how can i verify what Intel Turbo Boost is working?
Hello. We got server with two Intel X5550 processors. How can i verify what Intel Turbo Boost is working?
View ArticleCan't format VMs 0x80070057 Synology DS210j NFS
Just want to ask if anyone of you here had an experienced with Synology DS210j running NFS. I had no problem to configure NFS, mount it from ESX & create virtual machines. However, during Windows...
View ArticleOne ESX 4.0 Host Out Of Five Disconnects after a Minute
Hi, There are many posts ( and I think I looked at them all today) dealing with this subject but none show exactly what I see. VCenter server has 5 ESX 4.0 hosts. One host states not responding. You...
View ArticleSome ESX4 configuration is lost after system reboot
Hi Folks, I've been using ESX4 server for months now . Lately , after creating some Resource Pools (RP) and adding VMs into these pool , I noticed that after rebooting my system , I lost all the...
View Articlehostd.log error log
Hi, Recently, I began receive an error log from hostd.log as below. Load: Loading existing file: /etc/vmware/license.cfg Unexpected fault reading property: vim.LicenseManager,IsSourceAvailable:...
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 ArticlePurple screen of death on a cluster node
Hi! We're currently facing a purple screen of death on one of our DELL R610 boxes with ESX 4.0 (latest patchlevel). The R610 is part of a 4-cluster-node architecture. As a (not 100% identically)...
View ArticleHow can I associate hardware iSCSI initiators with vmknic - vSphere 4 update 1
Hi There,I'm having big problems trying to set up iSCSI on a vSphere (update 1) host using Broadcom NetXtreme 2 BCM 5709 hardware iSCSI initiators. I have created a vswitch and associated this with a...
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 ArticleMcafee or Trend Micro?
hi We should buy a new high-performance and good virus scanner for our company.We'll setup 100, mostly WIN2008 R2 server, Exchange 2010 and about 500 Windows7 clients.All server we would like to...
View ArticleConverter issue - Runtime Error
Hi,I'm trying to install vmware converter 4.0.1 & I keep getting the following error: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Error: program: ... vmware vcenter convertervmware-converter.exe. The application...
View ArticleRecovering formatted DataStore
Hi Guys, I just have some problems with my HP DL180 server disk and re-installed a new vsphere in the same disk that i had a vsphere before, and my datastore who was in the same disk of the vsphere...
View Articleesxcfg-info | grep HV - explain results
According to KB1011712, you can run the above command to ensure Intel VT or AMD-V is enabled in the BIOS. However, I always get this for HP Proliant DL585 G2s (AMD): |----HV...
View ArticleCtrl+Alt+F1 from Linux/Unix doesn't work on ESX 4.1
hi One of the greatest things about Linux and Unix is that it supports multiple consoles which can be access using CtrlAltFx where Fx are the functions such as F1, F2 and so on. Since the Upgrade from...
View ArticleDatastore LUNX increased in capacity from 0 bytes to xxxxxxxxx bytes -...
Hey, We are having some issues with a virtual environment. Atleast once a day we get error msgs on our virutal servers and on our LUNs in vCenter. Info msg in vCenter is: Datastore LUNX increased in...
View ArticleSlipstreaming with ESX4.1 ISO
Hi Folks! I am in the process of trying to get some new Intel 10Gb drivers slipstreamed into the ESX4.1 ISO. I've found Patrick VanBeek's blog that shows how to do it in the version 4 of the ESX...
View ArticleUnknown (inaccessible) VMs - will not go away
I checked all the threads on this topic and none are working for me. I have 3 VMs /vmfs/volumes/4b1d5" and show the directory and name of the VM. These directories do not exist in this cluster and...
View Articlecan't login to vmware 4.1 console with previosly created user
Hello, I created user on vmware esx 4.1 host. I needed this user to login with ssh remotely. I created via users&groups and everything passed ok. When I try to login, access denied! I try and...
View ArticleESX server - Maintenance Mode
What all are the things happened, when i put an ESX server in maintenance mode? Don't simply say that all VMs are migrated to others. I want much deeper deeper deeper information on it. Can anyone ? ?...
View ArticleHow to use SDLT Tape Drive in VM guest OS
Dearat now i have HP DL380 G5 Server running windows 2003 Ent. with HP PCI-E SC11xe Host bus adapter that connected directly tp SDLT Tape Drive as backup server and use for backup operation.i want to...
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