Modem connected to ESX host not working
I've got a network management applicatoin that has the ability to send a text message in the event of certain failures (i.e. the Internet connection goes down.) I'm trying to set the ESX VM to...
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 ArticleAn error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 during a paging operation.
I'm getting "An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0\DR0 during a paging operation." Event ID 51 on some virtual machines. These machines are Windows 2000 SP4 Server and Windows 2003 SP2,....
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performance spike with web servers!
Folks, I'm curious why two of my web servers spikes the performance graph tremendously even though Task Manger on Windows doesn't show much CPU/RAM usuage? Odd enough, when I logon locally as an...
View ArticleCan't create virtual machine with HD over 256 GB
Need to create a virtual machine with disc space of 600 GB but VC would not let me. The error message states the following: The disk capacity entered was not a properly formed number or was out of...
View ArticleUnable to remove vSwitch via Service Console or VI Client
I have a vSwitch that is broken, it was created via a scripted install gone wrong, but I am unable to delete it via the VI Client, see image 1 then 2. the output of esxcfg-vSwitch -l is in the...
View ArticleVCB 1.5 Problem: ([31] A device attached to the system is not functioning. ).
Hello everyone. I'm getting a lot of problem about VCB 1.5, but this problem is happening frequently. That's the error message. ( A device attached to the system is not functioning. ). And this's...
View ArticleCan't access VM Ware ESX 3.0 Server from a Diff Subnet
I am running ESX 3.0 and can not access the ESX Server froma diff subnet. I can access the VM just finr from the other subnets. I was told this is a Security setting. How adn wher would I change this?...
View ArticleAny one know more about HA agents - ftAgent,ftbb,ftRuleManager&ftProcManager
HI Does know anyone indepth details about below HA agents. I know these are part of HA but what is the role of each agent ftAgent ftbb ftRuleManager ftProcManager ftStateMon
View ArticleRDM Configuration (Best Practices...)
Folks, when attaching multiple RDM's on a VM, would you add one RDM per vSCSI adapter, or would you add multiple RDM's to the same vSCSi adapter? Also, when creating the RDM would you keep it with...
View ArticleKVM migration to VMWare
Hi, all -- We have a KVM virtual machine running latest Ubuntu on a Ubuntu host. We need to migrate this VM to a VMWare ESX farm run by out data center. Is this migration as simple as moving the...
View ArticleUnable to open SCSI device '/vmfs/devices/generic/vmhba1:5:0:0'...
Hello, I'm using ESX 3.0.2, and one VM which is under Windows Server 2003 can't start. This server is attach to a tape device IBM Total Storage 3581-2U. I have the following error: Unable to...
View Articleunderstanding esxtop network RX drop packets
I want to make sure I understand what I am seeing when I look at esxtop in interactive mode. I guess a better way to say it is I want to make sure that my interpetation is correct.. PORT-ID...
View ArticleInstalling VMware ESX3.0 in Workstation
hello everybody . im very new in VMware , and im trying to install VMware ESX server V3.0 in a VMwareworkstation .but the problem is I get the following message at the first step : the isntaller...
View ArticleHost xxx currently has no management network redundancy
Just upgraded my VC to 2.5 and have this error. Actually, to be fair I had a bunch of DRS/HA errors and a host that wouldn't migrate or do anything. So I unconfigured DRS and HA, then reconfigured,...
View ArticleFailed to import client (using Data protector for backup VMware ESX server)
Hi, I've been trying to backup VMWare ESX 3.5 with Data Protector 6.1.Agent, such as da,ma,vmware already installed in ESX.Ports 5555 for comunicating with the server also been opened. But, when I'm...
View Articleunable to remove orphaned and inaccessible vm from inventory.
Had a crash during an svmotion, vm orphaned and tried to readd to inventory but no luck. I have since restored the vm from a san snapshot and deleted all the original files and it now sits in a whole...
View ArticleIs there anyway to run 64-bit guest on a 32-bit Host?
I have 2 power edge 1950 with ESX3 but i wont let me install a "Windows 2003 enterprise 64-bit" OS Is there anything I can do make this work. I just want to check a bit software works on 64-bit...
View ArticleVI Client in Terminal Services - slow load
Hi I run the newer VI Client, the version for VI3 v3.5, on a Terminal Server (W2k3) and I'm experiencing very slow loads in RDP sessions, it can sit for 1-2 minutes with 'loading main form' in the...
View ArticleVI Client 2.5 only supports 32bit OS?
Working through my ESX 3.5 / VC 2.5 upgrade, I download the new VI client onto my workstation (Vista x64 Enterprise) and receive a lovely error message that "This product be installed only on 32-bit...
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