Storage 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 Articleissues with data transfers and speed copying data into virtual machine
i have as small vmware 4.1 enviroment. I have 30gb id like to transfer into a vm on my host. My san has 10gb iscsi connectivity. My front end switch where my VMs connect is 1gb. if i connect a usb...
View ArticleHow to add hot swap sata hard drive
Specs:Server:33650 M3OS: ESXi 4.1.0RAID config: RAID 0 Hi Everyone, I just bought a 500GB hot swap hard drive, based on the above specs, how do i configure it to become a data store? VM host cant seem...
View ArticlevSphere Client 4.0 "Unable to Connect to the MKS: Connection Terminated by...
Hey all, I just began having this issue with a new installation. I am running ESX 4.0 on IBM Blade Center (MT 8730). The VM's are Windows Server 2008 and have recently started giving me this error...
View ArticleESX 4 NTP Client Will Not Synchronize with NTP Server on 3Com Switch/Router
ESX 4 (and this also applies to ESX 3.5) uses version 4 of the Network Time Protocol by default and will not synchronize with 3Com switches and routers running 3Com Comware 5, e.g. the 5500G switch...
View ArticleESX4 and HP Smart Array P212 + MSL2024 Tape library
Hi. I'm trying to use a HP MSL2024 tape library attached to a smart array P212 (which is the recommended solution of HP, see quick specs of MSL2024). Sadly, VMware just show's the tape drive at LUN 0,...
View ArticleBlueScreen 0x0000008E (vmx_fb.dll)
Hello! I have a problem with one of our Server. We have a lot of virtual Servers based on the same image. But at on server I have following problem: Each time I want to connect with RemoteDesktop...
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 ArticlevSphere Client could not connect with the vCenter Server "servername"
Details: The server took too long to respond. (The operation has timed out) We have an existing ESX3 environment with vcentre server 2 managing.I have built 3rd ESX server ESX4, and installed vcentre...
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Host Processor Status Alert
Hi all I hope you can help me. We have been getting this Alert from the start. Even if there are no VM running on the servers we get the Alert We are running ESX 4 with all the latest patches. Out...
View ArticleHost IPMI System Event Log Status
I've rebuilt this HP DL380 G5 Host twice and I have this alert when it first add it to vCenter (see attachment). Has anyone else seen this or can provide an explanation?
View ArticleVMXNET2/VMXNET3 boot problems with Microsoft WDS
Hi, We're currently using vSphere 4.0 and we're in the process of migrating our VMs from the nic driver e1000 to VMXNET3. We're also using Microsoft Windows Deployment Services (WDS) to deploy new...
View ArticleESX SNMP Configuration (for HP SIM) & sending an ESX Test Trap via SNMPTRAP
Greetings. I recently needed to configure / fix my ESX servers to communicate properly over SNMP to my HP SIM server. Note: This is for ESX 4.1 and HP SIM 6.2. There were many problems I needed to...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 supports only LAHF and SAHF CPU instructions
Dear team, ESXi 5.0 supports only LAHF and SAHF CPU instructions. Need to understand LAHF and SAHF, and how it's work? RegardsMr VMware
View ArticleMonitoring ESX 4.1 with Nagios XI
We are running Nagios XI 2012R1.1 and are trying to monitor our ESX 4.1 hosts. I ran the Nagios XI vmware monitoring wizard but I can't seem to get Nagios XI to monitor a vmware ESX 4.1 host service...
View ArticleWindows Guest disk defrag necessary? VSphere 5.x
Is there a recommended solution for defragging disks on Windows guests in this type of environment? --- VSphere, ESXi, Version 5, using iSCSI SAN environment (both RDM and LUN to LUN utilized), Windows...
View ArticleCan't Install Windows Server 2008 R2 (i have 64bit processor!?)
Hi sorry for my english i'm italian. I have free vsphere 4 on intel server motheboard S500psl with 2 processor ( E5345SL9YL) and from specific of processor have Intel® EM64T...
View ArticleMixed memory sizes in Dell R710 to achieve 1333mhz speeds versus 800mhz
We have some Dell R710's that were originally ordered with 48GB in a 12x4GB 1333mhz config (RDIMMs). We ordered 6 additional 4GB 1333mhz memory sticks to fill out all 18 banks for a total of 72GB. The...
View ArticleProblems PXE Booting ESX 4.1 VMWare - Error "0xc0000001"
I am trying to PXE boot a VM that is running on ESX 4.1 and while the VM is booting up the PXE image I get the error seen in the attached screenshot. The VMs that I am trying to PXE have either the...
View ArticleNeed VMware Admin Daily activities
Hai, Can anybody please send me VMware admin daily activities.
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