BlueScreen 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 ArticleTask in Progress does not clear
A recent task called 'NetApp Storage Discovery is stuck on 'In progress' and will not clear. How do I go about clearing this task from the 'Recent Task' tab? This task is not running. The vsphere host...
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Custom MAC address in ESX 4
OK, I give up. I've seen lots of other posts on this topic, but none of them worked or even explained why we're not able (allowed?) to use ethernet0.checkMACAddress et al. any more. To recap: In...
View ArticleAdd virtual sound card to virtual machine
Hello, for demonstration purposes a user needs to produce sound from a virtual machine and stream the sound through remote desktop connection and have therefore requested that I should provide a...
View Articleslow performance with CentOS 5.5 guest and multiple vCPUs
We installed a CentOS 5.5 guest postgresql database server in vSphere 4. This guest "verik" (2 vCpu, 16gb RAM, PAE kernel) is the only guest running on the vSphere host (2x6 core AMD Opteron 2439SE,...
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 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 ArticleVM running but not in inventory
We have experienced some HA issues over the last week. One host now shows half of its VMsas Unknown invalid. The VM appears to be fully functionally.I removed unknown entry from VM but cannot add it...
View ArticleSlow Mouse movement in Server 2008 R2 - Plz Help?
Hi guys, I have installed ESX server 4.1 and have installed two virtual machines that is of "Windows XP" and "Windows Server 2008 R2". The problem was slow mouse movement in both virtual...
View Articlepossiple to reduce the disk size?
i am using ESX4.0. when i creat a vm with one Hard disk size of 100 Gb.when OS (Win 2003) installation allocate 50 Gb to C:drive .remaning 50 Gb is unallocated space. I have installed application its...
View ArticleCheck ESX Hosts via SNMP
Hi @ all i want to check my esx hosts systems via snmp. (snapshots/drive usage, etc...)In our environment i use snmpget to fill my "checkssystem" nagios. So i search for some doc´s to configure it,...
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...
View ArticleUpgrading virtual hardware on 2008R2 causing NIC to not load
Hello, I have upgraded several hosts from 3.5 to 4.1 and am having issues upgrading the virtual hardware on several 2008R2 hosts. My steps: Upgrade vmtools, this completes successfully. Server...
View ArticleNeed help on the memory limit setting for VM
Hi All, I am new to the vmware technology, Please help me out to understand the Limit attribute on vm memory setting. I just refers through some site and made a conclusion that , the limit is the...
View ArticleInstall vSphere 4.1 - partitions
Hello, I have to migrate my ESX hosts 3.5u4 to vSphere 4.1, I would like to ask you what is the best partitions for the local storage? I found the best practices on vmware website : The /, swap, and...
View Articleudev & scsi_id with rhel guests
I was looking at creating some udev devices on rhel5.5 in a guest VM on ESXi 4.1 update 1 and was noticing when I run : scsi_id -g -u -s /block/sdc Nothing is coming back at all. I tried: scsi_id -g...
View ArticleSnapshot ... "Snapshot creation failed... is larger than the maximum size...
Hi,I'm having an issue with my VCB backups which gives me the following error... "Snapshot creation failed... is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore" I know exactly why this is occuring...
View Articleintermittent cpu flatlines
We have virtualised a 2003 sp2 server now running on ESX 4.0 VsphereSince virtualisation we get intermittent cpu flatlines, using the windows performance monitor, task manager and the vsphere...
View ArticleESX 4.1. Disable TCP Checksum offload
Hi All,This is my first post on this forum. We have problems with connection between application server and sql server. Both servers are running Windows server 2008 R2 and are hosted on the same ESX....
View ArticleProblem update Firmware emulex card (FCoE) thought One command Manager
vCenter 4.1ESX 4.1 update 2OneCommand Manager 5.2.12.2-1 << install on ESX using esxupdateCIM Provider << install on ESX using rpm OneCommand Manager for VMware vCenter 1.1.0...
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