Hyperthreading Enabled (Not active) - Should I turn it on at all?
Environment: ESX Host - IBM Blade's HS21Virtual Center 2.0ESX 3.0.1 Hi, Some of our application developers are requesting that on a cluster we allow their application to access multiple...
View ArticleIP Hash without EtherChannel?
I currently have a set of IBM X445 Servers running ESX 3.0.2 in a configuration where I am using IP Hash on a pair of NICs but do not have EtherChannel set up. It seems to be working ok but I was...
View ArticleCmd addnode failed for primary node?
After upgrading from 3.5.0, 84374 to 3.5.0,110268 I am getting the following HA error.. cmd addnode failed for primary node: Unable to import /var/log/vmware/aam/aam_config_util.def Any clues...
View ArticleCan't connect via SSH
I've got two hosts that were imaged at the same time that I've never been able to get ssh access to. I'm talking about with my user account, not enabling root ssh access. I immediately get...
View ArticleDoes ESX Server has LVM Mirror Disk function?
Hi there, we have two FC SAN storages, for special reason, we could not do data replication between these two arrays, so i want to know if there is LVM Mirror Disk function in ESX Server, likes...
View ArticleHA agent on ESX in Cluster has an error
Hi, we have 2 ESX (3.5) Server in Cluster managed by Virtual Center (2.5). Yesterday I migrated all VMs from one ESX to the other ESX because i want to patch the ESX host with the latested patches from...
View ArticleSnapshot / RDM
Hi, I have an ESX 3.5 Update 2, attached to a HP SAN (EVA). Some VM are created only with RDM disk (in physical mode) : One RDM disk for each partition How can I create a snaphot of the C disk...
View ArticleESX Installation date
Hello all, I am in a bit of a dilemna, the time has come for me to rebuild some of my ESX servers. It used to be such an easy process, I have configured the UDA appliance to assist in my ESX...
View ArticleLost ping on ESX and VM
Hi We are seeing lots of lost pings against both our ESX servers and VM's. It's about 5-10% When we loose a ping aginst the Service Console we also see a lost ping on the VM. But theVM is using...
View ArticleNFS configuration on ESX
Plz let me know the steps for:1. NFS configuration on ESX 2. Mounting NFS shares Modbreak by: depping, removed all caps. no need for shouting.
View Articledelta.vmdk files and loss of connection when removing a snapshot
We've got an odd (and serious) issue on some of our production ESX servers. SMVI 1.0 seems to have a bug that caused it to create dozens of snapshots on our production machines, and quickly filled one...
View ArticleBoot Option not available
Hi, Running ESX v 3 and VC 2.5. I have a VM (runnign windows 2003 sp2) and need to go to the bios option when it first boots. However when i edit the settings of the VM and go to Options | Advanced...
View ArticleHost will not enter maintenance mode - Operation Timed Out
Hey all. I am trying to put one of my hosts into maintenance mode and am recieving a "Operation Timed Out" Error. All of the VMs have been moved off the host so I know it is not a "CD in the drive"...
View ArticleExtending a iscsi LUN without losing VM
I originally created a 500 GB iSCSI VMFS lun for my datastore. I noticed that I had more SAN storage available, so I increased the LUN size from 500 GB to 1.3 TB LUN for our VMWare datastore. I...
View ArticleDHCP Server on ESX
I am thinkg of running our Co-opreration's DHCP server of an ESX box. Are there any issues or gotcha's that I need to know about?
View ArticleNIC reporting 'wrong' speed
In the list below note that vmnic3 is showing 100Mbps Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex Descriptionvmnic0 04:00.00 bnx2 Up 1000Mbps Full Broadcom Corporation Broadcom...
View ArticleESX Hardware compatability
I am building a home lab, and would like to know if the following specifications will work for ESX 3.5 update 3. MotherBoard - GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R P45 775 R Memory - 2Gx2|OCZ OCZ2RPR10664GK R...
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Add Extent - Expand VMFS volume....
Hi, I created a VMFS volume of 40Gb and after a while realised I should have made it a bit bigger - I've expanded the space on my SAN and then re-scanned the adapter and all is well - I can see the...
View ArticleVMotion issue with EVC
I just added R900 on a cluster, enabled EVC, I am able to run VM fine, able to do cold migration, but when I try to do VMotion to another host with a cluster I am getting an error "Opreation Timed...
View ArticleIncrease the /opt partition on the fly
Hey Everyone, Just curious, is there a way to increase the size of the /opt partition without rebuilding an ESX? ESX 3.5.0 build 123630. Let me know. Matthew Kaizen!
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