MS 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 ArticleInstalling ESX 3.5 on HS21 XM
Hello All I am trying to install ESX 3.5 on a brand new HS21 XM (IBM blade) with 73GB 10K NON hot-swap SAS drive. When it comes to finding the disk where ESX is going to install ESX 3.5 cant find it...
View ArticleVCB and TSM intergration
Trying to intergrate VCB with TSM and I've run into an issue which I'm hoping someone can help me resolve. Let me start off by saying that I am very confident that VCB is functioning correctly because...
View ArticleDriver for SAS 5iR controller
Hello! I have a PE840 Dell Server with RAID controller SAS 5iR + 1 SCSI HDD 73GB 15krpm and 2 SATA HDD 7200krpm installed. I want to install a VMware ESX server 3.0.2 or 3.5 on these machine but I...
View ArticleiSCSI issue with ESX 3.5 and Openfiler 2.3
All I am working with a test environment of ESX 3.5 on a white box system that is experiencing some strange issues when I try to connect to a another system that is running openfiler 2.3 as an iSCSI...
View ArticleESX Downloading vmdk files from Datastore "Connection Timed Out" Error
When attempting to download vmdk files from my ESX Datastores, I receive a "Connection to server has timed out" Error. I can download any smal files (vmx, etc.) but when I try to download my vmdk's,...
View ArticleObserved IP Ranges blank
We plugged one of our ESX hosts into a switch and the observed ip range came up correctly. We realized the port on the switch was on the wrong VLAN, so we brought the port down, changed the VLAN on...
View ArticleFAILED: agent.internal.fault.NfcConnectionFault.summary
I have a vmmachine that I want to move from vmserver 1.0.2 to vm exi 3.5 I have converted successful prior form this excate same host server A to host server B using vmcenter prior. Now I trying...
View Articlefailed to extend disk the called function cannot be performed on partial...
I have taken over administration of our VI3 and encountered this message: "failed to extend disk the called function cannot be performed on partial chains please open the parent virtual disk" when I...
View ArticleStop: 0x0000007B Inaccessible_boot_device Error
I have converted a server having windows 2000 adv server with sp4 (Dell 8450 series with 4 processors). I used Vmware converter 4.0 to convert in to VM. Earlier it failed so many times when i choose...
View ArticleVMware Infrastructure client 2.5 can't connect to ESX 3.0.1
We have both VMware ESX 3.0.1 and 3.5.0 VMware infrastructure client 2.0.1 comes by default with 3.0.1 while VMware infrastructure client 2.5.0 comes by default with 3.5.0 Each client can only...
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 ArticleHP DL385 ILO within ESX
Hi All, I have a question, I am not greatly familiar with ILO so maybe someone can help me. I have a server ata remote location I have no physical access to. The server is running ESX 3.01, is...
View ArticleLun does not contain any VMFS/LVM signatures...vcbMounter error Failed to...
Alright so inch by inch I have been making progress trying to get consolidated backup working to no avail. Currently this is my progress. I have my backup proxy connected to a brocade fiber switch...
View ArticleCritical 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 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 ArticleUsers unable to browse datastore ISO file under CD configuration
I have just upgraded to Virtual Center 2.5. I have users that cannot browse to the ISO datastore under the CD/DVD configuration without giving them Administrator access at the DataCenter level. They...
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 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...
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