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Supermicro and Adaptec Controller

zech02 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:42:23 GMT

Hello
I bought following components:
Supermicro 6026T-NTR+, Adaptec 3405 and 3805.
Configuration, on 3405 I installed RAID 1 and ESX System and on 3805 it's "RAID 10" for VM's
I installed vsphere4 and the first time is boot correct and after I poweroff for 2days I get following error:

"vsd-mount failed" and the process stop.

There are all 3 components vSphere4 compatible?

VMWare ESX With Dell Poweredge 1850

M4dn3ss — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:39:12 GMT

I am planning to setup a VMWare server for school project.

Could I run an ESX setup with the dell poweredge 1850?

It has currentily 1GB RAM(DDR2-333) , Intel xeon processor 3.00 GHz ( single processor)

32Gb drive(15.000 rpm).

I am planning to run some virtualization so what server(esx,esxi,other) do you advise me?

Thanks in advance,

David,

Supermicro X8DAL / Xeon E5520

Rogean — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:37:52 GMT

Hi,

I'm building a server to use with vmware esx and I'v done a bit of searching and couldn't find any answers for whether this motherboard would be supported or not. This is my first time I would be using ESX/ESXi, so I'm not sure which version I would/should use, if theres one particularly that would support the hardware better, or if no version supports these, please let me know so I can re-configure before ordering.

Heres what I'm getting:

SUPERMICRO MBD-X8DAL-i-O Dual LGA 1366 Intel 5500 ATX Dual Quad-Core

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182192

(2) Intel Xeon E5520 Nehalem 2.26GHz LGA 1366 Quad-Core

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117185

Thanks.

ESXi on Proliant DL380

ifolse — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:25:03 GMT

Hi --

I'm new to ESXi and I am trying to install ESXi 3.5.0 U4 on a HP (compaq) Proliant DL380. I did not see this server in the HCL but I did find doing other Google searches that other people have installed ESXi on this type of server before. I know the boot disk is good because it works in my desktop computer (IBM S51).

I have checked that the CD drive is the second option in the boot order followed by the c:\ drive. A:\ drive is the first. When I put the ESXi ISO disk in the server and try to boot from it, I can't see anything on the screen after POST. I can't tell if it's trying to boot or not because I have no video. If I remove the disk, the server boots into Windows with no problem.

Does anyone have any ideas on why this is happening? Thanks!

which KINGSTON USB Device is supported from HP and VMWARE ESX 4i??

hank-ger — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:20:29 GMT

hi,

i need an Kingston usb-Stick which is supported by HP for ESX4i.

i found only some help from HP -> HP ESX4i USB-Devices <- but i can´t order this stick from germany.

so i called the hp support in germany but they told me that i can use an certificated usb-stick from Kingston. what kind of usb stick´s are certifcated from hp??

or what usb devices are you using?

thanks

Software Compatability Oracle & SAP ECC

nkpk — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:52:37 GMT

I am using EXS 3.5 host, wanted to know the Compatability for,

Oracle release : 10.1.0.5.0 and SAP ECC 6.0 with Kernel release 700

to be hosted in VM....

Suggestions on number of cores vs speed

spryor — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:35:37 GMT

I am building a small server host to support 6 to 8 clients.

I am using the Tyan n3600B motherboard with 16gb memory. I am trying to decied between the AMD Opteron 2427 6-core 2.2 Ghz. or the AMD Opteron 2387 4-core 2.8 Ghz. I will use VMware ESX 3.5. Clients will be Windows server 2003 and 2008.

So the question is: is more cores better, even at slower speed, or is speed better for performance.?

Thank you for your suggestions.

ESX 4.0 on HP BL685c Generation 1

GManNorth — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:40:21 GMT

Is anyone out there running ESX 4.0 on HP BL685c Generation 1 with AMD Opteron 8210 ( 82xx series ) ( 4 cpu, dual core ) and using Fault Tolerance as well? The HCL does not specifically list it.

Snowleopard

acimone — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:44:56 GMT

I use a Imac with OS 10.6 and VMware Fusion 2.05 - after installation and rebooting I get following message:

/Users/Tuomas/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows XP Professional.vmwarevm" does not exist.

So the VMware Fusion is not yet compatible with Snowleopard?? It worked with Leopard!

Esxi 4.0 -Hardware compatibility Issues

donneo — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:52:47 GMT

Hello,

I have the following hardware configuration.

RAID: Adaptec 4-port SATA/SAS RAID Controller 3405SAS

Other:

ntel Core2 Duo 1U Rackmount ServerSupermicro Socket 775 Server Board, Intel 3000 Chipset PDSMI+ (63709,37115, 16,17)Miotsumi 24-Speed Slim CD-ROM, Black SR243Ton-board ATI ES1000 Video Adapter, 16-Meg RAMon-board Dual Intel Gigabit 1000/100/10mbps NICsSuperMicro 1U Steel Rack Mount Case 813MT-300C4x Hot-swap HDD Carriers & 1x4 SATA BackplaneSuperMicro 300-Watt 1U Low-Profile Power Supply (H08839,89,34,H22319)Slide Rails/Brackets Mounting Kit

I am getting an error while installing Esxi4.0. I was using a 3ware RAID controller. I changed to adaptech as I got the error earlier. Can anyone suggest me a solution? I want to install Esxi 4.0 . What hardware should be changed here?

Cheap x16 RAID card for ESXi 4

palmtek — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:24:04 GMT

Can anyone point me to a SATA x16 slot controller that will do RAID 1 mirroring that is easily obtainable and cheap in price for a proof of concept system?

Thanks,

CoryC

using tape as generic scsi device in vm, which scsi adapters are supported to connect tape to?

KidLark — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:38:11 GMT

Hi Group,

with esx3.5i I could use a adaptec 29160. But with the update I can no longer use this adapter. Which adapters can I use instead or easy how dow I have to look in the HCL?

Thanks,

Georg

Kernel Panic Help

mancilg — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:36:09 GMT

Hello everyone, Here's my problem - I have a single host
in a four node cluster the continues to purple screen. I've searched the
vmkernel / vmkwarning logs and there's nothing unusual.

Hardware - DL585 w/ 128GB Ram Quad core

I've rebuilt the host and still had the problem.

I've updated all the firmware - still have the problem.

Attached is a purple screen screenshot - I keep thinking
it might be a cpu problem because the error is always cpu5 - however the
following number always changes

cpu5:1079

cpu5: 1134

cpu5:1085

Any help or suggestions
would be great. Thanks

Esxi and ASUS P5SD2-VM

emenemza — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:23:12 GMT

Hello,

Can u tell me pleaze if the ESXi can work with the motherboard ASUS P5SD2-VM ??

vSphere 4 and DL320s NFS

jeremywatco — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:11:34 GMT

I am getting ready to deploy vSphere 4 on a DL385 and was planning on using my DL320s 1.6TB Storage Server as central storage. I really want to use NFS for simplicity sake. Will this work? I know if all else fails I could turn it into a iSCSI but I would rather use it with NFS.

