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Add Extent - Expand VMFS volume....
Hi, I created a VMFS volume of 40Gb and after a while realised I should have made it a bit bigger - I've expanded the space on my SAN and then re-scanned the adapter and all is well - I can see the...
View ArticleVpXClient has encountered a problem
Hi, I've just tried to launch my VI client from my XP desktop and I'm receiving the following error message: VpXClient has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the...
View ArticleESX 3.5 strange error message in hardware health status
I recently acquired an IBM xSeries 236 server and installed ESX 3.5 update 3, upon doing so I noticed an error message in hardware health status that reads: "processor module 80 SEL fullness" To the...
View ArticleWhat is vCPU ?
Can anyone explain me what exactly is vCPU? Is vCPU i can only define wiht ESX 3.5 or i can have options in Vmare server 2.0 also (which i couldn't see anywhere). Also, how can i divide 1 Physical...
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Adding Hard disk causing problem, might be minor issue
Guys I got a quick reply a while ago regarding sysprep thanks, thats something new. I have C partition only on my master server and i wanted to add another partition prior to clone. I just add new...
View ArticleVMotion failed -- Failed to start migration pre-copy. Help!
ESX v4, vCenter v4 Vmotion failed with error says: A general system error occurred: Failed to start migration pre-copy. Error 0xbad003f. Connection closed by remote host, possibly due to time out....
View ArticleVM Lockup with 100% CPU utilization - Random times, varying loads, RHEL5,...
Hi, we are running ESX 3.5 (original - no updates. We have another client that sees this same thing with u4) We have a VM that experiences lock ups at seemingly random times. The machine is running...
View ArticleVM 100% cpu utilization after vmotion from one host
Hi folks, When i vmotion a couple of VMs (Win 2003 x64 running IIS) from one host in our solution the VM CPU utilisation goes upto 100% and there are a lot of ASP.NET crash reports in the event log....
View ArticleProblem Backup with vcbmounter
I tried to backup the VM with the command : %chemin_vcb%\vcbmounter -F 0 -h %ip_esx% -u %user_esx% -p %mdp_esx% -m nbd -a name:%%j -r "%chemin_backup%\%nom_jour%\%qoc%\%%j" -t fullvm I got this...
View ArticleGuide - How to Monitor VMFS on ESX from Nagios via NRPE
This is my attempt at a guide on how to setup monitoring of ESX VMFS volumes using (Groundwork) Nagios. Assumes you have already installed the NRPE agent on ESX, and you already have a working (GW)...
View ArticleStop: 0x0000007B Inaccessible_boot_device Error
I have converted a server having windows 2000 adv server with sp4 (Dell 8450 series with 4 processors). I used Vmware converter 4.0 to convert in to VM. Earlier it failed so many times when i choose...
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 ArticleXeon powerful and cheaper motherboard for lab. Suggestions?
Hi again. I´m looking for a cheaper motherboard, preferible dual Xeon based processor or least similar, to build my own lab. 64 bits guest machines must be supported, in orden to admit Exchange...
View ArticleWinSCP copies to new DataStores
We have ESX3.5 and VC2.5. Originally, our FibreChnl SAN had 6 DataStores configured with VMFS3.21. We added some additional datastores and they are VMFS3.31. I noticed that whereas I could once...
View ArticleGuest Memory Usage vs Memory Usage inside VM
Hi Experts, I have browsed much of the community to here find something I am having great difficulty in understanding so a very simple explanation would be greatly appreciated. Now, we have some Linux...
View ArticleGuest swap obsolete? ESX and serious memory overcommitment.
Hello! I would like to hear your considerations regarding getting rid of swapping on the guest OS by doing serious overcommitment of memory on ESX(i) server. Here is my thoughts:Wouldn't it be more...
View ArticleWhere to download an old version of ESX install media
Hi All, I have a site which has a server where the host RAID set has been broken. I need to reinstall the VMWare ESX Server, 3.0.1, 32039 on this host but no longer have the install media. Is there...
View Articlepossible upgrade issue when upgrading from 3.0.1/3.0.2 to 3.5?
A new ISO out there for 3.5. "Before upgrading to ESX Server 3.5 from ESX Server 3.0.1 or 3.0.2, please download the new build " Does anybody know what the issue is? i can't find any specifics.
View ArticleESX 3.5 : Kickstart install doesn't see dhcp server
Hello, We are trying to deploy our new hp blade c-class servers (blade 680c G5) using a kickstart script which connects to a ftp server. The ftp service is running on our new VC server and is...
View ArticleUsers unable to browse datastore ISO file under CD configuration
I have just upgraded to Virtual Center 2.5. I have users that cannot browse to the ISO datastore under the CD/DVD configuration without giving them Administrator access at the DataCenter level. They...
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