SQL Express 2005 limits with linked mode vCenter servers
Hi, We have an issue at the moment whereby we have reached the 4GB limit for SQL Express 2005 and wish to move the database to a dedicated SQL server. However, one of my colleagues has advised he has...
View ArticleLost password on esxi 4.0
I have taken over an account running vmware esix 4.0 free version. They are running version 4.0 no updates. When I came in this morning, I couldn't connect the v sphere client to the server due to a...
View ArticleMultipath Design with 5 hosts and 3 MD3000i Storage
We currently have an existing system iSCSI network that has been running for about 3 years now and it work, but has serious performance issues. Image 1 shows our current setup. To improve on this...
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VMware ESXi 4.1U3 on IVY Bridge CPU
Hi All Does anyone have installed VMware ESXi 4.1U3 on IVY Bridge CPU?I meet error during installation, attached file is detail informaion.
View ArticlePhysical Drive details in Smart Array
hello I have HP Servers having HP embedded ESXI server installed with HP owned ISO, I want to know physical drive details in ESXi ( as like hpacucli), because i have drive failure and want to replace...
View ArticleSound on Server 2008 R2
I have a Server 2008 R2 up VM and running but I do not have any sound with it. I am not able to see the sound card under the device manager or under the VM properties. This was working when it was...
View ArticleCould not power on VM : Invalid metadata - storage
Hi, I am new at this forum and I have problems starting VM. My configuration of esx 4.1 is :- two host in cluster ( esx1 and esx2 ) HA- datastore is on DELL MD storage conected via ISCSII When I try to...
View ArticleCannot relocate virtual machine
Hi!I have ESXi 4.1 (320137) with several data-stores. I tried to make backup via Veeam and all VM from different data-stores were successfully backup-ed, except one. I tried to backup this VM (VM...
View ArticleHelp/Suggestions with setup
Hi, I'm new to the community and as well as with VMWare. I'm now supporting the VMWare ESX 4.1.0 in the company using Dell PowerEdge R710 with 8x2.4Ghz CPU, 24GB ram and 4TB HDD. The server runs the...
View ArticleSNMP Configurations require vCenter?
I'm currently running vCenter on top of a Clustered pair of 2 ESXi 4.1.0u3 hosts. I configured the SNMP configurations is vCenter to point to our appropriate receiver.A couple of questions come to...
View ArticleDatastore has run out of space..
Please help ,I have a 1 TB datastore that has only 20 gigs of free space on it that I am worried will run out of space soon. The space is all being used up by a specific server ,when i look at the...
View ArticleHow to move a VM ( virtual appliance) from one Cluster to another?
Hello, I have a virtual appliance that was created in teh wrong cluster and I need to move it to another cluster.I tryt o use the Migration wizard but the other cluster is not displayed for teh...
View ArticleESXi 4.0 208167 initial install used 80G of hard drive space
Hi, I am setting up an old HP Proliant DL360 G5 server with two 146SAS hard drives, managed by HP Smart Array P400i controller. With RAID 1+0, the logical disk is about 136G. After installing the...
View ArticleUnable to apply 4.1 Update 03 - Server things it is already installed but it...
I was using PowerCLI to go from Update 02 ot 03 on a 4.1 ESXi server using the localhost option. However, the powercli install command failed during the update "Unable to write data to the transport...
View ArticleVsphere 4.1 HA Cluster
HI, We have a 2 Node HA Cluster Running with 5 Produktiv VMs and 5 Test VMs. The VMs are Distributed over the 2 NodesHow can i shut down only the Test VMs in Case of an Hostfailure? HA Cluster...
View ArticleNIC Teaming ESXi 4
I'm planning on doing a p2v of a server that uses HP network software to do NIC teaming. When virtualized, I noticed the ESXi network properties enable some NIC teaming properties by default. Will this...
View ArticleRemoving LUNs from ESXi 4
Hi I'm planning to remove some LUNs from a ESXi cluster. I've seen a KB article saying that an APD condition can be triggered....
View ArticleESXi 4 U3 Health Status
I'm running ESXi 4 u3 on an HP Proliant DL350 G5. In the health status section I see readings for pretty much everything except storage. Any ideas on why storage is not on that list? I have a script I...
View ArticleRemove "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in a Windows guest
(I already posted this in another discussion but it was so burried down in the thread I fear no one will see it. Plus the discussion topic had nothing to do with this issue really. So there's my formal...
View ArticleFails in deployment a virtual appliance which is built from vMA 5
Hi, gentlemen: I attempt using VMware Studio 2.5 to build a virtual appliance from vMA in ESXi 4.1, and then only assign the OVF 1.0 as my build format.After a successful build and download OVF...
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