vpxd.exe locking out account
Hey, for some reason the vpxd.exe, which is running as SYSTEM is trying to authenticate with my AD account. The problem is that it has an old password cached and is causing my AD account to lock out....
View ArticleLost connectivity to storage device
It seems like I get one of these at least once a day. Some times the datastore is unknown and other times it tells me the servers name. I have 4 servers in my cluster, all Dell's, and an EqualLogic...
View ArticleCannot Download .vmdk files from VM - "Storage expected but message Got: ERROR"
Hi I have some VMs, that i cannot download the .vmdk using Datastore Browser. I get "Storage expected but message Got: ERROR" This only happen with some VMs, not with all my VMs.It seems that the VM...
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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 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 ArticleTSC: 1830168 cpu0:0)Init: 431: The Execute Disable/No Execute CPU feature is...
After installing ESX 4.1 on IBM x3650 Server following error apears: TSC: 1830168 cpu0:0)Init: 431: The Execute Disable/No Execute CPU feature is not enabled for this machine We have applied latest...
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PSOD on Fujitsu BX630S2: COS Panic: Fatal Exception @ esxsc_panic+0x43/0x4f
Hi!BX630 S2 issues:Dumpfile: 52:19:50:02.667 cpu4:4221)ScsiScan: 110: Path 'vmhba32:C0:T6:L0': Peripheral qualifier 0x1 not supported52:19:50:02.667 cpu4:4221)ScsiScan: 1059: Path 'vmhba32:C0:T7:L0':...
View ArticleUnable to connect to the MKS:Host Address lookup for server (server name)...
So here is the situation. This morning I could get to all of my VMs no issues. Now, no dice. I can ping the servers and get a response. I can move the servers around inside of vSphere client. I...
View ArticleNetwork uplink redundancy fake alert
Hi there, Do you all encounter false alert for network uplink redundancy alarms and network connectivity lost? Everytime the alarm triggered, customer will call and request me to check onsite, but the...
View ArticleDiskLib_Check() failed for source disk The system cannot find the file...
I am running a virtual machine on vSphere 5 which is having multiple snapshot. Now found that the server is not responding properly and tried to restart but could not. Ultimately had to restart the ESX...
View ArticleSAS HP 1/8 Autoloader G2 changer does not appear on the VM's Device manager
Hi All, I have an ESX 4.1 host and a VM that is running Windows 2008R2 OS. And a SAS HP 1/8 Autoloader G2 and HP SAS controller is pluged in to host machine. On the VM's device manager there is a...
View ArticleESX host get "URB timed out - USB device may not respond" during reboot ?
We are running vSphere on a DELL PowerEdge Server. We have lost access to Service Console. When we reboot that server, we get the following error message:"URB timed out - USB device may not respond"...
View ArticleIncrease Disk Size of VM (Windows 2003)
I have a Windows 2003 Server that is running low on disk space. Is there a procedure that I can follow in order to increase the size of the disk. The drive having space issue is the C: drive...
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 ArticleAfter ESX reboot vSphere Client doesn't respond / Web 503 Service Unavailable...
Hello When I reboot my ESX 4.0 server (HP Proliant DL 360 G5) i cannot login with vSphere Client for about 15 minutes. After 15 minutes it is working again. Also the website gets 503 Service...
View ArticleESXi 4 - RAID Issues - ASUS RS700-E6/RS4
I've dabbled with virtualization for a few years now, but must admit up front that I am new to the world of ESXi. Our company is wanting to replace 4 aging servers with a new beefier setup running...
View ArticleUse of LSI MegaCli tool in ESX 4
We currently have a ESX 4 server using local storage provided by a LSI MegaRAID SAS 8888ELPIn ESX 3.5, you could use the LSI-provided tool MegaCli to provide command line hardward control of the RAID...
View ArticleLSI logic Parallel, LSI logic SAS, Buslogic parallel (Not recommended for...
LSI logic SAS driver for windows 2003R2 x64, how to download & how to copy these driver into flp file ?????????? I've downloaded LSI logic SAS driver for win 2003 x64 but my question is how can...
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Problem to create RDM Disk (Option greyed out)
Hi, I have a problem to create a VM with a RDM disk. Option is greyed out. I present LUNs to ESX Configuration : Local...
View ArticleESX v4.0 - Recvd. ACPI power event from the vmkernel
I am running a xServer x3550 with VMware 4.0.0 as shown below : + + + # vmware -vVMware ESX 4.0.0 build-164009 + + + In the middle of past Sunday, 10 am, nobody working (in theory), the machine...
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