Migrating Old Hardware to New - Evaluation License Unable to be added to VC -...
We are currently utilizing all of our ESX Enterprise licenses through the license server method. We decided to replace one of our older servers and installed the latest version, ESX 3.5 Update 3 ,on...
View ArticleSSD Support?
We are starting to use Solid State Drives (http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/extreme/index.htm) and I'm looking forward to trying them as locally attached storage with ESXi. Supermicro has a nice...
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 ArticleHelp on lost .vmdk during storage Vmotion
Hello,we did a storage VMotion from the SAN to a local VMFS.The storage VMotion did not complete and the situation went as follows: SAN...
View ArticleExternal storage advice for use with ESXi 3.5 (free)
I am running ESXi 3.5 (free) on a server with internal storage. I would like to purchase external storage and move my VMs to it. The VMs I have running on the server are not used very often, so I...
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...
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 ArticleScheduling a ESX host reboot - vsphere
Hello all,I'm hoping someone can help me.Is there any way to schedule an ESX host reboot? I looked through all the "scheduled taks" on VC and found nothing. any help is appreciated thanks Steve
View ArticleUsing VMware vSphere Client to access VI 3. Can it be done?
Hi All I'm trying to login to my VI 3 with VMware vSphere Client and I get the following messeges.------------------------------------------------------------------------Messege when logging into ESX 3...
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 Articleneed to reformat server
I have ESX3 running, I want to delete all data, rm -rf does not work from command line. How does one reformat (delete/expunge) theo vmware os?
View ArticleHelp Me Download ESX 3.0
Hello friends,Today I have received my PowerEdge 650, 2003 or 2006, the problem that I want for virtualization, with various and proven ye do not work, someone can guide me a bit, I want a 32bit esx,...
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 ArticleMS SQL Express Error 25057
When I load the VMware-VIMSetup-2.5.0-64201 VCServer setup, I get this error and install bails out. I am not using a license server, and not using an existing db, I am installing a new instance of sql...
View ArticleIntel ESB2 SATA 3.0Gbps Controller
Can someon tell me if the "Intel ESB2 SATA 3.0Gbps Controller " works within VMWare 3.5??? I would like to have this controller manage the storage of the VMs. My mb is a Supermicro x7dva-e mb, with the...
View ArticleVMFS or EXT3
Can ESX server use ext 3 as its file system or does it have to use VMFS Thanks Tim
View ArticleVC install fails with "Error.25060 setup failed to execute sqlcmd.exe"
I've tried installing multiple times but still no luck. everytime it fails with this error message. Please help.
View Articlevcbmounter error: *A certificate in the host's chain...
getting this error when trying to run vcbmounter: *A certificate in the host's chain is based on an untrusted root. our backup has been working fine but i noticed that it failed to mount last...
View ArticleLost IP Address for VMKernel iSCSI After Upgrading to ESX 3.5
Hi Folks: I decided to take the plunge and upgrade one of our ESX 3.0.2 servers to ESX 3.5 with a freshly burnt CD. Now I have the following symptom which I need help fixing: - the IP address seems to...
View ArticleMerging two Virtual Center servers into 1
Hello, I need to merge 2 virtual center servers into 1. Each has its own MS SQL db with severa hosts, DRS, resource reservation, folders, datacenters, etc. that I would like to keep intact. Is...
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