VMFS volumes not seen MSA 1500
Hi Folks We have a configuration like this one : 2 x DL380 G5 Servers (ESXA and ESXB) with 2 Qlogic Single port HBAs (vmhba2 & vmhba3) running ESX 3.0.2 these servers are connected through HP...
View Article2nd NIC and mounting NFS
I have just installed ESX 3.5. I am having trouble doing two different tasks. 1. Configuring and Activating a 2nd NIC (on a different network than the primary) 2. NFS mounting a file system....
View ArticleProcessor Compatibility - VMWARE VI 3.5 - Cluster with IBM Server / Intel...
Hi, I want upgrade a ESX Cluster with a new server IBM xSeries. My present hardware is : IBM xSeries 3650 with processeur - 1 * Intel Dual-Core Xeon 5130 I want add a new server IBM xSeries 3650...
View ArticleVMware tools: not running
Hi all, I have this intermittent issue where, according to Virtual Centre, VMware tools will stop running on a VM. If I log into the VM, the service is started and running OK, with no errors logged....
View ArticleESx 3.5 Crash new maschine, HW replaced still the same
Hello Guys, here is one of my ESx Servers. I have a coublle of them but this one is not working.He crashes in 5min or 4h. downbelow is the logfile.Does u have an idea whats up with him? THX HW is not...
View Articleqla24xx_abort_command in /var/log/vmkernel
We've been building out our vmware 3.5 enviroment and I've been noticing a lot of these entries in my vmkernel log. I don't have any in the /var/log/vmkwarning. Can anyone tell me what these mean?...
View ArticleWhat NFS User Does ESX use?
Goal to get a NFS mount where the ESX can mount a NFS export/share but do it in a secure manner. I will limit it down to the two ESX servers and the unix filesystem perms are limited to only rw for...
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ESX 3.5 Strange Problems After Installation
Hi, all. I've just installed the esx server 3.5 and vc 2.5 on some of my servers as the following topography. P.S.: (1) All three ESX servers are Inspur NF280DPro with 2 Nic. Server...
View ArticleInstalling an Adaptec AIC-7850 PCI SCSI controller
Hi, Wondering how hard or what the procedure or commands are to install a new PCI scsi controller to an already installed ESX server. We want to add a second storage to our Dell 2900 ESX 3.5...
View ArticleWhere to download LSI driver for Windows XP to be install on ESX!
Anyone know where to download LSI driver for Windows XP to be install on ESX. It having problem seeing the disk drives but I've tried using both BusLogic and LSI but didn't seems to work. I've...
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 2950 PERC 6/i driver and ESX 3.0.2
Aloha, I am trying to install 3.0.2 on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 that uses a PERC 6/i controller. ESX can't see the hard drives and the install aborts. I assume I need to manually load the PERC driver....
View ArticleESX Networking, S.C, VMotion, Production DMZ???
Dear All,I'm on the process of building a Vi3 Infrastructure that consists of 2 BL-460 C Class. Each with 20 gig of ram, 6 pNICs and Qlogic FC 26242 HBA dual port via the mezzenien card. My Question...
View ArticleLost Lun help needed
I am not quite sure why a LUN is not longer being presented, what we did do was get the lun re-presented and now it just shows up in the "add storage" tab it also tells me that if I add it that it...
View ArticleRe-attach virtual machines back into ESX
Just wondering.. if you remove a machine from the inventory or if you find an orphaned virtual machine that you just can't "fix" with the normal means (such as restarting VC, hostD, etc), is there any...
View Articlevmbk.pl stops after a few VM when executing from cron (no scsi disk found)
Hello. i'am doing vmbk.pl snapshot backup over nfs trough nfs mapped disk (/vmfs/volumes/nfs02/)the scripts run fine when running manual but when executing in the cron the scripts ends with the...
View Articleneed to change LUN ID on a netapp filer
ESX 3.02 We have a netapp filer cluster. The LUNs we use for the the vmswap have the same LUN ID on both heads. We have to change the LUN ID for one of these in order to upgrade our cluster. Has...
View ArticleScript to Shutdown and startup of virtual machines
I need a script to shutdown and startup virtual machines from the ESX 3.5 console. Please also include how to run the script and also I have a few examples but not sure which is the best route to take...
View ArticleSNMP MIB
I'm trying to configure alerting on my ESX hosts via SNMP so that I know when a LUN is running low on free space. I've looked through the MIBs on the ESX hosts, but I don't see any OIDs that will...
View ArticleFarm Monitoring Tools
I have been tasked with finding a monitoring solution for our farm. This basiclly would need to monitor cpu, memory, and disk sizes and be able to publish reports on a needed basis. I know the I could...
View ArticleESX 3.0.2 - PSOD Issue
Hi, I have a whitebox config for home use. Config:2 x ESX 3.0.2 Update 1 ASUS P5M2/SAS - Motherboard8 Gb RAMIntel Quad Core CPU4x SATA HDD The Problem: On the first ESX host I have a VM running as the...
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