Restore Windows Server 2008 in vsphere
Dear all, I read a document state that we can backup Windows Server 2008 and restore to another server. I test it on VMware workstation is fine but when I do the same in vsphere esxi 4.1 then it does...
View ArticleHow to add hot swap sata hard drive
Specs:Server:33650 M3OS: ESXi 4.1.0RAID config: RAID 0 Hi Everyone, I just bought a 500GB hot swap hard drive, based on the above specs, how do i configure it to become a data store? VM host cant seem...
View ArticleNetwork Uplink Redundancy Lost
I have 3 ESX 4.0 servers in a cluster and one of them is reporting "Network Uplink Redundancy Lost". 2 NICs one the server are configured as a DMZ vswitch. One of the NIC's (vmnic6) "Observed IP...
View ArticleInstall vCenter in a Workgroup instead of joining a Domain cause warning and...
I am having the following problem on our Virtual Center, if you know how to solve this, please kindly let me know, many many thanks in advance! EventID 1000[VpxdLdap] Failed to search OU=Instances...
View ArticleCan't Snapshot a VM
We are running into a problem snapshotting a VM on one of our ESX hosts (vSphere 4 Standard). We get the lovely "operation is not allowed in the current state" and this is stopping us from backing up...
View ArticleVFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev loop0
I was trying to make kickstart iso for unattended installation of ESX 4.1. I followed the procedure mentioned here: http://www.vmprofessional.com/index.php?content=kickstart_2 But this step we need to...
View ArticleHelp recreating .vmdk descriptor files **André**
The datastore where my vm is located became "full" and it has corrupted the vmdk files and now my vm will not "Power On" I receive the error "File <unspecified filename> was not found. I believe...
View ArticleGET_VIRTUAL_DISK_INFO for VMWare?
Does VMWare ESX have something equivalent to GET_VIRTUAL_DISK_INFO in Windows. An API where I can query attributes about the virtual drive from inside the Guess OS? For example, is there a way to...
View ArticleDefining additional iSCSI Software Adapters
My setup is two VMware ESXi 4.1 servers which are clustered. I have a iSCSI software adapter installed and setup on one of my VMware ESXi 4.1 servers. It works fine and I can access the SAN from both...
View ArticleIncrease VM disk size in vsphere client?
If I increase the disk size of a guest in the vSphere client by going to the VM's Edit Settings shown in the screenshot - is that the equivalent of the command line "vmkfstools -X 100GB whatever.vmx"?...
View ArticleCannot do Storage Vmotion of an VM
Hi All, I cannot do a storage vMotion of an Powered ON VM to different Datastore, it is reporting error (VMware Tools installation is in progress on this Virtual Machine. Virtual DVD/CDROM devices...
View ArticleHow to install Broadcom NetXtreme II Ethernet Network Controllers drivers on...
Hi All, Can anybody let me know how to install Broadcom NetXtreme II Ethernet Network Controllers drivers on ESX 4.1.0, 800380? Specific commands pls let me know, Installing from ILO HP Blade Proliant...
View Article2nd Datastore missing after physical Harddisk failure
Dear all, Need some advise for the following; ESX4.1One of the physical harddisk is spoilt on 2nd partition (red light) Replaced with hot swap Using 2 Partition, 3 disks raid 5, 5 disks raid 52...
View Article"required client support files" problem when connecting using vSphere via SSH...
I am trying to connect to my ESX server using the vSphere client tunneled over SSH. I have done this in the past, but it isn't working now. I am fwding the appropriate ports (443, 902, 903) and have...
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vSphere-client on a LiveCD
VSphere-client works on a LiveCD - though it better fits into an USB-stick ___________________________________ description of vmx-parameters: http://sanbarrow.com/vmx.htmlVMware-liveCD:...
View ArticleTrying to test ESX4 with test iSCSI (FreeNAS)
Hello, I'm learning about VSphere ESX4 and iSCSI and a simple way to evaluate it is to use FreeNAS along with the ESX4 60 day trial. We will be getting a full blown EMC SAN and VSphere solution...
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How to install Samba server on ESX 4 (vSphere 4)
VMWare does not support samba server and do not include the required RPMs in the ISO image. As we know samba is riddled with security problems and it's usage is frowned upon However, if used in a...
View ArticleVCB and pre-freeze/post-thaw scripts in Linux VMs
hello, i'm trying here to implement pre/post-snapshot scripts for backuping up some Linux-based VMs using VCB. i need to quiesce databases inside VM during snapshotting. according to VM backup guide...
View ArticleDrobo Setup with ESX4
I am trying to set up a DROBO raid configuration. The initial problem I am having is that I am using the second network card on my PowerEdge 2950 server for the iSCSI connection. The NIC is using...
View ArticleAgent can't send heartbeats.msg, sendto returned: Operation not permitted +...
We have a couple of ESX 4 server running but one is giving problems. In VCenter I can connect with the server but get the error: Error detected on ipaddress in clustername: Agent can't send...
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