Early adopter woes, can't get network on Dell M600 blade
We've been running ESX on Dell 6850's, a 2650, and a 2950 for about 4 years now (well, the 2950's for a few months.) I migrated from 2.5.3 to 3.0.2 about 6 months ago with very little hassle. During a...
View ArticleTime Zone ?
Just recently installed ESX 3.0.1 on several servers. I have configured NTP to pull from my local time server. But when checking time on my new hosts, they are all displaying time as PDT, instead of...
View ArticleWhen I try to add storage I get a timeout message....
On the Vi client 2.0.2 build 50618. I'am trying to add storage from a SAN using the VI client. However after a moment or so I get a timeout message. When I increase the timeout on the client it goes...
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...
View ArticlePerformance of QLogic iSCSI vs Software Initiator in ESX 3.5
Hello All, Prior to my question I would like to thank everyone that has helped me to this point. This board is awesome! I am running ESX 3.5 accessing our Compellent SAN with iSCSI via the ESX...
View ArticleHelp... cannot find Qlogic HBA drivers for VMWare
I've searched for an hour over 2 days and feel like a moron. I have QLA2340 fiber cards in my Proliant DL580 G2 servers. I need drivers for the QLA2340, but Qlogic's site says to get them from...
View ArticleVCB and TSM intergration
Trying to intergrate VCB with TSM and I've run into an issue which I'm hoping someone can help me resolve. Let me start off by saying that I am very confident that VCB is functioning correctly because...
View ArticleDell 2950 Trying to install ESX through DRAC asks for CD
I'm trying to install ESX 3.5 on a new Dell 2950 through the DRAC. This is really just a dry run before I upgrade a server 1000 miles away. Through the DRAC I can boot the server from the ESX CD or...
View ArticleI know you're not supposed to add apps the console, but...
...rsync would sure be nice to have for backups of some VMs or for updating ISOs kept on vmfs. I hate to say it, but even samba would be handy, or at least handier than the Datastore Browser, which...
View ArticleDell Openmanage: sending email alerts
Hi, we've just installed Dell OpenManage Server Administrator v 5.4.0 on our ESX 3.5 server. We need to configure it to send email alerts when some conditions occur (i.e. lost disk redundancy etc)...
View ArticleVCB could not renew disk lease
I'm running a HP MSA1000 SAN, Virtual center 2.5 with VCB on the same box, and esx 3.02 When trying to manually run vcbmounter, I get the error "Could not renew disk lease. Aborting operation"...
View ArticleHow many NICs on VM
Hello everybody, I have a VM acting as router for several private networks to world wide networks on a ESX 3.5. At the moment the VM has four NICs and I want to add two more. The problem is that...
View Article64-bit guest OS
I have a Dell 2950 with Xeon E5430 CPUs running ESX 3.5 U1 but I am unable to run 64-bit guest OS. If I create a bootable CD with the CPUID ISO and boot it in my server it shows that it supports...
View Articleesxcfg-auth
Is there a way to put multiple domain controllers into this command for AD authentication. I want to have redundancy in case I loose one of my DC's.Better yet can you use the domain name and take...
View ArticleDefining a CDROM Drive Letter in a VMX File
Hi All, I was wondering if there is a way to define the letter for a CDROM drive to use in the VMX file on an ESX host? I know you can do it in the VMX file of a Workstation 6-based VM (the line...
View ArticleVMotion alternatives for moving guest VM from one ESX host to another
Source Host- ESX 3.0.1, 32039- HP DL360 G4- 2 x Intel Xeon(TM) @ 3.4GHz- Hyperthreading: Active- Storage: SAN1 Source VM- 2 NICS- 3 Virtual Disks Target Host (Option 1)- HP BL480c G1- 8 x Intel...
View ArticleVswitch or Port Group NIC Teaming Policy
Can someone give a clear explanation of the NIC Teaming Load Balancing Policies? What each does and why you would choose from the degault which is " Route based on the originating virtual port ID"....
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SCSI Emulation on SAN
I believe I know the root cause but want to see if their was someone who could validate, and also help me with knowing how to better 'root cause' these issues faster on 3i in the future. The details...
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...
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