VMFS and VMDK compatibility
Hi, I've got a number of ESX 3.0.2-Update1 hosts which I'm going to be doing fresh installs of ESXi 4.1 onto. The 3.0.2 hosts are connected to external storage where the Datastores and VM's are stored....
View Article[NTP]: no servers can be used, exiting
Hi, This is the error message I get when I run '# ntpdate' on two newly created ESX 3.0.2 servers:15 Jan 22:23:34 ntpdate[2689]: no servers can be used, exiting Using the NTP sample configuration...
View Articleifup: vmnics device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initializing
Hello After upgrading my RHES 4 to the latest kernel release I noticed in the startup of my vm that he was showing an error on my vmware-tools.The system said I had to reconfigure my vmware tools....
View ArticleA bunch of VMSN files under VM folders ... How can I delete these files ?
Hi ! I have 4 VMs having around 300 vmsn files 20KB big. I would like to know how can I get rid of these files ? There's NO SNAPSHOT in the SNAPSHOT MANAGER, so why I have so much files like that...
View ArticleVLANs and Dell Blades
I know this is more a Dell question than a Vmware question, but I figure some of you are using the same BladeSystem as me and may be able to provide a quicker answer than Dell. We have a new M1000E...
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 ArticleHot add of RDM not detected ESX 5.0
I am adding a physical RDM through the vCenter on a VM that is powered on. When I add the device, shouldn't it automatically show up under/dev?dmesg has nothing about the device. Does it require a...
View ArticleHOWTO: Installing ESX Server from a USB flash drive
After Mike Laverick posted his experience with ESX Server and USB flash disks in another thread, I decided to figure out how to make it work.Here's a quick rundown on setting up a USB flash disk (ie....
View ArticleHP C Class blade as centralised storage provider?
Hi, I'm thinking of installing a HP C CLass Blade enclosure and using the HP's storage blades (model SB40c running SAS hard disks) as the shared storage location for the VMs. I plan to host about 15...
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 ArticleIBM Director Agent 5.20.1 Hates ESX 3.0.2?
Trying to install IBM Director Agent 5.20.1 on ESX 3.0.2, install states complete but errors encountered. The installation attempts to start twgagent, but it fails and returns error status of 1....
View ArticleMissing LUN
We have a 3 server ESX 3.0.2 cluster with 3 250gig LUNs presented to each server. I asked my SAN guys to present another 250gig LUN to all 3 servers... They have but I can't see it from either of...
View Article[NTP]: no servers can be used, exiting
Hi, This is the error message I get when I run '# ntpdate' on two newly created ESX 3.0.2 servers:15 Jan 22:23:34 ntpdate[2689]: no servers can be used, exiting Using the NTP sample configuration...
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Getting drive status from HP Smart Array P400
Hi, Since installing ESX 3.5 I've installed two P400 array controllers into our Intel Servers (not HP) and everything working.....well.....I think so. How do I know if a hard drive has died?...
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ESX 3.5 Strange Problems After Installation
Hi, all. I've just installed the esx server 3.5 and vc 2.5 on some of my servers as the following topography. P.S.: (1) All three ESX servers are Inspur NF280DPro with 2 Nic. Server...
View ArticleESX 3.0.2 disconnected from cluster
Hello, I have 2 Dell 1850 ESX 3.0.2 in a cluster. Ever since I upgraded to VC 2.5, one of the host kept on disconnecting from the cluster. It does however reconnected back after several minutes....
View ArticleNFS Thin Provisioning
I am setting up a VDI environment for a customer, and we are using a NetApp filer and NFS for the data store. VM .vmdk files stored on NFS data stores are thin provisioned by default - Right? My XP...
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,....
View Articleadvice on server hardware config to run ESX and ...
Hi there,I'm planning on buying a new server to run Windows SBS 2008 (primarily for email on Exchange 2007), CentOS + DirectAdmin to host some websites, and Windows or Linux to run game servers (like...
View ArticleError with Netapp ESX Host Utilities
When settting up the Netapp ESX Host utilities and running "config_mpath --persitant" we receive an error that it could not connect to the filers. Then looking on the filer there is and HTTP XML...
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