The DL320s is running W2K3 R2.

Any one have any experience with this? Any forseeable issues?

ESX SERVER 3.0.1 with HP PROLIANT ML570 G4 SAS Hard disk

thanya — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:30:51 GMT

Hi, I have some problems to begin the installation of the Vmware esx 3.0.1 because it didn't find the controllers from my hard disk sas and i had this error:

My proliant descriptions:

HP ProLiant ML570 G4 High Performance - Dual-Core Xeon 7030 2.8 GHz specifications

General
Type
Server
Recommended Use
Corporate business
Product Form Factor
Rack-mountable - 6.0
Server Scalability
4-way
Front Accessible Bays Qty
3
Hot-Swap Bays Qty
18
Width
19.0 in
Depth
28.0 in
Height
11.1 in
Weight
136.9 lbs
Processor
Type
Intel Xeon Dual Core 7030 / 2.8 GHz
Multi-Core processor technology
Dual-Core
64-bit processor
Yes
Installed Qty
2.0
Max processors supported
4.0
Upgradability
Upgradable
Processor main features
Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology
, Intel Virtualization Technology
, Hyper-Threading Technology
, Intel Execute Disable Bit
, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology
Cache Memory
Type
L2 cache
Installed Size
4.0 MB
Cache Per Processor
2 MB ( 2 x 1 MB )
Mainboard
Chipset type
Intel E8501
Data bus speed
800.0 MHz
RAM
Installed Size 64.0 GB
Technology
DDR2 SDRAM - Advanced ECC
Memory speed
400.0 MHz
Memory specification compliance
PC2-3200
RAM form factor
DIMM 240-pin
RAM features
Online Spare Memory
, Registered
RAM configuration features
2 x 512 MB
Upgrade rule (RAM)
2 modules at a time
Storage Controller
Type
1.0 x Serial Attached SCSI - Plug-in card - PCI Express
Controller interface type
Serial Attached SCSI
Storage controller name
Smart Array P400
Storage controller interface channel qty
2.0
RAID level
RAID 6
, RAID 0
, RAID 10
, RAID 5

"Unable to find a supported devices to write de vmware esx server 3.0.1 to image to."

Compatibility Advice: VSphere & Xeon 5410 + Supermicro X7DBU + (2x) 2GB Crucial DDR2-667

bPratik — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:13:39 GMT

I have assembled the following system. Although I have looked through the official HCL, this is the first time I am assembling a VMware VSphere compliant system and I wanted to confirm that I was doing it correctly.

Thanks

Processor clock speed 2330 MHz
Processor family Intel Xeon
Processor socket Socket 771
L2 cache 12 MB
Chipset Intel® 5000P, Intel® 5000V, Intel® 5400A, Intel® 5100, Intel® 5400B
Processor process 45 nm
Processor front side bus 1333 MHz

SuperMicro X7DBU
Key Features

Dual Intel® 64-bit Xeon® Quad-Core
Intel® 5000P (Blackford) Chipset
Up to 32GB DDR2 667 & 533 SDRAM Fully Buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM)
Intel® (ESB2/Gilgal) 82563EB Dual-port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
6x Intel ESB2 SATA 3.0Gbps Controller RAID 0, 1, 10 support via SB Controller
1 (x8) PCI-Express &
1 UIO slot
1 64-bit 133MHz PCI-X or
1 (x8) PCI-Express
ATI ES1000 Graphics with 16MB video memory
SIMSO slot

--

How to configure a boot from local disk, not SAN

YueAlexa — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:39:02 GMT

Hi everyone!.

In my team, we are trying to achive that vCenter boot from local disk, not SAN, but we can't still manage how to do it. We have been eliminating the possible options, but all the configuration seems to be ok.

I have been searching everywere for some reference on how to do it (manuals, forums, blogs) but until now I only find comments of why it's convenient and why not, but not how.

Does any one of you know hot or where can I find a reference?

We are installing ESX 4.0, in a x3550 M2 with HS22 blades. The problem is that when it's connected the fibre channel, it want to find the disks by SAN, and if it's changed the boot order it doesn't work either. If the fibre is disconnected all works fine but it doesn't have access to the storage.

Hope, someone could help us.

Thanks.

Error installing 3.5

Freebyrd — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:03:14 GMT

I'm getting this ever time on the install : panic: error while reading file : -3, install.tgz

I'm installing this on a tyan thunder k7 with AIC-7899 SCSI controller.

I'm guessing this system isn't going to work but just wanted to ask anyways

Thanks

Jason

Does AMD atlon supports VMware vSphere?

td_sk — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:45:58 GMT

Dear all,

Does hp itanium ( we already have)server supports VMware vSphere. In our company we are planning to move our testing beds into vmware.

For my home use if AMD atholn supports I can install VMware vSphere trail version for learning purpose.Can any body suggest a good mother board and processor for the same.I am having low budget,it s only for learning.

Thanks
Siva kumar.

Dell OptiPlex 760

grcumm — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:32:29 GMT

Product Information
Vendor:	Dell
Product:	OptiPlex
Product Version:	760

Configuration Tested
VMware Infrastructure:	ESXi 4.0.0 ESXi 3.5u4
Configuration Tested:	SATA as AHCI
Integration Method:

Support Information
Vendor representative?	no
Configuration Supported?	no
Support Provider:
Support Provider Contact Info:
Support Provider Website:
Support End Date:
Known Issues:	ESXi 4.0.0-164009 worked straight from CD. ESXi 3.5.0u4-153875 requires tweaking for the networking to work, grabbing http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/Custom_oem.tgz/oem_8086_10f5.tgz then editing etc/vmware/simple.map and usr/share/hwdata/pci.ids to match the Intel 82567LM in the system.
Additional Comments:	Chipset: Intel Q43/ICH10D Network: Intel 82567LM (8086:10de) Processor: Intel Core2Duo E8400 Please let me know if I need to tweak anything here.

NetApp StoreVault S300 SAN (S Family / S Series)

MPanagos — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:11:24 GMT

I've been able to connect to our S300 from vSphere ESX 4 over iSCSI using both software iSCSI and QLogic HBAs. I assume the other members of the S Family S500 S550 will work just as well. I'm really still in the testing phase, but it's been working fine for the last few days and performance is just as good as with ESX 3.5 (maybe better with the software iSCSI). I will leave another comment if something comes up, but I would say it's safe to spend some time to run tests if you're looking to update to vSphere.

As NetApp discontinued this family of products in such a poor manner, I'm not sure if the S series will be tested and appear in the HCL, but here's the link if you want to check once in a while -> http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=san&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&partnerId%5B%5D=64&arrayTypeId%5B%5D=1&rorre=0

Install ESXi 4 on IBM X3500

IvanHK — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:30:41 GMT

Hi! I want to install ESXi 4 on our server, IBM X3500 with Quad-core Intel Xeon X5355 64bits CPU. I have found that this model support ESX 4 in the HCL only. Is it means doesn't support it?

