Change MAC address of VM to whatever MAC I want
I have a Windows 2003 Server guest that I migrated from a VMware Server to an ESX Server. In the migration the MAC address was changed. This is a real problem since this is a licensing server and the...
View Articlerm: cannot remove Device or resource busy - But no VMX file exists
Morning, I imported a physical server and it booted up fine, then restarted on its own and then would never turn on again. I thought i deleted the VM from disk but looking via veeam fastscp there...
View ArticleESX 3.0.x hangs at "Initializing device support" - IBM xSeries 336 (8837)
Hi, ESX 3.0.x hangs after installation (first boot) at "Initializing device support" Hardware (setup is listed on HCL): IBM xSeries 336 (8837)2x Xeon 3.2HGz8GB RAM2x 73GB Ultra320 SCSI hot-swap...
View Articlenon standard ssh ports
Ok...here it goes... I changed ssh server to run on a non standard port.. I changed it in /etc/ssh/sshd_config as well as I noticed I need to change it in /etc/vmware/firewall/services.xml. After...
View Articleams1000 Hitachi storage and Hp Eva in VI 3.5
Hi, a few days ago I entered in my datacenter a new storage AMS1000 in addition to a Hp Eva. My problem is that although I have assigned higher lun id , when ESX power on, trying to mount this...
View Articleunable to remove orphaned and inaccessible vm from inventory.
Had a crash during an svmotion, vm orphaned and tried to readd to inventory but no luck. I have since restored the vm from a san snapshot and deleted all the original files and it now sits in a whole...
View ArticleAdding Additional RDM's to MSCS Cluster
Evening all, Not sure if anyone seen's this issue but....Trying to add some additional RDM's to a two node Active/Passive Windows W2K3 Cluster spread across two ESX 3.02 hosts, each using local...
View ArticleCannot customize host name
Error:A specified parameter is not correct: spec.identity.hostNameMy hostName is normal:"pigtails" [Code]protected CustomizationSpec customizeVM(ManagedObjectReference vmRef, String ipAddress, String...
View ArticleChange I.P. address of ESX 3 Host - how to?
May be in the wrong forum slot, but we have to switch our newly built ESX 3.01 host to a different v-lan - need to change I.P., gateway, subnet mask. Any easy solutions? Andrew
View ArticleHELP:error connecting to .vmx because vmx is not started
Hi, i have a VM power on but not accessible by anyway. i cant stop and restart. when i go to the console i got the messag "eerror connecting to .vmx because vmx is not started" any idea ?
View ArticleWinSCP copies to new DataStores
We have ESX3.5 and VC2.5. Originally, our FibreChnl SAN had 6 DataStores configured with VMFS3.21. We added some additional datastores and they are VMFS3.31. I noticed that whereas I could once...
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 ArticleScript to upgrade VMWare tools on multiple Servers
Hello Everyone, I have approx 80 VMs running in a cluster and I need to updgrade VMWare Tools on them. Is there any script or any other option with which I can install VMware tools on all the VMs?...
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 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 ArticleRename Vmnic
Hi, I would like to rename the vmnic1 to vmnic0 and vmnic0 to vmnic1, it's possible?
View ArticleKickstart - Pre section fdisk command fails
By using the %Pre in the Kickstart.cfg for a VMWare ESX 3.02 installation we want to insure the dev/sda drive is the correct size before we start the installation. The problem is the fdisk command...
View ArticleIs there a command to query the vmware-tools version on a linux guest machine?
I am looking for a command I could run on a linux guest machine to query what version of vmware tools is installed on that machine. I'm ultimately looking to automate the tools upgrade - hoping to find...
View ArticleIntel ESB2 SATA 3.0Gbps Controller
Can someon tell me if the "Intel ESB2 SATA 3.0Gbps Controller " works within VMWare 3.5??? I would like to have this controller manage the storage of the VMs. My mb is a Supermicro x7dva-e mb, with the...
View ArticleFLEXlm License Server Problems
Hi, Ever since we installed VC 2.5 we seem to be have intermittent issues with our VI license server. Should there be two instances of the lmgrd.exe process running? Everything seems to be OK from the...
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