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Unused VM's
Hi, I work in an environment where I have quite a few VM's. Due to storage shortages and resource restrictions I'm looking to find a quick and easy way of finding out which VM's have not been used...
View ArticleRenaming VMnics to match PCI Slot Numbers
When installing ESX is choose the wrong Pnic for the service console. The end result is that vmnic0 is in PCI slot 2, vmnic1 is in PCI slot 2, and so on. Is there any way to ny way to rename the...
View ArticleSNMP MIB/OID Query for Free Disk Space on VMFS Partition
We use a third-party SNMP monitoring tool (What'sUp Pro) and we would like to monitor the free disk space on the VMFS partitions on our ESX servers. Does anyone know what MIB or OID i would have to...
View ArticleDatastore with 4mb block size = Max 1024 gig file
We have a major production issue with our main Windows 2003 file server. Our main file share is 1024 gig (1 terrabyte). I tried to grow it this weekend and realized that we have reached the max file...
View ArticleVMWARE Tools Status
Good morning, I am currently running ESX 3.0.2. We are also running VCB. I have noticed that the vmtools status for some virtual machines in Virtual Center shows that the tools aren't running. It...
View ArticleESX Downloading vmdk files from Datastore "Connection Timed Out" Error
When attempting to download vmdk files from my ESX Datastores, I receive a "Connection to server has timed out" Error. I can download any smal files (vmx, etc.) but when I try to download my vmdk's,...
View ArticleVMkernel Marks Paths as dead
Good morning, This past weekend I had a major outage in my ESX environment. At first glance my entire infrastucture went down due to a faulty fiber channel switch in my environment. All hardware...
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 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 to get the best performance on VMESX3.0.2
Hi, All I have the following four HP Proliant DL385 G2 servers. esx001 ( two AMD CPU + 16GB mem) esx002 ( two AMD CPU + 16GB mem) esx003 ( two AMD CPU + 8GB mem) esx004 ( two AMD CPU + 8GB...
View ArticleMigrate VMware Guest Server that contains VIC database to new VMware Host
Hello, I have inherited a system running ESX 3.0.1. The VIC runs on a standalone server but the database resides on a guest on one of the VMware hosts. I need to move/migrate the vmware guest to a...
View Articlewatchdog-hostd process crashes after startup
Hi, The below issue pertains to a standalone ESX server 3.0 which ash 2 vms running on it.I have an issue with the mgmt-vmware startup. when I start the mgmt-vmware, I get the below /var/log/messages...
View Articleunderstanding esxtop network RX drop packets
I want to make sure I understand what I am seeing when I look at esxtop in interactive mode. I guess a better way to say it is I want to make sure that my interpetation is correct.. PORT-ID...
View ArticleInstalling VMware ESX3.0 in Workstation
hello everybody . im very new in VMware , and im trying to install VMware ESX server V3.0 in a VMwareworkstation .but the problem is I get the following message at the first step : the isntaller...
View ArticleCan't Delete Flat file off of lun
I just finished deloying 130 VMs' on a 1.8tb lun - During my deployment I had a few fail - the left behind corrupt vmdk.flat files. I have tried to delete these file from within system center and it...
View ArticleRaid Read & Write policy for ESX 3.5
Just wondering, creating a new vmfs partition on an ESX 3.5 server after adding some disks... On a DELL PowerEdge 2900 / PERC 5/I RAID controller with SAS disks, the Raid Read policy, can be either No...
View Articleupgrade to vsphere 4 - licensing
Hello all, I have an esx 3.0.2 server with 4 VI3 Foundation Edition licenses.Since I built another machine with esxi 4.1, I wanted move the vm to the new esxi server and upgrade the old esx 3 server. I...
View Articlecan't delete .vmdk file on Datastore
Hello, In my new company i've inherited an ESX server which runs some virtual server2003 machines stored on a SAN Datastore. As i investigated more i discovered that is was running short of...
View ArticleCannot customize host name
Error:A specified parameter is not correct: spec.identity.hostNameMy hostName is normal:"pigtails" [Code]protected CustomizationSpec customizeVM(ManagedObjectReference vmRef, String ipAddress, String...
View ArticleHOWTO: Installing ESX Server from a USB flash drive
After Mike Laverick posted his experience with ESX Server and USB flash disks in another thread, I decided to figure out how to make it work.Here's a quick rundown on setting up a USB flash disk (ie....
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