Critical Storage Alert on one of my hosts
I've recently applied Update 4 to my VI3 cluster. The upgrade went smooth, and everything has been running fine for about 3 weeks now. I noticed yesterday that one of my hosts was reporting a...
View ArticleBest values DAVG/cmd (ESXTOP) ?
Hi I work on performance analysis of our SAN. We use VmWare ESX 3.0.2. I use ESXTOP for that. I read that DAVG/cmd is a good performance index, but i don't know what are good values. What is the...
View Articlerdm shared disk
ok this probably sounds like a stupid question but i have to ask! Is it possible to share a RDM disk between two servers. As far as i am aware windows will not allow a disk to be accessed by two...
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 Article2.5->3 upgrade with a "swing-box"
I'm looking to do what I'm calling a swing-box upgrade, where I bring in a box whose sole purpose is for upgrades. I'd like to temporarily bring in a brand new server into our 2.5.3 ESX farm, and it...
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 ArticleESX Server on Vmware Server
Hi, Can I run on ESX Server on Vmware Server for Testing Purpose? Please advise. The hardisk that I have used for vmware server is SATA hardisk?
View ArticleAltiris deployment ESX server in a VLAN tagged environment
I want to deploy an ESX server on BL480c servers where the service console must be in a separate VLAN (vlan id 2). To deploy the ESX server I am using the Altiris 6.5 deployment server. This deployment...
View ArticleIfconfig not saving
Hi All, I am trying to change the IP on my host and it changes it when I dothe command but when I reboot it shows the old IP. What am I doing wrong? I am using this command.ifconfig vswif0...
View ArticleLSI MegaRAID SATA/SAS 8204ELP Ctrlr - No hard drives found during install
I have an LSI MegaRAID SATA/SAS 8204ELP Controller. The ESX 3.01 installation fails with no hard drives found. This card appears to be supported based on information in the I/O Guide (LSI1068E). I've...
View ArticleIs there a complete commands guide for ESX 3.0.2?
Is there a real guide how to administer ESX 3.0.2 besides VMware documentations. I've seen www.vmware-land.com has pretty good stuff but didn't see a complete commands for ESX 3.0.2. I would to have...
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 ArticleHP Insight Manager service console agent install
Hi, I am looking for a link to a "how to" install the insight manager agent. I have looked on the HP site and the forums here, but I can't some up with anything particularly useful. I want to...
View ArticleHow to enable iSCSI multipathing with iSCSI software initiator?
I'm trying to enable multipathing to a Dell MD3000i iSCSI target using the software initiator.The target has 2 controllers with 2 NIC's each.I have added every ip address on each target NIC to the...
View ArticleBackup of RAW disk via HP Data protector
Hi Guys, I have the following issue when trying to use HP Data Protector to run a full backup of a windows server running in an ESX 3.0.2 Cluster. Background info: 2 HP Proliant Blade BL20p with 2...
View ArticleHyperthreading Enabled (Not active)*
We are currently using DELL 2950's with dual but get the above message from the VMWVIC | Configuration | Processors screen Model Intel(R) Xeon(R) X5355 @ 2.66GHz Physical...
View Articleadding user by script, password doesnt work
hi, help. Trying to add a user by script and have already read the other thread to use either the esx ks.cfg creator or htpasswd.exe to create the hashed password. Have also tried different...
View ArticlePhysical NIC mapping to VMNIC in Virtual Infrastructure client
I have an ESX 3.0.2 set up. It is a Dell 6950. It has an on board dual NIC. I then installed two more Dual NIC's. So this host now has a total of 6 ports. The question I have is in regards to the...
View ArticleCommand to add user/group to administrator role
Is there a way to script user/group addition to administrator role via commandline? I use script to build our servers and it would be nice if I can script this one step. Thanks, Bhargav
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