Installing 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 ArticleHow to revert root user role from "readonly" to "administrator" again -ESX3
We changed the root user role by mistake to read-only.How can we revert it to "Adminstrator again". Thanks, Jack.
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MSA1000 Active/Active Firmware is out..
Hi Folks - I know a number of you out there use the HP MSA1000 in some capacity, so I figured I'd pass along the word that the Active/Active firmware has FINALLY been released:...
View Articlevmtools on debian sarge
HI all I have a VM that was Dmotioned (esx 2.5 to 3.0.1). I perform the virtual hardware upgrade.... and..when i install the vmtools... the VM loss conectivity ... y have to reconnect the Vnic..and...
View ArticleKernel boot option noapic
In order to run esx 3.0.1 on a test whitebox I have had to add the noapic kernel boot option otherwise the boot hangs when loading the kernel. In a previous whitebox I was able to correct this by...
View ArticleMount point to access to patches in NAS
Hi all,I would like to know if there is a best practise for the mount point to access patches of an NFS server : \- adding a NAS storage, then access will be : /vmfs/volumes/patches/....\- mounting...
View ArticleDescribe your experience with the Storevault S500
Hello everyone, I've spent three months now working with 2 ESX Servers (now running 3.01 and 3.0.2) managed by Virtual Center 2.0.2 with a Storevault S500 (using ISCSI) for storage. I have not had...
View Articleldapsearch WITHOUT simple binding?
Trying to get ldapsearch on ESX 3.0.x to work without simple binding. In otherwords no -x parameter. Simple binding is sending the password in clear text which is just not allowed. I have our...
View ArticleAttempted to read or write protected memory
We were running ESX Server 3.0.2 and Virtual Infrastructure Client 2.0 until today when we upgraded to 3.5 and 2.5, respectively. Now when trying to run the virtual machines through VIC I get this...
View ArticleHigh CPU usage since 3.5 upgrade
I have 4 servers in this cluster and it seems only to be happening to the dell 2850's the 2650's and 2950's seem to be fine, but I have a couple of multi proc 2000 boxes that were p2v'd and since the...
View ArticleESX and HP MSA1000
Hi, I am confused about how to properly configure MSA1000 with ESX 3.x. I did a search on Google and found good threads in this community but it left me confused. HP Best Practices guide says to...
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helper world consuming 50% CPU
Greetings, I have a newly built ESX 3.5 Server running on a SunFire 40 Dual AMD Single Core system. I have zero (0) Virtual Machines running on it and noticed that in the VI Client that 50% of the CPU...
View ArticleActive Directory Authentification (Group Access)
Guys, I currently have the ability to authenticate against Active Directory from my ESX 3 host. I useradd individual accounts and have them authenticate against AD. What I'd like to know is..........
View Articleesxcfg-firewall man page
Hi this should be an easy one for those out there... I am trying to redirect the esxcfg-firewall man page to a text file so I can print it off as a reference for some work I need to do bit I'm not to...
View Articleis there scp file size limit in esx 3.5?
Hi, We have upgrade our DR esx 2.5 system to 3.5. We used FastSCP's to copy the dsk and vmx files off.After installing some extra disc space on the server we completed a clean install of ESX 3.5 and...
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