[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 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 ArticleVcbmounter Error: Other error encountered: Snapshot creation failed:...
Hi all, I back up several vm guest servers each night using Arcserve on a vcb proxy which runs a pre script to snapshot the guests and mount the raw files, ready to be backed up to tape. The backup...
View ArticleHow to exclude VM from HA availability constraint calculation
Hi, I would like to confirm if I set "Disable" on few VM HA settings (cluster level), These VMs will not be included in the HA "Prevent VMs from being Powered on if they violate availability...
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 ArticleMultiple Port Groups with the same VLanID
Have a question on peoples experience or knowledge, as we are having a little discussion here at work. If you were to have multiple virtual port groups with the same VLanID in the same cluster, does or...
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 ArticleCan I virtualize Mac OS/X 10 Server (Leopard) on ESX 3.5.0 ?
Hi ! Can I virtualize Mac OS/X 10 Server (Leopard) on ESX 3.5.0 ? Is there an hardware limitations ? licensing ? thanks for your reply Damien
View Articleierr Assert
I am getting this error under the cpu list IERR assert. what is this error?
View ArticleESX server crash - need to get back up and running!
HELP! We had some kind of power hiccup. My virtual server (running ESX 3.0.2) was frozen. I rebooted it, and it displays several errors (e.g. 0:00:01:26:25 CPU1:1038 LVM:1358: One or more devices not...
View ArticleLUN Performance Problem and HBA to fabric design query
Hi All, We're having a few issues with our VMware ESX Cluster (3.0.1 all recent patches).As part of the analysis I came across the following...
View ArticlePXE build of ESX server on a NIC/port configured for 801.2q vlan tagging
Hiya, I have spent some time recently trying to put together a PXE boot environment to build ESX servers. This was helped no end with the release last week of the Universal Deployment Appliance:...
View ArticleChange iscsi lun to fcp
We've been using iscsi vmfs luns on our netapp fas270c to provide disks to our vmware servers. We've recently upgraded our fas270c to include Fibre Channel and would like to change the luns to use...
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 ArticleConverting window 2000 MSCS cluster to virtual machine, how to and best...
Hi Our customer has an windows 2000 MSCS cluster. We plan to use the vmware converter starter (version 3.02 update 1) to virtualize the physical machine to virtual machines. I think that is best to...
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