VI 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 ArticlePhysical NIC mapping to VMNIC in Virtual Infrastructure client
I have an ESX 3.0.2 set up. It is a Dell 6950. It has an on board dual NIC. I then installed two more Dual NIC's. So this host now has a total of 6 ports. The question I have is in regards to the...
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 ArticleDell AX4-5 SAN
OK so just when I was all set on a Fujitsu Server/SAN solution (which we would have ordered a few weeks back but for political delays and more delays) Dell have come up with what seems one hell of a...
View Article95% stage on clones
Hi, Not posted for a while being so gusumped... Does anyone know what stage 95% is on a vmclone/template deployment? I have three that ive tested of various sizes and it is held at 95% for all...
View ArticleVMware Healthcheck script Installation Guide
How to install the ESX healthcheck script on ESX host , Can anyone provide Step by Step procedure for doing so.Thanks & Regards
View Articleintel 965
I am trying to install esx server 3.5 on intel 965ry mobo but when the setup ask me to choose the installation method and I choose local cdrom then it prompt me for its drivers. I dont know which...
View ArticleVM-Console error: login (username/password) incorrect on some esx 3.5 hosts
Hi there. We are running diff. ESX 3.5 hosts on VC 2.5 splitten into 2 Clusters and on all vm's running on some hosts I can get the console (black) but with an error: login (username/password)...
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 ArticleCritical Storage Alert on one of my hosts
I've recently applied Update 4 to my VI3 cluster. The upgrade went smooth, and everything has been running fine for about 3 weeks now. I noticed yesterday that one of my hosts was reporting a...
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 Article