Unable to access file since it is locked
Hi, I am running 2 ESX Hosts. On each host I was running just the 1 virtual machine (both of which connect to disks on the same SAN). I have now created another Virtual Machine to run on each host (4...
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Hi Friends, I am new to this Technology, Can you please advise the solution for this below alarm in out VMware Environment. please find the attached screen shot of this . during this failure all the...
View ArticleVSphere licensing query for location
Hey, I got a licensing query for VSphere ESXi. We got 4 license for ESXi5, purchased for our company.Now can I deploy them in any of our office, regardless of location or do I need to use them only in...
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 Articleesxtop ID to name?
Below is an example of esxtop from my system. The ID column shows the ID of the VM? But due to a long name(s) 42 and 64 both have the same NAME (Company Hosting) and I don't know what is what. How...
View ArticleCould not find any recognizable digits.
After downloading an .OVA to a VM server. I try using the Deploy OVF Template tool, but when I hit the next button from the deploy from file selection I receive the following message Error The OVF...
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 Article[Question] - Why does the Virtual Machine always like to come back or stay or...
Hi Expert, In my environment, I have 5 hosts. Host A, B, C, D, E. One day host A down, and inside host A there are VM1, VM2, VM3. When host A was down, all VM1, VM2, VM3 migrated to other hosts(I...
View ArticleHELP : VM Machine RDP Freeze
hi, I am using VMware ESX 4.0.0. win serv 2003 as vCenter and win 7 as host. and I have had problems for some hosts.when the host application to retrieve data from a different server, the windows would...
View ArticleInstalled one PCI card on ESX4.1 host
Dear Team, We have installed one PCI card on one of the ESX 4.1 host, with the help CLI (SSH ) just want to how to check wheather the PCI card is detected or not , if detected then how to check driver...
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...
View ArticleProblems with networking
Hi, We have a vmware infrastructure still in version 4 over a HP Blade Center working for some years without problems. However, 2 days ago we noticed the vms were very slow. We have narrowed down the...
View ArticlevSphere/ESX 4.0 build-164009 and Infiniband
Hello, I'am evaluating vSphere for our firm and I have a problem with one ESX machine and a Infiniband card. The Goal is to connect storage from JBOD's via Infiniband to the ESX Hosts. I installed...
View ArticleESX 4 boot fails at vsd-mount
Hi, we have two ESX4 hosts connected to an IBM DS3400 storage system.With FC cables plugged in both the ESX stops booting at vsd-mount. With FC cables pulgged out, the ESX boot is ok.After the ESX...
View ArticleCannot power on virtual machine: Unable to access file since it is locked
I'm having this trouble (this is the second time now) where I cannot power on a virtual machine. The message "Unable to access file since it is locked. Since the filename is unspecified, it makes it...
View ArticleMidnight Commander for ESX 4 COS
Hello, I am using MC (mc-4.6.1a-26.ker.rhel3.i386.rpm) in ESX 3.5 and I'm looking for verified version for ESX 4 COS. I know that ESX 4 COS in based on 2.6‐based Linux kernel and is compatible with...
View ArticleHow do I restrict access to a datacenter for a certain user?
Hi, I have a Vcenter server and I want to have a certain user see one datacenter, and not the other datacenters. For example, the user manufacturing will see the Manufacturing datacenter, but they...
View Articlelocked vmdk - cannot find lock owner
While trying to remediate some VMs to upgrade VM tools and HW version, I discovered a handful which will not power on. The vSphere client prints an error like: Cannot power On vmName on vmHost....
View ArticleNot able to find ifcfg-vswif0 file in an ESX 4.0 Host
Hi All, Iam using an ESX 4.0 Host. Previously my host was using an ip consumed from DHCP. I tried edditing the "ifcfg-vswif0" file at the location /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. I changed the...
View ArticleIBM x3655 not on the HCL for ESX 4
Hi Does someone know why the x3655 is not mentioned on the HCL for ESX Version 4? All other new (and 3 years in the past) servers are compatible, but the only one missing is the x3655.... We use the...
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