Sun Fire X4200 M2 Dual-Core AMD Opteron 2222

SEDD — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:55:03 GMT

Hello

who knows the processor compatible successor to the above?
The Sun Fire X4200 M2 is unfortunately no longer produced!

Greeting
Strassburg

Install ESX 4 on IBM xSeries

Armond — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:17:22 GMT

Has anyone successfully installed and run ESX 4 on an IBM x360 ?
Also, has anyone successfully installed and run ESX 4 on an IBM x366?

HP DC5850 ESXi 4.0 unable to find supported device to write to,....

Eddie27614 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:53:24 GMT

Hello all!!

i am using an HP DC5850 to use as a test box for writing and testing scripts on vm's(the powers that be here do not want me testing on live equipment)

I have tried to install esxi4.0 on the thing and for some reason the installation apparently doesn't see my SATA disk(160 GB).

I previously had Server 2003 installed and was running vmware server(GSX) on it. I decided i might want to see if it could run the ESXi on it.

the box is running a phenom quad core processor, 4 Gb of RAM. The chipset is AMD 780V.

This is NOT server class equipment but due to it's advanced features it could be used as a file server easily and therefore in my mind should be able to be utilized by ESXi.

The specific message I get when trying to install ESXi 4.0 is: "Unable to find supported device to write the Vmware ESXi 4.0.0 image to. "

Does this mean that the install image doesn't have the needed SATA drivers to see the hard drive? Kind of like the same symptom you might see on a Win2x server install. If so, is there any way I can build the drivers into the image?

Would someone be able to help me with this?

Thanks in advance

ESXi 4 on IBM X346?

kuay5 — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:20:05 GMT

Can ESXi 4 run on a X346, i know the X346 has a x64 ready CPU, and has a severaid 7k card. My concern is actually the network portion, 2 NICs, 1 will be a 100Mb management segment and 1 will be a 1GB trunk port.

Increase storage space without changing Raid1 configuration and datastores

ESOcarlos — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:49:27 GMT

Good Morning Community experts,

I was hoping to be pointed in the right direction.
I have no experience with Raid configurations other than classroom theory.

I have a PowerEdge 2900 server running ESX 3i with a virtual machine (Win Server 2003) hosting SharePoint.
The Hard Drive configuration is:
Integrated SAS/SATA Raid 1, PERC 6/i Integrated/SAS6/iR with primary controller PERC 6/i integrated controller card.
Two hard drives.

On the ESX 3i client, there is only one datastore.

My situation is that we are running out of disk space and was wondering the following:

Can I add additional hard drives, without messing with the Raid1 configuration, and creating a new Datastore on the client?

Thanks!

Array Configurations Options

Cogs4x4 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:46:42 GMT

Configuring a new ESXi 4.0...

For now I have it booting from a 1gb USB thumb Drive (installed to that anyway)

DL185 G5 Server with 12 1.5tb drives

Raid Array is set at 14.5 TB Capacity (~13.5+ Usable) No partitions set.

Next I'm looking at the HyperVisor Layer to look something like this... however this is where I think I'm going to hit some issues... but not sure..

500gb (OS / VM Storagage)

1.5TB Spare Partition

11+ TB Partition (dedicate directly to a VM (Openfiler)

Here is the quick map I created for it...

Otherwise I'm stuck loading Openfiler then vmware ontop of that...which works but would rather the opposite...

So if this is the case should I pre-partition the storage area before esx install?

HP MSA2312sa + VMware ESX 4

rherwig — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:29:05 GMT

Has anyone tested a combination of the new HP MSA 2312sa G2 in combination with vSphere? Is this working?

In the Server(HP DL380G6) we want to use the SC08GE HBA, has anyone tested this HBA with ESX 4 and can say if this works?

Install ESX 3.5i xSeries (eServer) 100?

ejvdham — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:43:33 GMT

Has anyone experience with installing ESX 3.5i U4 on a IBM xSeries 100 server. That is an entry level server with a P4 3.2Ghz processor, 800FSB, an internal SATA controller (SATA, not SATA II). No RAID controller. I would like to use this machine to host some network services (LDAP, RADIUS, etc) and a few small websites. I would be gratefull for any experience someone might have with this machine. I am working for a non profit with a small budget, and buying a new server is not directly an option.

thnx.

erik

qla200 with esxi 3.5

davidw.davis — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:08:52 GMT

I've got esxi 3.5 working on 3 PowerEdge sc1435's along with Qlogic qla200 hba's connected to my san. Everything appeared to be rock solid for quite some time. Now I'll have random SAN disconnects that don't seem to follow a pattern. Is anyone else successfully using the qla200 hba?

Silicom PXG4U (Broadcom bcm5704) quad copper gigabit PCI-X for ESX 3.5/4

SatchBoogie — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:58:29 GMT

Anyone tried a Silicom PXG4U for ESX 3.5/4?

http://www.silicom-usa.com/default.asp?contentID=630

It's based on the Broadcom bcm5704 which is on the HCL, but I'm not sure if ESX will see all 4 ports for this particular quad Silicom card.

Some people report that certain bcm5704 based quad gigabit cards get detected as one port in ESX. Hard to tell which is which since they don't specify the brand.

Thanks!

VMWare ESX Server 3.5 update 4 doesn't communicate with the network after reboot

hsvware — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:50:36 GMT

I have 3 hosts with VMWare ESX Server 3.5 update 4 installed in a HP
Blade solution (BL460c G1). VMWare ESX servers are communicating as
usual with the network and they were added to Virtual Center inventory.
After restarting any of those VMWare ESX Servers it loses the
communication with the rest of the network even with the others ESX
hosts.
Does anybody knows what would be the cause of this problem?

Istallation ESX 3.5 on ASUS P5N7A-VM Motherboard

Aunique — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:37:15 GMT

Hi Everybody,

i have a question about a ASUS P5N7A-VM. I try to install ESX 3.5 on a server with a Motherboard from ASUS.

I think this Motherboard is not supported from ESX 3.5, but can somebody give a tip, how can i get the

necessary driver?

Thanks in advance

help...

bazlina — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:28:14 GMT

1. How can an administrator access a system once the Administrator account has been locked out and a reset counter has not been set?

2. If i implement an account lockout and reset counter policy, how can i monitor the failed attempts?

3. types of data can be encrypt and decrypt using PGP?

