Adding Virtual Centre License
Sorry Lads might be a daft question but I'm trying to add a license for my evaluation copy of vc 2.5 and I'm having a few problems, are there any simple instructions for doing this ( an idiots guide...
View ArticleESX 2.5.5 supported Guest OS'es?
I've been trying to find out which flavors of Unix/Linux OS'es are supported on ESX 2.5.5. All the documents on the VMWare site point to the same Guest OS guide and it begins with 3.0x. Is there a...
View ArticleVmware converter can't connect to vcenter
I am trying to connect to vcenter (I can with the vsphere client) with vmware converter so i can convert a ESX vm to VMware server 1.0 and i am not getting anywhere, this is the error i keep getting:...
View ArticleHow to allow to export diagnostic data ?
Hi, can you say me how can I give the access to export diagnostic data in VC ?I have some administrator, and they need to open some Support Request, but each time, they ask me (super administrator) to...
View ArticleLint1 Error on HP DL385
Server: HP DL385VMware ESX: 3.0.1 , 32039 What does the following error mean? I get this on the screen of the ESX server.Thank you in advance.. 10:04:34:59:920 cpu0:1057) apic:1265 lint1 interrupt on...
View ArticleVC permissions / roles conflict
Hi there, I wan't something very easy but I can't get it done. I've ESX3.5 with VC2.5.In VC there is a datacenter with several subfolders. Want I want is the following:- user authentication based on MS...
View ArticleESX 2.5.x / vCenter 2.0.2 / Cannot ping/rdp vm but it is sending/receiving...
ESX 2.5.x / vCenter 2.0.2 / Cannot ping/rdp vm but it is sending/receiving packets per NIC status 2 vms on same host, same vSwitch, different portgroups/VLANs, stop responding to ping requests,...
View ArticleHow to configurate the config.js for vcb proxy
HI, I need urgently help. I need to config. the config.js file to back the the vm on ESX servers. Currently, I have 3 virtual Centers and 1 vcb proxy. How can I put all these Virtual centers down in...
View ArticleServer unable to ping or connect to any server on a certian cluster in my VMI...
I have 5 servers clustered together for my VI VI1 - VI5 I have a server on VI3 that is unable to ping or connect to any server in my VI5 inviroment. Has anyone else ever had this problem?...
View ArticleMsg: cannot create partition table for disk...geometry info is valid
We just powered up our SAN and esx 2.5, build 99967 esx servers after a scheduled power outage, and three of theluns on one of the storage boxes comes up with messages: cannot create partition table...
View ArticleIssue after a reboot
Hi all, I just rebooted the ESX as the GUI was not able to connect anymore and it seems that the problem is bigger than I though. none of the VM are startting, I can not even list available ones (...
View ArticleMoved Guest OS and now cannot start it
Hello all, I'm a long time user of VM but am stuck in the "dark ages" with v2.01 and v2.51 and do not have any of the "fancy" converter tools. I recently copied a Windows guest OS from esx 2.01 to...
View ArticleAutomaticly create VMs from template on VC 2.5 and ESX 3.5
Hello: I am wondering if there is an option how I can automatically deploy a lot of VMs (more then 100) from template... Basically, I have good template and want to deploy new VMs from it with...
View ArticleCreating Vm's using template from another ESX server.
Can we create VMware machines on ESX host "A" from a VM template hosted to ESX host "B". If there are no option of doing that what id the best way to accomplish that.
View ArticleTrouble in deleting ESX user
I am not able to delete ESX user in case of esx 2.0. I tried deleting this from command and GUI both however, still nto abel to do that. Some help would be highly appriciated. Regards Dheeresh...
View Articlemigration of ESX servers from old vcenter to a new clean database vcenter
I built a fresh install of vCenter 2.5 update 4 using all the best new practices. I want to migrate my workloads from an older prod vCenter 2.5 update 3. I do not want to use the database info...I'm...
View ArticleConverting Physical VirtualCenter Server to VM for testing
We are giving thought to going vSphere and vCenter; however, we don't have a testlab to perform testing. So, I'm thinking that I could further our confidence testing on vSphere/vCenter by performing...
View ArticleVirtual machine templates for Vista and Windows server 2008 and sysprep
Hi Can someone please help me When i go to documents and settings in the Virtual Center server there is no folder for Vista and windows server 2008. What is best practice when it comes to syspreping...
View ArticleDmotion (Upgrade Vmotion)
Hello mighty wizards, A few fairly simple questions (or so I hope) ... A customer for which I'm starting an ESX migration project is running about 50 ESX hosts with around 500 VM's.The environment...
View ArticleHow do I format an extended linux partition?
I extended the partitions on two of my virtuals - both running Centos 4. How do I configure the OS to use the new partitioned disk space? Thanks!
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