Shared Folders in VMWare Tools
So, this isn't really a question but a poll. Ever since ESX 2.5 when having the shared folders enabled on a workgroup server kept you from promoting to a DC (workaround was to join to domain first) i...
View ArticleWhat is VSphere?
What is VSphere?, EXS4? and Cloud Computing or Cloud Operating system? Could anyone please explain there terms in single line, I mean single line definitions? Are VSphere and Virtual...
View ArticleNon-compliant ACPI BIOS Error when installing WIndows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
I've having a problem on my vShpere / ESX4 server -- when I attempt to installe Win Server 2008 R2 x64, it blue screens loading setup with a STOP Error of 0xA5 Microsoft Descrides the piticular error...
View Articlehot add memory - windows 2008R2
Hi, Vsphere 4 update 1 - I need toincrease memory on my windows 2008 R2 enterprise box. Is hot add memory supported for windwos 2008R2 enterprise edition? Is hot plug CPU supported?...
View ArticleThree VMs with same SID, what to do?
I deployed three Win2008 R2 VMs from the same template and made the mistake of not using customization to change the SID. I have verified using PsGetsid that all three have the same SID. These three...
View ArticlevSphere Client could not connect with the vCenter Server "servername"
Details: The server took too long to respond. (The operation has timed out) We have an existing ESX3 environment with vcentre server 2 managing.I have built 3rd ESX server ESX4, and installed vcentre...
View Articleconnecting to vsphere center
i am new to powerclii am trying to connect to vsphere center from my xp sp3 PC, i installed powershell and vsphere cli on my pcwhen i am giving command as esxcli ipaddress it is asking for username and...
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Power down or migrate disconnected VM (on disconnected ESX server)
We've got 4 ESX servers in our infrastructure. After power failure three of them powered on, but one didn't (esx-02).On this host we've got virtual machine called f12-dns-02. Now esx-02 is...
View ArticleClone VM with RDMs?
Hi All Has anyone done a clone of a VM which has RDMs attached? I need to take a clone of a production server into test, the production server has RDMs and i want to clone it into VMDKs for dev, in the...
View ArticleConnecting VM Serial port to host physical port
Hello, We have VMWare ESX 4.1, 260247 installed on 3 servers and utilize vSphere 4.1 to manage them. I ran VMWare convertor and brought in a new machine which requires the use of a Serial Port to...
View ArticleIntel 4 Port NIC (IBM Part# 49Y4242) + x3650 host +ESX 4.1 = Where are my NICs?
Hello everyone, I am having an odd problem. A client has purchased 3 IBM x3650M3 hosts with the 4 Port Intel re-branded NIC which came with the server and has an IBM part number (49y4242), It looks...
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SAS connected Library support
Hallo We have a client that would like to put a HP Data Protector Cell Manager and Media server on a VM on 4.1 According to HP the Cell Manager is supported on a VM. We would just like to find out if a...
View ArticleUpgrading virtual hardware on 2008R2 causing NIC to not load
Hello, I have upgraded several hosts from 3.5 to 4.1 and am having issues upgrading the virtual hardware on several 2008R2 hosts. My steps: Upgrade vmtools, this completes successfully. Server...
View ArticleESX SNMP Configuration (for HP SIM) & sending an ESX Test Trap via SNMPTRAP
Greetings. I recently needed to configure / fix my ESX servers to communicate properly over SNMP to my HP SIM server. Note: This is for ESX 4.1 and HP SIM 6.2. There were many problems I needed to...
View ArticleInconsistent Folder Name - Folder Name Does Not Match VM Name
I have several VM defined where the associated folder name does not match the VM name. Is there a way that I can rename the folder name to match the VM name. Also, is there a way that I can rename...
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VM showing up as invalid - failed to find a host for powering on
Hi folks. I have a good sized ESX cluster, with about 20 hosts and Enterprise Plus licensing. I recently did a power down/up of my entire setup, and all but a handful of VMs came back up cleanly. About...
View Articleesxi 5.1 - Unable to connect to NFS server - FreeNAS-8.3.0-RELEASE-x86
I get "Unable to connect to NFS server" when I try to connect to FreeNAS NFS share using ESXi 5.1, but both can connect to NFS share on linux. Further linux can connect to the share on FreeNAS. I...
View ArticleMonitoring ESX 4.1 with Nagios XI
We are running Nagios XI 2012R1.1 and are trying to monitor our ESX 4.1 hosts. I ran the Nagios XI vmware monitoring wizard but I can't seem to get Nagios XI to monitor a vmware ESX 4.1 host service...
View ArticleAdd Hard Disks for Active-Active Windows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster
Hi all,We plan to create an Active-Active Windows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster in vSphere 4.xHere is the requirements: 1.Node1 should have the following disks during normal operation C drive (VMDK) P...
View ArticleCannot do Storage Vmotion of an VM which has RDM attached
Hi, Iam unable to to storage vmotion for an Virtual Machine which has around 8 RDM attached to it. I see the error incompatible device backing specified for device '0'. can anyone let know why is the...
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