4 other software that can provide data encryption using asymmetric encipherment

5. How can i secure your password in Linux environment?

virtualisation of websphere6.1

Malapati — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:33:45 GMT

Hi there,

We have four linux guests created in a single Essex host server with 4 cpus and 16gb ram . All the four linux guests are sharing a single virtual NIC. OS is RHEL5. Application generated the blank pages and half pages sporadically. It doesnt genearte any exceptions or errors in the log files which is kind of frustrating to troubleshoot. we directly ran the application against the app server on a http transport bypassing the webservers and load balancer.We ran a tcpdump on the server to find out what is causing and found out the reposnse that server is sending got truncated. Since this is sporadic i kind of hit the wall and not sure where to look for. Any parameters at the OS level or ESSEX level needs to be tuned. Please let me know.

Thanks,

Manohar.

LSI SAS 1068E vSphere 4i boot from USB Stick

KidLark — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:18:49 GMT

Hi Group,

I've installed vSpere 4i to run from a USB on a Supermicro 7046T-3R with a Supermicro MB Super X8DT34. Onboard there i s a LSI SAS 1068E controller, which should be suported according to the VMWare Compatibility Guid using mptsas version 4.00.37.00.23vmw-Driver.

But using the VSphere Client only the onboard SATA-Controllers are being displayed.

What must I do, so that esx4i discovers the controller and installs/uses the drivers?

Yes, I've installed SATA-Drives in the hotplug bayes of the backplane

Thanks in advance,

Georg

Is it possible to install Solaris Sparc on ESX 4

KILLASAZORES — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:31:58 GMT

Need to install some solaris 8/9/10 with sparc tecnologie.

My esx 4 and esxi 4 are installed on 64Bits servers(intel).

Is this possible and is it supported by Vmware.

Thanks for the help

Is my Hardware compatible with vSphere upgrade

onishoushi — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:43:31 GMT

Hi Guys,

could any one help me ? I'm going to upgrade my ESX 3.5 U2 to vsphere 4.0, and my current hardware and storage are:

My Hardware system

Manufacturer : HP

Model : Proliant BL460C g1

Processor type: Intel Xeon L5335

Storage system:

Netapp FAS 2020 data ontap 7.2.5.1

can any one confirm that this condition is OK for Upgrade to vSphere

OH yah, i have check it in hardware compatibility portal, but cant find any result regarding those hardware and storage.

if it not compatible is any one have solution in order to go to upgrade, is it need to replace hardware or it would be OK if we just upgrade the firmware.

thx.

Is the Intel PRO 1000VT Quad Port compatible?

01Ryan10 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:41:50 GMT

I'm about to purchase two Dell PowerEdge R710 servers, and I would like to get them with dual 1000VT Quad port NICs; however, I can't find them on the VMware HCL site. I have found a handful of threads stating that people use them, but any official word?

Modem on Host not accesible on Guest(VM)

2CooL — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:46:06 GMT

Hi All

I have a Windows2008 x64 server (Host) running a Windows2003 x86 guest (VM).

COM1 & 2 are added on the Guest from the Host but not the Modem which is running on COM3.

I have shutdown the VM added the HARDWARE Com3, and booted VM agian nothing .

Any ideas suggestions ?

ESX and HP System Managment Utils

Sophism — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:58:46 GMT

We have recently deployed ESX to several servers here in our office. Currently on all of our servers (HP Proliants) we have the HP System Management software installed.

We are wondering if its possible to get this software to work either via VM or possibly another method to accuratly report the status of the systems hardware.

about anywhere usb

yuanben — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:03:21 GMT

dear sir:

I have a virture environment of usb device.my os is vsphere4.0,and my virture machine is windows 2003 stand.

I found some device which is the usb device ,such as Digi International's anywhere USB.but i don't know that is Compatible with the vsphere4.0. and i not found vmware compatible list in this device.

any body have this Experience,plese tell me.thank you

MSA1500cs MSA1x00 LUNs on VMware - Excessive SCSI Bus Reservations

btok — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:25:57 GMT

HP has finally released a document on the MSA1500cs lockup problems copied below.

Has anyone followed these steps to see that this works where the controller no longer locks up????

HP StorageWorks MSA1x00 LUNs on VMware - Excessive SCSI Bus Reservations

Issue

The HP StorageWorks MSA1000 or MSA1500cs may lockup every three to four weeks. Customers are required to power-cycle the whole environment to get access to the storage again.

Timeouts and excessive SCSI reservation conflicts are logged in the /var/log/vmkwarning file:

WARNING: Migrate: 1346: 1229224338134649: Migration considered a failure by the VMX. It is most likely a timeout, but check the VMX log for the true error.

WARNING: Migrate: 1243: 1229224338134649: Failed: Migration determined a failure by the VMX (0xbad0091) @0xa148e5

WARNING: MigrateNet: 323: 1229224338134649: 9-0x3501f8b8:Received only 0 of 68 bytes: Timeout

WARNING: SCSI: 119: Failing I/O due to too many reservation conflicts

Memory allocation errors are logged on the MSA CLI debug serial console:

~~44d 06:38:21.9~~ Error allocating persistent memory data set handle-table full
~~44d 06:38:22.0~~ parse/pr_aptpl.c: Failed to persist reservation type 10 for ITL 6:0:1 (PDLA). APTPL = 0

~~44d 06:38:22.0~~ (Err=0, IDH=0x0, TPDH=0x0, IH=0x9, TPH=0xFC00)
~~44d 06:38:23.3~~ Error allocating persistent memory data set handle-table full
~~44d 06:38:23.3~~ Error allocating persistent memory data set handle-table full
~~44d 06:38:23.5~~ Error allocating persistent memory data set handle-table full ~~44d 06:38:23.5~~ Error allocating persistent memory data set handle-table full ~~44d 06:38:23.5~~ parse/pr_aptpl.c: Failed to persist reservation type 10 for ITL 5:1:1 (PDLA). APTPL = 0
~~44d 06:38:23.6~~ (Err=0, IDH=0x0, TPDH=0x0, IH=0x10000, TPH=0xFC10)
~~44d 06:38:23.9~~ Error allocating persistent memory data set handle-table full ~~44d 06:38:23.9~~ parse/pr_aptpl.c: Failed to persist reservation type 10 for ITL 15:0:1 (PDLA). APTPL = 0
~~44d 06:38:24.0~~ (Err=0, IDH=0x0, TPDH=0x0, IH=0xD, TPH=0xFC00)

Solution

NOTE: Before you start resolving the issue, make a full verified backup of all MSA data.

1. Update MSA1000 or MSA1500cs controllers firmware to v5.30 active/passive or v7.10 active/active either using the corresponding MSAFlash utilities or alternatively from the CLI using the corresponding binary file.

2. Make sure that all FC connections profile name coming from VMware hosts are set to Linux rather than left as default . Make sure that they are given a name. In order to achieve this, boot one of the servers by MSA Support Software CD v7.76. To download MSA Support Software CD v7.76, go to the MSA1500 Support Software CD (ISO) webpage. Click here to visit the MSA1500 Support Software CD (ISO) webpage (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=415598&prodNameId=415600&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=co-47048-1) .

