks, I was going through the tips section at extravirt.com ( http://www.xtravirt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=67) . Here they mention, how we can check the...
View Articleesx 3script install- post install script
I am creating a install esx3 script booting from CD. Can install the esx server fine with it though still trying to work out how add the script in the post section. I also want to be able to copy...
View ArticleHost xxx currently has no management network redundancy
Just upgraded my VC to 2.5 and have this error. Actually, to be fair I had a bunch of DRS/HA errors and a host that wouldn't migrate or do anything. So I unconfigured DRS and HA, then reconfigured,...
View ArticleIncrease Service Console Memory via Kickstart Script
Folks, I've tried to use the following in my %POST% section of my Kickstart scripted install but it kills my host. I'm trying to increase the Service Console RAM to 800MB. This section configures...
View ArticleInstalling an Adaptec AIC-7850 PCI SCSI controller
Hi, Wondering how hard or what the procedure or commands are to install a new PCI scsi controller to an already installed ESX server. We want to add a second storage to our Dell 2900 ESX 3.5...
View ArticleNew to install script - can't get %post working
I'm having one hell of a time getting my post scritp working and I'm a little unsure what to do now. here is my script Auto-Generated Scripted Install Configuration file.This file is used for VMware...
View ArticleBackup from Virtual Machine over FC HBA
I have a ESX 3.5 Server with one Virtual Machine installed. (With Backup Exec installed) The ESX Server is connected to a Fibre Channel Switch. Also there is a Tape Library connected to a FC-Switch. I...
View ArticleDell PE 2600 & VMWare ESX 3.5 U1 will not mount root
Hello, What I have is a Dell PE 2600 with a SCSI card PERC4/DI. ESX will install fine but when it reboots it will not mount root. I have the most update date BIOS from Dell on this server. Does...
View ArticleCmd addnode failed for primary node?
After upgrading from 3.5.0, 84374 to 3.5.0,110268 I am getting the following HA error.. cmd addnode failed for primary node: Unable to import /var/log/vmware/aam/aam_config_util.def Any clues...
View Articleesxcfg-auth
Is there a way to put multiple domain controllers into this command for AD authentication. I want to have redundancy in case I loose one of my DC's.Better yet can you use the domain name and take...
View ArticleError: Insufficient disk space on datastore
Hi, I got the error "Insufficient disk space on datastore" while powering on my VM. Below is the scenario: 1. I am having 10GB of free space on my LUN assigned to ESX server. 2. I deployed one...
View ArticleFAILED: Unable to obtain the IP address of the helper virtual machine
Hi, I've got this message when I use the converter V4. What does it means exactly ? and above all how to work around this ? thx
View ArticleTivoli TSM and Backup Proxy
Hello, I am looking at turning my Tivoli TSM server into a backup proxy. Currently we are only doing file level backups, however, I would like to do image or VMDK backups since we have a license for...
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