host vmware not reach
good morning i have a server hp where i have installed esxi 4.1 and under this hypervisor fout virtual machine with windows server operating system more than once i have this problem i can't reach...
View ArticleLinux Kernel 3.10 in ESX4?
I would like to run a newer linux distribution (Slackware 14.1) in ESX 4. Is this possible if its using Kernel 3.10.17? Will ESX4 run kernel 3.x ok?
View ArticleVm wont Power Off, (esx host shows as being powered on) - Also Pid keeps...
I have followed all docs. How do I get the right PID? The below command outputs a different Pid each time...... ps auxfww | grep -i servername.vmx
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Build a MOXA driver for ESX 4.0
Hi!I have a serail card Moxa CP-104UL, on manufacturer site they have a driver source code package for linux 2.6 (both x86 and x64).How can i build these drivers under ESX or for ESX kernel on another...
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 ArticleMAC Address change question
Per the manual: "In VMware vSphere 4 environement, when you move your VM to another host or the VM has different path on the same host, the MAC adress of the VM is changed. " Can someone explain or...
View ArticleWhy RDM need space on VMFS Storage ?
Hello, I will virtualize a file server. Regarding data side I've 2 solutions : 1) Migrate datas in my LUN on a VHD inside VMFS --> Boring, Time consumming solution 2) Attach LUN as a RAW...
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 ArticleVM Defrag
Wondering what people out there are using for defraging Windows Guest OSes running on vSphere (Wondows Defrag or 3rd party)? Is it a good idea to do this like you would a physical machine? I have read...
View ArticleAdded CPU's seen by Device Manager but not by rest of windows 7
Hello, have an issue that is perplexing us. Have a windows 7 Pro guest that we added 2 cpu's to up from 2 to 4. They were added by shutting down guest adding the 2 new cpus and starting guest back up....
View ArticleStarting vmware-aam:Timed out waiting for vmware-aam to startup......
VMware ESXi 4.1.0 build-260247 -- This server is out of the management of my virtual center... the server is up and functional.. tried restarting the mangement agents on the server using...
View ArticleDell OM agent on ESX 4.1 ????
Hey All I've been trying to find out an answer to the following question: What is the latest (supported) version of the Dell OM agent that can be installed on ESX 4.1 (not 'i'). 64 BIT ??? I've found...
View ArticleCould not reach isolation address:
I just installed vSphere 4.1 U2 via VUM and after my ESX host restarted I started getting Could not reach isolation address: <xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx> error messages. When I checked the COS no longer...
View ArticleVMkernal Logs, Please help interpret
Nov 30 10:24:49 ACS-VMH02 vmkernel: 9:03:55:22.959 cpu9:5173)NMP: nmp_CompleteCommandForPath: Command 0x2a (0x4102bed62140) to NMP device "naa.600508b30091d780af4e09a0ffe5002a" failed on physical path...
View ArticleSpecify virtual disk size beyond 256 GB
I'm editing the seetings on a VM to have another drive.When I create a disk I select the disk size, 1TB. I point to the datastore location of LUN 30 (2TB).When I click next I get the following message:...
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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VM showing up as invalid - failed to find a host for powering on
Hi folks. I have a good sized ESX cluster, with about 20 hosts and Enterprise Plus licensing. I recently did a power down/up of my entire setup, and all but a handful of VMs came back up cleanly. About...
View ArticleCPU ready time 0.4% = ~ 8000 ms ?
Hey Guys, I was checking this vm which had an average of 8450 ms ready time for the past 1 month. This is a 6vcpu vm running on esx 4.1 Now the customer was asking me that his vm had to wait 8.4...
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 ArticleIncreasing netapp lun size
we have esxi4. 1 hosts connected to netapp filer via FC. On the netapp we have luns on volumes, and these luns on esx are mapped as vmfs datastores on ESX. One of the luns is running out of space,...
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