etherswitch: L2Sec_EnforcePortCompliance: peer not allowed to change address,...
Hi Friends, The below message appears in the /var/log/vmkernel，what's the matter? Nov 10 16:33:53 dskserver001 vmkernel: 9:02:59:13.601 cpu17:8014)etherswitch: L2Sec_EnforcePortCompliance: 0x300001e:...
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Hi all.I'm wondering if it possible to change ssh server port on ESX?I want to hide it from hakers.
View ArticleWindows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit - Unable to connect to the MKS:Internal Error
Hi there I found out, when i connect to a freshly installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bits English with SP1 Computer where i did install the vSphere Client (latest Release) and i connect to the Virtual...
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I am having trouble migrating a VM from a datastore. I am trying to decommission this SAN and I have been able to move all other VM's off except one. I am not able to move it powered on on or off....
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ESX 4.1 and vCenter only allows use of 1 Fibre Channel LUN
Hi,I have 8 ESX 4.1 (build 348481) blades in a Cisco UCS 5108 chassis. Each blade has 2 x HBAs available. I also have a Fiber channel storage array that is configured to provide 2 1.8 TB LUNs (for now...
View ArticleProblem with Vmware Networking
Hi Everyone, Good Morning! I am newbie to VMware. I am using Vmware Vsphere 4.0 ESXi on a server having two physical NIC adapter. I am confused with a scenario in networking that it like below: 1. I...
View ArticleChange multipath policy to Round Robin on ESX 4.1 - any caveats?
I am in the process of upgrading my 6 host ESX 4.1 cluster to ESXi 5.0. I have upgraded one server so far, and - as part of the upgrade - I am changing my fiber channel datastore multipath policy to...
View ArticleBad write-performance on iSCSI SAN
Hello community, I've got a question to the following infrastructure: ESX 4.1 U1 on a HP ProLiant DL380G5 with the DLink DSN 2100 10 in iSCSI mode. The SAN is configured to present 3 LUNs to the ESX....
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 ArticleWhat is Runtime Name
I have just installed vSphere 4.0 and VC 4.0. I have noticed something called Runtime Name. I have tried to figure out what that means but without luck. Can anyone explain what vmhba2:C0:T3:L0...
View ArticleDisk out of space - best practices
Hi, running vspher 4.0 update 2 - windows 2008R2 enterprise guests. the log drive 100GB e:\ is quickly running out of disk space and I need to grow it larger.The e: drive LUN is presented by a dell...
View ArticleDatastore failed on SAN and esx4 errors vmw_psp_rr:...
Hi I have had a LUN failure on SAN so datastore became inactive . I did a rescan hba and rescan datastores ... host is constantly thowing this on syslogs I have manually removed the datastore by...
View ArticleStorage vMotion + vmdk files in different folders
Hello, Will storage vMotion move the vmdk files [in 2 different folders on the same datastore at the moment] into the same folder while migrated into the different datastore? Why the vmdk files are in...
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 ArticleESX mount command
Hi All, We have a mixed environment of 2 ESX 4.1 and 1x ESXi . I am running the mount command on the the two ESX 4.1 servers and it doesn't show the san storages which have been mounted under the...
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 ArticleLinux guest cannot see more than 4GB memory
Anyone know why my linux guest in VMware ESX4 cannot see more then 4GB of memory? I have tried to set the guest mem to 5GB or 6GB and boot with lilo.conf having: append=" mem=5120M...
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 Articleextending Windows 7 primary disk partition
Hi, I'm running Vsphere 4.1, and I have VM that is a Windows 7 with just one disk as its primary partition.I want to extend the size of that partition, but after turn off the VM and edit its...
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