Windows 2008 R2 issues with audio - No Audio output device detected
We are still on 4.0 update 3 and will be moving to 5.1 here in the next couple of months but we are testing a new Citrix xenapp environment on 2008 R2 servers and noticed that there isn't a sound card...
View Article503 service unavailable on vsphere 4.0 access web to download client
anyone know why i got this 503 service unavailable when connected to newly installed vsphere 4.0 and ask for certificates and if i click continue to ignore it it just throw that error. please help
View ArticleUnable to connect to MKS: vim.fault.nohost
I have a standalone IBM x3400 server configured as host with ESX4. I installed 3 VM: VM1: Windows server 2003 R2 - Secondary domain controllerVM2: Windows server 2003 R2 - Application serverVM3:...
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 Articleedition of vcenter on supports 3 host(s)
Hi all. Vcenter essentials plus.3 hosts, each with 2 sockets Then I have another Datacentre within my inventory with another host running vmware vsphere 4 enterprise as a standalone host. AFAIK - my...
View Articlethe /etc/security/access.conf file on all ESX 4.1 servers gets overwritten
the /etc/security/access.conf file on all ESX 4.1 servers gets overwritten to original configuration upon server reboots and Unix Team (as well as VMware Team once accounts have been created for them)...
View Articlemount root partition of esx 4.1 in rescue mode from livecd
Hi guys! I have problem with recovering esx 4.1 upd 3 server. To my shame i deleted /lib64/libc-2.5.so -->/lib64/libc.so.6 link and rebooted a server. So now esx makes a core dump and won't start...
View ArticleVMWare tools ESX 4 for Windows 7 x64
I'm trying to install VMWare tools for Windows 7 x64 on ESX 4. The OS installed just fine, but when I try to load the tools I get almost all of the way there and then get the error: Error: 25030....
View ArticleIIS performance 50% slower on a VM?
I've got a cluster of IIS Servers that we host our web application on. Recently, we converted several of our web servers from physical machines to virtual machines. By converted, I mean we built a...
View ArticleVMmware Converter 4 Standalone (coldclone.iso)
Hi I'm looking for a download link of the newest VMmware Converter 4 Standalone (coldclone.iso). I'd like to burn it as bootable CD for cold clone process. Under...
View ArticleESX host drops out of communication
Ok this one is a little unusual. Here are the symptoms that i've been seeing. The host has had two losses of communication in the past 7 days. One loss of communication was at about 7:30 pm and the...
View ArticleChanging block size of datastore from 1 MB to 4 MB
Hi, I've installed an ESX. The system automatically partition to have the block size of 1 MB which is 256 max virtual hardisk. How can I change to 4 MB Block Size taking into consideration there...
View ArticleNeed VMware Admin Daily activities
Hai, Can anybody please send me VMware admin daily activities.
View ArticleESX Host Powerpath Error
We use Powerpath on or ESX 4.1 Hosts. I noticed one Host has single HBA visibility to storage(Zero-Targets/Devices/Paths). The other HBA is fine. The SAN team verified everything on there end. I...
View ArticleWindows 2008R2 snapshot problem on 4.1
I have problem with snapshots on one of my VMs. And what's strange it started only last friday. One of my DC's on Win2008R2 refused to take quiesced snapshot after clod migration from one cluster to...
View ArticlevSphere Client Can't Connect Over SSH Tunnel
I have a couple of ESX 4.0 servers sitting in a lab on campus, which is usually not where I am. Typically, I set up an SSH tunnel to connect remotely to my network and forward some ports over the...
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Get all VMs with "vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms"
hello! I have following problem.I have a shell-script and want to get all IDs and Names of virtual machines: for i in `vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | sed '1d' | awk '{print $1":"$2}'` all is fine,...
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 ArticleESX4 / Intel Xeon L5335 / VT / VT-d / vmDirectPath
Am just concluding the planning phase for a complete reorganisation of our (small) VMware infrastructure. Currently have 2 x Dell PowerEdge 2950's with 16GB RAM as ESX 3.5 hosts. CPUs are quad core...
View ArticleDell Openmanage 6.3.0 on ESX 4.1 error
hi I am trying to install Dell Openmanage 6.3.0 (OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-LX-6.3.0-2075.ESX40.i386_A00.11.tar.gz) on my R900 server which has ESX 4.1 installed on it but it fails with the following error:...
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