Three 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 ArticleCannot delete corrupt vswp file
Hi, I have an "ESX 4.0.0 build-193498" system which I am trying to recover after a power outage. One of my VMs won't power on because of a problem with the swap file. The vmware.log file shows:...
View ArticleSCSI Error
I'm building a VM and using the Paravirtual SCSI controller for my additional disks and I keep getting this error after I restart the server. I configured the system using all LSI Logic SAS and did not...
View ArticleSwap: vm 5342: 2457: Failed to open swap file...
Hello, we're running ESX 4.0 on our hosts. when i backup or copy larg file (More than 1TB) the host is disconnect and vCentter acnnot connect guest but guest it can run normally.We can use SSH to login...
View Articlenetapp missing paths
Hi, I have an odd problem where one of the controllers on our netapp fas3140 died over the weekend, everything failed over to the remaing controller as it should. However, the failed controller is now...
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 ArticleCheck ESX Hosts via SNMP
Hi @ all i want to check my esx hosts systems via snmp. (snapshots/drive usage, etc...)In our environment i use snmpget to fill my "checkssystem" nagios. So i search for some doc´s to configure it,...
View ArticleSpecify virtual disk size beyond 256 GB
I'm editing the seetings on a VM to have another drive.When I create a disk I select the disk size, 1TB. I point to the datastore location of LUN 30 (2TB).When I click next I get the following message:...
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Unable to extract the OVA file
Hello, i just tried to convert a vm guest (win2003 windows box with 150gb single partition) toan .OVA File. The Export itself was ok, no errors. Run VMware vCenter Converter again to upload the OVA...
View ArticleESX 4 U1 Hosts Lock with SD 0:0:0:0 still retrying after 360s
We just upgraded fro ESX3.5 to ESX 4 U1 a few weeks back. We are running on a IBM Blade Center S with HS21-7995 blades and using the SAS RAID Module for Storage. On two occasion all the ESX hosts...
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 Articleinfiniband and esxi 5.0
I have an infiniband card in my esxi 5.0 server I'd like to utilize. I see mellanox only provides drivers for esxi 4.0. Can someone point me in the right direction to find drivers for esxi 5.0?...
View Article"failed to connect: cannot connect to host localhost: connection refused" on...
This is on ESX 4.0.0 Update 1. When I issue a command such as "vim-cmd /hostsvc/hostsummary | grep inMaintenanceMode" or vimsh –n –e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter” / “vimsh –n...
View ArticleCisco Load Balancer ACE with VMware virtual machines
Dear All Did anyone succeed to configure ACE with Virtual Machines, Please I need help on this. AS I have two virtual machines running on vSphere 4.0and when I tried to configure it using ACE, and...
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transfering file to Host using scp "No space left on device"
Hi everyone, I have 4 Hosts build 260247 and I am looking forward to upgrade it to 348481 using esxupdate method:I downloaded the .zip file from vmware server to my PC and when I try to copy this file...
View ArticleVmotion VM´s MSCS with RDM
Hi All,Only to do double check:- Cluster Microsoft with RDM on vsphere 4.0 - I can do vmotion ?- First disk can be created in storage ? I read vsp_40_mscs.pdf but this is a double check. (in this guide...
View Articlevmware-vmrc and VM-id
Hello,When I create a remote console desktop shortcut to a VM with the Vcenter Web UI, I get a shortcut with a command line looking like this :vmware-vmrc.exe -h venter:443 -M vm-xx.Where can I get...
View ArticleError setting up iSCSI
I have two ESX 4.1 U1 hosts in my environment. Recently purchase a Dell Equallogic SAN PS4100 and having problems getting one of the servers to communicate with it. Following the procedure online (and...
View Articlevmotion traffic isolation, vlan trunking
we have 2 full length M910 blade servers sitting in dell blade enclosure. Installed esxi 5.0 on both blades and joined them to cluster. Each full length blade server has 8 nics. 2 dual port on...
View ArticleBacking up ESX4 vm's using Veeam B&R v6.
HiI am currently investigating some performance issues we are having backing up to Disk using Veeam and then backing up to tape using Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3. We have recently added some more...
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