Call "HostNetworkSystem.UpdateVirtualSwitch" for object error when trying to...
Hi there - first post in here, so please be gentle :-). We're just in the process of rolling out a clean deployment ESX4.1 into our environment (no previous VMWare installation) using Dell M610 blades...
View ArticleAnother DL385 G7 PSOD..
Hi folks.. Having a problem with our only DL385 G7. We're getting infrequent PSOD's (sometimes a few weeks, sometimes a month apart). We've logged the call with VMware and they say hardware problem....
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Cloned Win 2003 machine running Citrix fails with "ctxgina.dll failed to load"
Hi! I have cloned a Win 2003 which went good, until the final reboot (for sysprep). Then I get this: Any way around it? I see on my other VM (the one I cloned) that it runs Windows from M:. I guesss...
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 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 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 Articleunable to create vmkernel dump file
I have here 4 IBM X3650 M2 (7947-52G) with a clean install ESX 4.0.0 244038 - UEFI 1.07 D6E145FUS (upraded from 1.04) IMM YU0057H 1.10 (upgradd from 1.05) Diagnostics v233 - All 4 have the...
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:...
View ArticleESX 4.1 - Unable to Delete Datastore
I have 3 ESX 4.1 servers managed by vCenter ( not clustered ). I have moved all VMs off of ESX1 and am attempting to delete a secondary datastore. The datastore is empty and I have the server in...
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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 ArticleNeed VMware Admin Daily activities
Hai, Can anybody please send me VMware admin daily activities.
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 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 Articlecpu0:0)NUMA: 706: Can't boot system as genuine NUMA. Booting with 1 fake node(s)
Hi Can any one help on this cpu0:0)NUMA: 706: Can't boot system as genuine NUMA. Booting with 1 fake node(s) i have just installed esx 4.0 update one under vmware workstation and getting this error
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vSphere 4.0 Update 1 and MSCS (Microsoft Clustering) on iSCSI
I have spent the past week collecting as much information as I can about MSCS (Microsoft clustering) on VMware using a iSCSI SAN. iSCSI is making a lot of grounds as a legitatmate SAN solution but it...
View ArticleCisco interface - Port Flapping
Our switch displaying the following when turning on terminal monitor (This is just a few of the offending ports) 46w3d: %C4K_EBM-4-HOSTFLAPPING: Host 00:50:56:98:48:86 in vlan 10 is flapping between...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 / ERP (semiramis) environment on ESX 4.0 - list of...
hello, we like to install our new ERP environment completely in our VMware vSphere Datacenter. The new ERP database is running on SQL Server 2008 Ent. Server. The front end needs five application...
View ArticlevMotion background
Hi, When we do a Hot vMotion, what exactly happens at the background. What files is created, what file is moved from where to where, what file is deleted if any applicable? Thanks,jK
View ArticleHow to set DHCP for VMs in VMware ESX 4?
Dear Friends I create three host that all of them configure in VLAN 2 that is not in DHCP and never configure auto IP for the machines that in that VLAN.In one of these hosts, I have two vswitches, one...
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