Run the Array Configuration Utility , and choose Selective Storage Presentation to set the host connection profile appropriately to the correct operating system name.

3. Disable the HP SIM Fibre Agent:

a. Log in to the ESX Server host service console.

b. Open the file /opt/compaq/cma.conf in a text editor.

c. Add exclude cmahostd to the top of the file.

d. Save the file, and exit the editor.

e. Restart the management agents on the host by running the following three commands:

service hpasm restart
service hpsmh restart
service cmanic restart

4. Double-check the multipath policy in use and make sure it is set to mru as the storage is running active/passive firmware v5.30. You can use the vmkmultipath command, or the VMware Management User Interface (MUI) to set the multipathing policy for a LUN. For example, the following command sets the multipathing policy on the fly for all LUNs on the SAN vmhba0:0:1 to MRU:

vmkmultipath -s vmhba0:0:1 -p mru

5. Make sure that the customer serializes any backups they might be doing (as opposed to running simultaneous or parallel backup jobs).

6. VMware ESX has an advanced setting that will use a LUN reset instead of a bus reset. The parameter UseDeviceReset should be set to 0 and the UseLunReset should be set to 1 . Using these settings will change the bus reset to only affect a single LUN (the one that the reset was issued against) instead of affecting all LUNs. This setting should greatly reduce the number of check conditions generated by bus resets, which will give the controller a lot less items to handle.

The setting is also documented in the SAN Configuration Guide from VMware (in the appendix on page 118). Click here to view "SAN Configuration Guide" (http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_301_201_san_cfg.pdf) .

The default settings will be listed in the logs as:

UseDeviceReset (Use device reset (instead of bus reset) to reset a SCSI device) 0-1: default = 1: 1
UseLunReset (Use LUN reset (instead of device/bus reset) to reset a SCSI device) 0-1: default = 1: 1

The setting can be changed either through the VirtualCenter server or it can be changed from the command line on the ESX service console.

Page 78 of the Version 2.5 VMware ESX Server SAN Configuration Guide has the procedure on how to change the parameter using VirtualCenter. Click here to go to "Version 2.5 VMware ESX Server SAN Configuration Guide" (http://www.vmware.com/pdf/esx25_san_cfg.pdf) .

To set the value from the command line, it is:

[]$ esxcfg-advcfg -g /Disk/UseDeviceReset <== to GET the current value
Value of UseDeviceReset is 1 <== Current value
[]$ esxcfg-advcfg -s 0 /Disk/UseDeviceReset <== To SET value to 0
Value of UseDeviceReset is 0 <== New value

Either way you choose to change the parameter, you need to restart the vmware-hostd daemon to activate the changes by typing the service console command:

service mgmt-vmware restart

Alternatively, just reboot the ESX server.

Once the settings have been modified, they will appear in the logs as:

UseDeviceReset (Use device reset (instead of bus reset) to reset a SCSI device) 0-1: default = 1: 0
UseLunReset (Use LUN reset (instead of device/bus reset) to reset a SCSI device) 0-1: default = 1: 1

7. In VMware be sure to properly set the SCSI controller sharing mode based on the system configuration because these will also reduce SCSI Bus reservation conflicts.

Here is the configuration guideline as listed in the HP VMware Best Practices document:

Sharing LUNs in order to share LUNs between VMs within a single ESX server, set the SCSI controller to Virtual mode. To share LUNs across multiple ESX servers or in a virtual to physical configuration, set the SCSI controller to Physical mode.

Network Card supported for VMware

ahmedmoseb — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:39:14 GMT

Hello Everyone,

This is my first post @ Vmware Communities....

I am planning to buy the following Gbps Network Card and will like to know if this is supported (or) anybody had luck with this lan card

PRONET PCI Giga LAN Card 10/100/1000 Mbps

Thank you

Ahmed Moseb

Test Server ESXi 4.0 SCSI Card for Tape drive

aaristotle — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 04:14:11 GMT

I am building a test server to simulate our production environment for testing, and require a cheapish SCSI controller card to connect an external LTO3 drive.

Can anyone tell me if an LSI20160B - U160, 1Ch, PCI 32 HBA SCSI controller will work with ESXi 4.0 ? Does anyone have any other recommendations for a compatible cheap PCI SCSI controller ?

I've also noticed that the list of HCL compatible SCSI controllers has shortened dramatically from ESXi 3.5U4 to 4.0 and was wondering if the 3.5 controllers will still work but are just not officially supported or the drivers have been totally removed from 4.0?

For the record I have ESXi 4.0 running on a Lenovo M58 (7373-A13) PC with 320GB & 1TB Sata drives (no raid) 2GB RAM (but will upgrade to 8GB), Intel Core2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz CPU and second network card - PCI Intel PRO/1000 GT

Video Card Compatibility w/ ESXi

VB2 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:33:14 GMT

My current setup is as follows:

Dell T105 (*yes, I know...not the most "robust" server)

8GB RAM

Quad-Core Processor

1 - PCI slot

1 - PCIe x1 slot

2 - PCIe x8 slots

What video card (if any) is compatible for ESXi? Thanks in advance for any help provided.

Instalar Vmware Server en Debian Lenny

jcieza — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:16:52 GMT

Hola amigos estoy instalando vmwareserver en debian Lenny y hasta el momento no puedo correr el programa por diferencias de version en los paquetes de debian para vmware he actualizado el gcc bajado el parche de vmware pero igual me dice que no encuentra el directorio /usr/src/include/linux, segun he estado investigando en algunas paginas me dice que tengo que actualizar el kernel, uds tienen alguna sugerencia la respecto.

gracias

Juan Cieza

e-sata temp solution.

madmaxdc — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:07:36 GMT

Hi folks,

I'm working to get certified on VMware and I have an Xeon server with dual 64 bit processors and 4 GB RAM. I'm currently running a 3Ware 9550 8 port sata raid controller which unfortunately isn't supported by VMWare. I'm looking for a workaround and wondered if it would be possible to get suggestions on an e-sata card that I could use with a Tbyte external drive. Again, this isn't going into a production environment, I'm just looking for something that will give me the ablility to set up and work with VMware to get familiar with it. Since this is my own equipment and I don't carry a wad of cash, I'm looking for an inexpensive workaround. Any ideas?

Max

PS, I've been hunting the HCL and having a hard time finding anything.

HP Proliant ML350 G4p & ESXi

cookieme — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:55:33 GMT

Hi

I couldn't find my server on VMware's compatibility list for any version of ESXi. My server product ID is 470063-454. It has one Intel Xeon 3GHz processor, 1GB RAM (going to upgrade) and 2x72.8 GB UltraSCSI320 hard drives connected to a SmartArray 642 controller.

Anyone use this server with any version of ESXi? I'd be interested to know what version (latest 4.0?) and if you've had any problems.

Thank you

ESXi vs. VMWare Server 2.01

petermuss — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:23:00 GMT

Hello from Germany!

