UPS and ESX
Hello All I have UPS (APC) and I will going to configure both. Normally I installed agent in operating system (windows server) and If power off the agent will shutdown window server. How can I in...
View ArticleHardware iSCSI on evaluation of vSphere
Hi. I am currently using the evaluation version of vSphere, but I've been having problems enabling hardware iSCSI. The ESX server has a QLogic 405 HBA that is listed on Configuration -> Storage...
View Articlevmkernel: No FS driver claimed device '480fc96b-84ab6e9b-7560-002264075878':...
I notice there are error log in the vmkernel: vmkernel: No FS driver claimed device '480fc96b-84ab6e9b-7560-002264075878': Not supported It is vshpere host system. and I find these device...
View Articledocs on terminal services on VM
Hi, Wondering if there are any updated presentations, whitepapers, documentation, etc. on running Microsoft Terminal Services 2003 on VSphere? Also, any docs on TS 2008 on Vsphere? Thanks
View ArticleSCSILinuxAbortCommands Failed, Driver qla2xxx, for vmhba1
Hi, My customer encountered a situation, sometimes RAID storage disconnect. it cause the applicationexchange server no response. Simplize the config. two ESX 4.0 servers, they are created as a...
View ArticleMemory required Physical server Vs Virtual Machine
Is there a white paper explaining why we we need less memory in Virtual Machine as compared to Physical Machine. The problem here is my boss wants to know why it is so. It is very difficult for me to...
View Articlehow to convert VM to OVF .
hi friends, I want to convert my windows virtual machine installed on Vsphere ,vm hardware version 7 to ovf format to be used at other location .Is there anywayi can do it in GUI .if no then how to ....
View ArticleESX host keep disconnecting
I installed Workstation 7 on my laptop and then i installed ESX4 and i installed Win 2008 server DC, and XP as client, its a small network within workstation 7 i installed vcenter on xp. i added esx...
View ArticleExport OVF template & deploy OVF template
Hi,I'm having an issue deploying OVF template. Basically what I want to do is copy a VM from one host to another. The host I want to copy the VM to is just a standalone ESXi host. I exported the VM...
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 ArticleOpinions on new Datacenter configuration
I'm looking to set up a small datacenter configuration and I'm looking for opinions good or bad. Basically it will be a datacenter with just one 2 node cluster with ESX 4.1 on the servers, vCenter,...
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ESX partition vmkcore and /boot where are they ?
Hi, I am trying to understand esx partitioning. As per the ESX_VC installation guide, http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_esx_vc_installation_guide.pdf on PAge 59 and 60 they have mentioned...
View ArticlevMotion background
Hi, When we do a Hot vMotion, what exactly happens at the background. What files is created, what file is moved from where to where, what file is deleted if any applicable? Thanks,jK
View ArticleESX host is showing wait time is high, above 90 % all the time. Due to this...
Hi All, I have an ESX host 4.0 in a clustered environment and since yesterday it has started showing high CPU wait time and due to this monitoring application is throwing alerts. The wait time remains...
View ArticleFailing Storage paths
Hi all, I have an issue thats been bothering me and I am hoping someone here can guide me in the right direction. Im currently waiting for vmware support to get back to me but thought i would hop on...
View ArticleVFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev loop0
I was trying to make kickstart iso for unattended installation of ESX 4.1. I followed the procedure mentioned here: http://www.vmprofessional.com/index.php?content=kickstart_2 But this step we need to...
View ArticlePowerChute Network Shutdown v3.0.0 (now free for ESX/ESXi)
Not sure if the community is aware yet, but the latest version of APC PCNS, v3.0.0 is now free. Albeit you need to have a supported Management Card installed in the UPS to use it. It has a release date...
View ArticleSLES 11 64 bit - freeze after hot add new disk
Hello,on a SLES11 64bit virtual machine i've hot added a new scsi disk then vm completely freeze whithout giving me any possible interaction through console directly ... so power off then power on the...
View ArticleHow to migrate vApp to another Host ?
We have imported vApp for Operations Manager. There are 2 VMs in that vApp. We just wonder how to migrate the vApp to another ESX Host ? We find that we can migrate individual VM but not the vApp....
View Articleabout vmware converter and /boot/efi
Recently I tried to convert a physical machine to vmware VSphere 4.1 U1 ,but it failed,and the error is in this step: can't copy data from volome /boot/efi the os is SUSE linux 11, the partion table...
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