Memory 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 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 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 ArticleVM Unresponsive on every Monday,
Hi , I Recently found one issue that, VM that Running W2k3,vCPU -3 Nos,RAM-12GB,VMware Tools Running,CPU Limit : 1.34 GHZ(Worst case Allocation : 2.35 GHZ) This is a Beefy VM, that use 60+ Scheduled...
View ArticleESX 4.1 cannot found lun after change Lun WWN
Hi,guys Our ESX4.1 connected to IBM DS4700,all the lun WWN(not HBA WWN) had changed due to some reasons,while after reboot ESX4.1,we cannot found the Lun(esxcfg -volume -l,returns empty).So do you...
View ArticleBad write-performance on iSCSI SAN
Hello community, I've got a question to the following infrastructure: ESX 4.1 U1 on a HP ProLiant DL380G5 with the DLink DSN 2100 10 in iSCSI mode. The SAN is configured to present 3 LUNs to the ESX....
View ArticleUNABLE TO CONNECT TO THE MKS : COULD NOT CONNECT TO PIPE
Hi All im getting the following error while trying to open a virtual machine console through thev vcenter client. UNABLE TO CONNECT TO THE MKS : COULD NOT CONNECT TO PIPE .\PIPE\VMWARE-AUTHDPIPE:...
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 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...
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