I just installed VMWare Server 2.01 64 bit version on an Dell Precision 670.

Host is Ubuntu 9.0x 64 bit, everything works fine for me!

Now I saw the ESXi distribution. Is it a better goal to use the above configuration or should I change to ESXi?

Thnk you for every hint in this case!

Best regards

Peter

HP DL 580 Processors

rfalconer — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:01:20 GMT

In looking at the hardware compatibility guide for the HP DL580, it only shows the 6-core boxes in the Xeon 7400 series as being compatible.

There are several 4-core processors in that same 7400 family and I'm curious if these are supported as well. This is for vSphere 4.

Thanks.

Starwind Software

ConstantinV — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:34:37 GMT

Vendor:	Starwind Software
Product:	Starwind Enterprise Server
Product Version:	4.2

Configuration Tested
VMware Infrastructure:	ESXi 3.5u2 ESXi 3.5u1 ESXi 3.5 ESX 3.5u2 ESX 3.5u1 ESX 3.5 ESX Server 3.0.3 ESX Server 3.0.2u1 ESX Server 3.0.2 ESX Server 3.0.1 ESX Server 3.0.0 ESX Server 2.5.4 ESX Server 2.5.3 ESX Server 2.5.2 ESX Server 2.5.1 VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 2 VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 1 VirtualCenter 2.5 VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 5 VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 4 VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 3 VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 2 VirtualCenter 2.0.2 Update 1 VirtualCenter 2.0.2 VirtualCenter 2.0.1 Patch 2 VirtualCenter 2.0.1 Patch 1 VirtualCenter 2.0.1 VirtualCenter 2.0.0
Configuration Tested:
Integration Method:

Support Information
Vendor representative?	yes
Configuration Supported?	yes
Support Provider:	Starwind Software
Support Provider Contact Info:	support@starwindsoftware.com
Support Provider Website:	starwindsoftware.com
Support End Date:
Known Issues:
Additional Comments:

3Ware 9550SX

KonstantinLitov — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 23:22:35 GMT

Hey,

I am wondering if anyone has had success running ESXi 4.0 on this RAID controller. Does anyone have the driver that i can use during install?

Thank You.

Dell EqualLogic PS4000E / X with Vsphere 4

pigbloke — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:07:54 GMT

Hi guys

Does anybody know if there is any plans for the Dell EqualLogic PS4000E/X to be authorised on the HCL for VSphere 4.

I can't find it on there and yet the Dell website states that the SAN supports VMWare.

Many Thanks

Nick

HP NC373T NIC

tbonee — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:31:08 GMT

Hi all,

I got a Dell Optiplex 760 that I'm trying to install ESXi on to take out to a site to demo. I know that it is not particularly supported, but it installed fine except detecting the NIC. I bought a HP NC373T Nic because it was in the HCL and I've used them before. I installed in in the PCI-e 16 slot and reloaded ESXi but it does not see the new NIC either. I have disabled the on-board NIC before installing. Does anyone have any advice to get this NIC seen?

The release I've used are 3.5.0 that a co-worker made from a release on 4/30/09. It is the one that doesn't see the new NIC. I've downloaded the latest release (6/22/09) but that errors on install with "*Failed to load lvmdriver" .

Is it possible to get the HP NIC working since it is in the HCL?

Thanks.

--Tom

Marvell 88E8056 support?

bandrews — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:34:38 GMT

Can anyone confirm if this network card (common on some server motherboards) will or will not work with ESX4 and/or ESX4i ?

MSA1000 fiber controllers crash after ugrading to ESX3.5.0 U3

InfoEE — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:29:28 GMT

We are using a SAN HP MSA1000 and 4 blades HP BL20P G4.
There are several VMs running on them that are used in production. I don't want to loose all the stuff because it should take a lot of time to restore.

Since I've upgraded the ESX servers from 3.0.2 to 3.5.0 U3, the fiber controllers of the SAN crash each time it works with large amounts of data.

According to HP, the current firmware version (4.48) of the controllers is not compatible with ESX 3.5.0 because they work in ACTIVE/PASSIVE mode.

The solution would be to upgrade the controllers to firmware version 7.10 which works in ACTIVE/ACTIVE mode.

Our HW support provider is afraid that the ESX servers would not react correctly when the access to the storage box (MSA1000) is changed from ACTIVE/PASSIVE to ACTIVE/ACTIVE.

Could you confirm that the firmware upgrade is the good solution.

Regards,

Eric

Does ESXi 4.0 work on Dell PowerEdge T100?

JohnM123 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:04:08 GMT

Does anyone know if ESXi will work on a Dell PowerEdge T100 Intell Xenon?

If so, I am guessing the onboard SATA Raid will now work for a Raid 1.... Will the SAS6iR work?

Thanks!

Does VMware-ESX-Certification-Appliance-2.1.0.0-164751 support DCMI and sensor-specific event sensor?

HackerJeffGuo — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:44:21 GMT

We encount 2 issues when do VMWare ESX certification on one server hardware system.

Would you please help to answer the questions or recommend the proper window for
questions at below?
1. Does VMware ESX4.0 or its certification tool
(VMware-ESX-Certification-Appliance-2.1.0.0-164751) support DCMI Spec?
2. Does OMC support the IPMI sensor whose event type is "sensor specific" ?

Issues:
1. VMware Certification Temperature Sensor Mismatch
OMC = 22,?SFCB = 7.
2. VMware Certification Power Supply Count Mismatch
OMC (Open Management with CIM) =1,SFCB (Small Footprint CIM Broker) =3

Environment:
Server:VMware ESX 4.0
Certification appliance: VMware-ESX-Certification-Appliance-2.1.0.0-164751

[Ask] How to mount MSA2000i into ESXi 3.5

D2k — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:27:39 GMT

Greetings all,

As per subject, would you kindly help me to do so... ?
I want the MSA2000i as a second storage (Other than Datasore) for the installation of guest OS

My ESXi running on HPBlade 460cG1 with 2x147Gb SAS Storage, Dual Quad Xeon and 8gb of memory.
Datastore only have its own storage (SAS 2x147gb) and its doesnt enough for my guest OS.

Plese help me step by step to mount my MSA2000i as a second "datastore"
And with that configuration of my ESXi how many guest OS recomended ?

Thank you,

D2k

Problems on Fedora 11 (2.6.29 kernel) as a host

russellr — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:09:58 GMT

Hi,

Here's the list I've found so far:

On random occasions, moving from the a guest to the host causes
SHIFT, CTRL, and ALT keys to stop working in the host. They continue to
work fine in the guest. Only solution is to logout of X and login again.
Suspending a VM causes Workstation to hang after the suspend is
complete. Only way to release it is to kill the vmware-vmx process.
While it is hung, it is using CPU.
Logging off an X session (tested with Gnome) causes the guest
machines to be effectively powered-off forthwith. No suspension, no
backgrounding. This is despite the fact that "Run powered on VMs in
background after close" is enabled in Workstation.
no sound device is available into the guests.

