x3650 7979k2g + hyperthreading
I have a problem with x3650. From one day to another the following failure occured. resource specification syncronization failed on host "hostname" in "clustername". I think the problem is...
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Using Intel and Broadcom NICs in one ESX Host
Good day everybody, I tried to run a search for what I was looking for, but can't seem to find anything relevant to ESX 3.5, so here goes... We just bought a few new Dell PowerEdge 2950s that we are...
View ArticleAdding existing VMFS LUN
Hi Everyone, Current Setup: Clariion SANESX 3.5 ClusterESX 3.0.2 Update 1 Cluster I have an existing LUN which currently has VM's installed and running on that LUN. Basically, I want another ESX...
View ArticleVM disconnected after host failed - How to manually reconnect?
Hi During some planned downtime today, i came across an issue which may cause problems in the future - so i am just looking for any insight... We have 6 Esx hosts running Win2k3 vm's. All VM's reside...
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 ArticleCan't add a VM to the inventory > Operation timed out
Hi there, I've been trying to add a VM to my VIC inventory but I keep getting the error "Operation timed out". Do you have any idea what should I do to be able to do it from the GUI ? Tips : it worked...
View ArticleSize of vswp Files
Hi All, I was curious as to how large ESX hosts (or VirtualCenter) would allow a virtual machine's swap file (.vswp ) to grow. I haven't found an actual number or percentage, so I was curious if...
View Articlememory swap
Hi. Prompt me please in what difference of memory balloon from memory swap ?Where does ESX place swap file when virtual machines require more than it is been memory physical ? How to look does ESX...
View ArticleAlignment of NTFS partitions on VMDK files
The whole concept of aligning partitions is fairly new to me but it does make a lot of sense. I've never needed (or at least known that I needed) to align paritions on NTFS volumes. I recently ran...
View ArticleESX 3.0.1-42829 to ESX 3.5.0 64607 Upgrade Process
I need to upgrade the the ESX servers from 3.0.x to 3.5, Few ESX are in clsuter and few are standalone ESX Servers. Please let me know how do I do this and also let me know the best practice?
View Articlevmhba no longer has device /dev association?
HW/SW: HP DL585G2 - 2x Qlogic QLE-2460 - ESX 3.0.1 - VC 2.5u2: I have a situation where : esxcfg-vmhbadevs -q returns a list of vmhba & /dev - with one exception. #34 in this list does not have...
View ArticleUnable to use customizations using an existing customization specification...
We are trying to set up a group of users with limited privilidges etc that can deploy new machines from a template. This is working fine but they do not get the option to customize using an existing...
View ArticleAnyone running Nvidia Tesla server with VMware?
Anyone have any experience running VMware with Nvidia Tesla GPU boards? Can the GPU's be used by VMWARE? Can the hypervisor detect the GPU processors as discrete entities that can be allocated?
View ArticleProblems when reverting to snapshot with VMs part of a domain
Hello, We are using many VMs for testing purposes, which implies the use of many snapshots, and reverting frequently. When creating those VMs (Windows XP SP2), I make a "base" snapshot, with...
View ArticleCPU Wait Time
I have a situation where a particular program that I run spawns off a whole bunch of processes and then the system grinds to a halt as all the processes cause the CPU to peg at 100% wait time. On a...
View Articlepcnet32,vmxnet information
Hi.. Can anyone please point out to documentation or information material on pcnet32, vmxnet? I am intrested in knowing how these modules help guest machine to communicate with actual NIC card etc....
View ArticleVirtual Machine UDP packets Problem
I have a VM that is supposed to receive UDP packets. However it doesn't.I know that the packet are sent because the device sending them says so.Also the program on the VM was running on a physical...
View Articlec_20127.nls missing during template deploy
The mini setup is looking for this file ("c_20127.nls") when deploying a template. I have checked the template source and the file is included in the system32 folder. Once I confirm the file the setup...
View ArticleVery slow server and CONSTANT disk activity.
I have one ESX3i 3.5.0;110271 server where all the VMs and thier files are on an iSCSI SAN. The only data on the local drives is VMware itself. The VMs run quite slowly but are stable. However,...
View ArticleInstalling HP Data Protector Disk Agent on ESX 3.5
Hello, The information on installing HP Data Protector on an ESX server seems scarce, so I thought I'd ask here...I only want to install the Disk agent to do backup of our ESXpress backup dumps. So we...
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