ESX 4.1.0 Web Access Remote Console plugin for FF
Hi all, I am trying to get the Web Access Remote Console plugin to work on Firefox 4.0.1 on Fedora 15. The service is runningon the ESX host, and I can login in to the Web Access site without issue....
View ArticleUnable to clone VMs between datacenters
Hi, we have two datacenters, managed by one VCenter server. I am attempting to cold migrate a VM from Datacenter 2 to Datacenter 1. It gets approximately 3% complete, then fails with the error "Could...
View Articlealert from host
hello everybody i have e strnge massage thet came from vcenter for ine of my host . i could not explain this message . The massage is as below: test trap received from Vcenter with SNMP Varbinds...
View Articleunable to remove dead path from HBA ports vmhba1/2
Hi all, I have a dead path on both the hba ports vmhba1 and vmhba2. I tried rescanning it but no go.I am not sure how to proceed on this ... Please assist me. Here are the details [root@xxxxx...
View ArticleVirtual Machine redundancy
Hopefully this is the correct forum as i am using esx 4.1 Here we go: I have x number of hosts. (ill be using 2 to explain but know i have more)I have 1 vswitch that runs all of our VMs bound to 2...
View ArticleStorage 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 ArticleVCB and pre-freeze/post-thaw scripts in Linux VMs
hello, i'm trying here to implement pre/post-snapshot scripts for backuping up some Linux-based VMs using VCB. i need to quiesce databases inside VM during snapshotting. according to VM backup guide...
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 ArticleEssentials Plus vCenter linked mode to vCenter standard?
Is it possible (and allowed) to install the vCenter foundation version from the essentials plus bundle in a linked mode to connect to vCenter standard in our central location? like this...vCenter...
View ArticleUsed Space showing 0.00B
Hi there, We have an ESX cluster with an attached SAN, I checked today and it seems like for one of the virtual machine the datastore has a used space as 0.00B of 68GB (screenshot attached). We're...
View ArticleMonitoring MSA1000 on ESX4.x
Hello Could you please let me know how to monitor MSA1000 which is connected by Fiberchannel to my ESX4.1 servers.. at the moment i have installedhpacucli-9.40-12.0.i386.rpmqlogic driver for...
View ArticleAdd Hard Disks for Active-Active Windows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster
Hi all,We plan to create an Active-Active Windows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster in vSphere 4.xHere is the requirements: 1.Node1 should have the following disks during normal operation C drive (VMDK) P...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 PSOD when performing certain Linux disk operations
Hey all, I am running ESXi 4.1 on an Intel server and I get PSOD's whenever I perform certain disk operations. It seems to happen when I partition a disk or once in a while when writing to disk. It...
View ArticleUnable to connect to the MKS: Internal error
Can anybody help me with this error "Unable to connect to the MKS: Internal error" It's appear on my console, when i want to install my first Host. I'm using Vmware ESX Thanks,
View ArticleUnable to extract the OVA file
Hello, i just tried to convert a vm guest (win2003 windows box with 150gb single partition) toan .OVA File. The Export itself was ok, no errors. Run VMware vCenter Converter again to upload the OVA...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008R2 install - device driver is missing
I'm trying to install a Windows Server 2008R2 VM and getting this message in the Load Driver Window. A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing.Reading some posts on Friday indicated it may be a...
View ArticleSteps to upgrade esx3.5 Update 5 to ESX4.1 Update 3
Dear Team, Planning to upgrade my esx3.5 Update 5 207095 to esx 4.1 Update 3, planning to follow below steps, please correct me if i am wrong.Procedure1:1) download...
View ArticleESX4.1 installation need help
Dear Team, We are planning to install ESX4.1 on following Hardware where ESX4.0 already installed and running fine. Just want to know before installing esx4.1 what needs to be take into an account ESX...
View ArticleESX 4.x & HP Flex-10 v2.30 firmware issues
Anyone else seeing the issue below? We are using HP BL685G6 blades but I think this issue also happens with the half heights. Virtual Connect Flex-10 modules running firmware v2.30 ESX 4.0 or 4.0 U1,...
View ArticleNetwork Uplink Redundancy Lost
I have 3 ESX 4.0 servers in a cluster and one of them is reporting "Network Uplink Redundancy Lost". 2 NICs one the server are configured as a DMZ vswitch. One of the NIC's (vmnic6) "Observed IP...
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