Using Workstation 6.5.2 build-156735

In addition, which might be related to Fedora 11, hgfs mangles some file names (e.g. files that have a % sign in them):

I've reported this as a bug here:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=509463

The bug was rejected by RedHat as being a vendor problem.

The guest was Fedora 7.

regards,

RR

How to configure the USB CD-ROM to install a guest OS

Mindtreemind — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:23:09 GMT

Hi All,

I'm having a 32-bit machine i have a 32-bit VM ware running on top of it. I don't have a CD-ROM connected to the board Directly. But i have a CD ROM which is a USB device. When i try to install install a guest Centos-OS in that it says "please insert CD in to CD-ROM", even though i have a CD-ROM attached to my system externally. Hence i'm not able to install install a guest OS in a VM ware. Please some one let me know how to configure my USB CD-ROM to run the OS setup. If it is not possible please let me know the other possiblilites over which i can install a OS.

DELL PowerEdge R900

Rhidian — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:48:14 GMT

Hi Could anyone tell me if the following hardware is supported by ESX or EXI and what license would be required?

4x Quad-Core Intel Xeon E7310, 1.6GHz, 4MB

32GB Memory, 667MHz (16x2GB Dual Ranked FB DIMMs)

RAID 6, Add-in PERC6/i Controller, 4-5 of 3.5" or 4-8 of 2.5" HDDs

PERC 6/i, Integrated RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, PCIe, 256MB Cache

4x 300GB, SAS, 3.5-inch, 15K RPM Hard Drive (Hot Plug)

Two Hot Plug High Efficiency Power Supplies for Redundancy with 2 Rack Power Cords

TCP/IP Offload Engine (4P TOE), iSCSI Ready

Internal SATA DVD-ROM Drive

Regards,

Performance with NAS GB Lan

hendrikdw — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:17:12 GMT

Hi

I am busy setting up VMware ESXi for a client. He has an small to medium business.
With +/- 15 Servers and 50 users.
The ESXi Server is an Intel Xeon 2.5Ghz Quad Core Server.
I was thinking to use the Intel Omega SS4200E NAS Storage System.
It has 1 GB Lan and RAID 5 with 4 1TB Hdd.
And would use GB Lan.

How would the Performance be over the LAN with the NAS?
Would it be possible to run all 15 VM from the NAS over the GB Lan?

Thanks
Hendrikdw

High Availability without shard storage

curiousagain — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:24:51 GMT

Hi,

Is it possible to work with High Availability without shard storage?

I mean, if I have 2 separate host servers, is it possible to manage HA between them?

Thanks.

3Com 3C905CS-TX-M NIC Card

backpedal — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:29:18 GMT

Hi, I have ESX4 running in a test lab. I have a 3COM 3C905CX-TX-M NIC that I would like to use. I know its not on the VMWare hardware list, but has anyone managed to get this card to work. When I install it in the PC ESX fails to recognise it in any way.

ESXi install fails on X58 i7-920, any advise?

bhauger — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:40:20 GMT

Recently integrated an ASUS P6T Deluxe (Intel X58) based Intel Core i7-920 system. I'm running the onboard ICH10R in RAID0 mode with two 10KRPM WD 300GB Raptors.

Booting the ESXi.i386 3.5.0 U3 disc, I'm given the error that no storage devices are visible, even though there's a RAID0 volume with Vista x64 Business SP1 installed. What gives? How do I install ESXi?

UPDATE: It looks as though one possible workaround is available here: solution?

UPDATE2: No biscuit. That might have worked if I wanted to run in non-RAID mode. Looks like vmware simply doesn't support my hardware, despite how commodity it is.

UPDATE3: Another possible solution. Modify the default oem.tgz. I'm trying the community unified oem.tgz v1.03, wish me luck!!

UPDATE4: No biscuit, I cannot recognize the RAID volume on my ICH10. VMware ESXi == FAIL.

hardware

fofolindo — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:50:25 GMT

gostaria de saber se dá para virtualizar um hardware.
tipo, eu tenho duas placas pci que juntas geram conflito. então eu gostaria de instalar uma na maquina principal e outra na virtual... é possível???
grato

Hardware Issue

syedshafi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:08:13 GMT

I'm new to VMware. I loaded my Optiplex GX-520 with ESXi 3.5 and then installed Win2k3 Standard Ed. as guest OS. It worked fine. For some reason I tried ESX 3.5 u4 60 days evaluation on the same machine but after loading ESX i found no datastore. After consecutive trial I wanted to get back to ESXi 3.5 again but its not being loaded anymore, leaves with fatal error due to hardware incompatibility I guess. I tried formatting the drive, but still the same. It has a SATA HDD.

ESX 4.0 with HP DL160R06 or DL320G5p

robertoumberto — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:47:24 GMT

Hello,

does anyone knows whether the following modells works on the new ESX4.0, not ESX4.0i:

HP DL160R06 or DL320G5p

And i know that both servers are not litsted in the hcl.

thanks for every answer

Dell Inspiron 545MT

thempstead — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:33:51 GMT

We're considering several systems to use for testing of various Linux and Opensolaris configurations, (i.e. crash and burn testing as opposed to production systems). Now these would only be used by a single admin each hence do not need to be too high a spec as there will be no "user" load but they may need to run multilpe VMs at once.

We were considering the Dell Inspiron 545MT desktop mid-tower models with Core 2 Quad Q8200, 4GB of ram and 640GB of SATA storage as they are pretty cheap and should be quiet enough to run in an open plan office environment.

Do people think that this would be suitable and will these systems run ESXi 4.0 ok, (in particular disk and built in NIC support) ?

Hardware Mainboard ASUS Compatibility Raid SATA Controller

Novell2 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:32:02 GMT

Hi,

who has a ASUS Mainboard with SATA-RAID5 that works with vSphere4? If yes witch ASUS modell and Raidcontroller (ICH10R)

Thanks a Lot!

Silicon Image 3124

acpzehetal — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:08:46 GMT

A few days ago we have installed a Vmware ESX 4.0 server on HP DL350 G6 and it works allright. Then we added a SATA2 PCIe Card with a Silicon Image 3124 Chip on it and attached a harddisk to it. Even after several reboots of the ESX the controller isn´t appearing on the VI Management Interface. Isn´t the Silicon Image 3124 not supported under ESX 4.0, because i can´t find anything that it isn´t. Or do we have to configure or install anything to use it?

Supermicro 1041M-T2 + ESXI 4

Scrinf — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:03:51 GMT

Hello,

I´m interesting in this hardware for ESXI 4 but i dont know if is possible.

http://www.supermicro.es/?opcion=contenido&plt=productos/EN/aplus%2Fsystem%2F1U%2F1041%2F1041M-T2

12 Gb ram

Doble procesador AMD Istambul

3 x 1Tb Sata Hard Disk Raid 5.

