How to revert root user role from "readonly" to "administrator" again -ESX3
We changed the root user role by mistake to read-only.How can we revert it to "Adminstrator again". Thanks, Jack.
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MSA1000 Active/Active Firmware is out..
Hi Folks - I know a number of you out there use the HP MSA1000 in some capacity, so I figured I'd pass along the word that the Active/Active firmware has FINALLY been released:...
View Articlevmtools on debian sarge
HI all I have a VM that was Dmotioned (esx 2.5 to 3.0.1). I perform the virtual hardware upgrade.... and..when i install the vmtools... the VM loss conectivity ... y have to reconnect the Vnic..and...
View ArticleMount point to access to patches in NAS
Hi all,I would like to know if there is a best practise for the mount point to access patches of an NFS server : \- adding a NAS storage, then access will be : /vmfs/volumes/patches/....\- mounting...
View ArticleDescribe your experience with the Storevault S500
Hello everyone, I've spent three months now working with 2 ESX Servers (now running 3.01 and 3.0.2) managed by Virtual Center 2.0.2 with a Storevault S500 (using ISCSI) for storage. I have not had...
View Articleldapsearch WITHOUT simple binding?
Trying to get ldapsearch on ESX 3.0.x to work without simple binding. In otherwords no -x parameter. Simple binding is sending the password in clear text which is just not allowed. I have our...
View ArticleAttempted to read or write protected memory
We were running ESX Server 3.0.2 and Virtual Infrastructure Client 2.0 until today when we upgraded to 3.5 and 2.5, respectively. Now when trying to run the virtual machines through VIC I get this...
View ArticleHigh CPU usage since 3.5 upgrade
I have 4 servers in this cluster and it seems only to be happening to the dell 2850's the 2650's and 2950's seem to be fine, but I have a couple of multi proc 2000 boxes that were p2v'd and since the...
View ArticleESX and HP MSA1000
Hi, I am confused about how to properly configure MSA1000 with ESX 3.x. I did a search on Google and found good threads in this community but it left me confused. HP Best Practices guide says to...
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helper world consuming 50% CPU
Greetings, I have a newly built ESX 3.5 Server running on a SunFire 40 Dual AMD Single Core system. I have zero (0) Virtual Machines running on it and noticed that in the VI Client that 50% of the CPU...
View ArticleActive Directory Authentification (Group Access)
Guys, I currently have the ability to authenticate against Active Directory from my ESX 3 host. I useradd individual accounts and have them authenticate against AD. What I'd like to know is..........
View Articleesxcfg-firewall man page
Hi this should be an easy one for those out there... I am trying to redirect the esxcfg-firewall man page to a text file so I can print it off as a reference for some work I need to do bit I'm not to...
View Articleis there scp file size limit in esx 3.5?
Hi, We have upgrade our DR esx 2.5 system to 3.5. We used FastSCP's to copy the dsk and vmx files off.After installing some extra disc space on the server we completed a clean install of ESX 3.5 and...
View ArticleMultiple NICs on ESX server
I have ESX server 3.0.2 and using 4 NICs right now: 2 NICs teamed (one active, second in failover mode) for management, and 2 NICs teamed (one active, second in failover mode) for virtual machines. I...
View ArticleReassign vmnic to other physical network adapter
Hi All Is it possible to reassign vmnic0 (1-xx) from one physical adapter to another? THNX.
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 ArticleProblem between Intel Network Card e1000/MT and RedHat 7.1
Good afternoon, My colleague and I trie to install an Intel Network Card e1000/MT with ESXServer. We have the following messag :...
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 ArticleSolaris 10 New Install hanging on Configuring Devices
Hi, I have ESX running with a few virtual machines on a Sun 4100 X86 server. The OS's I'm running include Solaris 10X86, Redhad, Win2K. I am trying to install a new version of Solaris, and I'm...
View Articlevmwareuser.exe on Terminalserver
Hi there! we have a virtulized Terminalserver on production. On that TS the vmwareuser.exe is started for every single user logged on. Is there a solution to minimize the vmwareuser.exe to only one...
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