Initial configuration for virtualitation of one server Red Hat and anyone Windows 2003 or 2008

Thanks

Virtual Center Database is Enormous

T-10 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:16:08 GMT

Environment is VC 2.5 running SQL 2005 and 5 ESX 3.5 servers. The drive space on the VC server is near full compacity with less than 1gb remaining. The VC1_Log.LDF database file is 154GB. Does anyone have an idea to why it has grown so large and what I can do to reduce the size?

Thanks!

RSA Authentication Manager 7.1

enus — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:03:08 GMT

Has anyone managed to implement this successfully with VMware ESX. We
have followed the recommendations like 4 gig memory and it still takes
20-30 to start up the Oracle back end and 3-4 minutes to start the web
gui.

RSA have said they do not officially support this version on a virtual so I am hoping someone has implemented this successfully.

Thanks

ESXi rack server SATA on the cheap? 2U-3U

Degel3030 — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:24:18 GMT

I am looking to change out my current server with one that I can actually rack mount (have a rack, no rackmounted server) and came across a Dell PowerEdge 2650 for fairly cheap ($90 if I pick it up) without any drives. I thought I could just put in a SATA card and put in some SATA drives (to save money) but after doing some research it seems this is not possible. I guess because of the power supply and no adapters or room for expansion. I then started searching for other options, found a HP Proliant that was somewhat cheap but again, SCSI only. I then started searching for rack servers that did have the SATA connections and was only able to find 1U options, with most being fairly expensive. So is there anything out there that will work with ESXi and have the expansion of multiple drives for under, say $200ish used? Would it be cheaper to just get a small NAS/SAN and the original PowerEdge 2650? Maybe there is actually some way to put in SATA drives into the PowerEdge or another similar model?

Thanks for any help/insight

Boot from USB

Christman — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:21:29 GMT

Hello everyone,

I am trying to boot from an external USB drive in order to test my parents XP install out (their computer crashed), and I see that everyone seems to like Continuum's post about this process. However, I cannot seem to open up this specifc post; even after logging in it says I am unauthorized.

Could someone please help me out? Either repost the steps in here or let me know how to get a USB drive to boot up in VM Player.

Thanks!

-Nick

IBM LPe11000 on 3.5 U4

jdoll66 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:52:56 GMT

Have really encountered an aggravating situation here.

ESX 3.5 U4 (Build 153875)

Running on IBM x3850 M2. Have 2 of these IBM LPe11000 HBAs (Firmware 2.50a6, BIOS 1.71a0) . Want to update FW to 2.80a4 and BIOS to 2.02a1.

Have gone through the ESX upgrade http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/drivercd/esx35-lpfc_elx_v740-7.4.0.41.html

to update the driver. However, the driver lpfc_0740 will not load. So much for hbanyware tools.

Emulex offline utilities won't work either.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Buffalo NAS

DeAnnC — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:46:16 GMT

First I hope I've placed this in the right area.

We are running ESXi on a test server in our Server group area. We want to attach a NAS to this and are looking at the Buffalo LS-Q2 NAS

I am wondering if anyone has used this product and if it was easy enough to attach to ESXi and if not, something you woild recommed in place of it, keeping in mind the price point and storage size.

Thanks so much for any advice you all can give.

Linux screen command

Russv07 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:41:47 GMT

Is it possible to use the linux screen command to open multiple screens within a putty or console session in ESX 3.5? If so, is there any documentation on how to install it? And also does this require a reboot of the ESX host?

Can i run ESXI on HP ML115 G5

verdulero — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:42:11 GMT

its a dual core AMD Opteron 1214 (2.2)

1Gb ram, NC105i PCI Express Gigabit, HD sata NHP.

Intel i7 / Nehalem for vSphere

rgdejong — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:33:25 GMT

Hi all,

Any recommendations on motherboard, SATA controller, NIC, RAM etc. on a Intel i7 family processor (specifically the i7 920) for ESX 4.0? Is the i7 920 suitable anyway? Would ESX 3.5 also run on it?

Thanks in advance,

Rob

ESXi 4.0 on Fujitsu-Siemens AMILO Li3745

chitambira — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:14:41 GMT

Will ESXi 4.0 install and run on Fujitsu-Siemens AMILO Li3745 with: Intel Quad Core Q8300 processor, 2.5GHz processor speed. Anybodu who has tried this out???

Harddisc Capacity on ESXi 4.0

BoneTrader — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:28:18 GMT

Hello,

how much Capacity can ESXi 4.0 handle??? I thought i read something abaut 2 TB ??? is that correct?

VMware ESXi 4.0 installation failed

Dicalder — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:51:45 GMT

Motherboard:

MICRO-START INTERNATIONAL, MS-7514

INTEL CORE DUO CPU E7300 @ 2.66GHz

6 GB Memory

When is loading the CD to install, stop showing this:

ESXi 4.0

Failed to load tpm

Failed to load lvmdriver

====

What I need to do to fix it?

Only one active core on Xeon Quad Cores

Claudio_ — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:39:27 GMT

Hi.

We have ESX 3.5 installed on one of our servers with xeon core 2 quad processor, 2.4GHz.

I have a problem with one virtual machine that takes 100% of processor but problem is not all 4 cores are working on the same time.

when one core is working others are in passive mode, not working. I mean in one moment works one core, later works another core and so on but not more than one core works on the same time.

On VI/performance I see only 25% of processor used and full frequency speed 2.4GH

My Dell server has latest bios update.

Please, what can I do for having all 4 cores on normal active mode, active on the same time.

Thank you in advance.

Bye.

Monitoring Hardware failure on ESX using IBM Director Console

ramvenkey — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:23:48 GMT

We have IBM x3655-7985 installed ESX on it. But recently we
got situation that (Voltage Regulator 1 power good failure). We are monitoring
IBM servers using IBM Director Console. But we didnt receive any alerts before
the server went down on IBM director console. My question is here ESX 3.0.1
Will support IBM Director Console for monitoring the hardware failure of the
server?Also we have Remote Supervisor Adapter installed on it.

HP NC522SFP Fibre based 10GB Nic

Brockhillbob — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:54:36 GMT

Hi - anyone have any experience of running one of these cards (preferably in a Proliant DL380G5) please?

Its not listed on the i/o compatibility HCL but I was wondering if anyone had any practical experience of it working or not, or any news of official inclusion in the i/o HCL?

Thanks

Bob

IP SAN Equallogic vs Lefthand

ts0842 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:57:26 GMT

We are planning to get the IP SAN in our environment. Anyone have any suggestion?? Lefthand give a pretty good deal on price but from review many people suggest us to get the Equallogic.

ESXi does not recognize a virtual machine from a RAID 1 backup drive

virt123 — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:00:20 GMT

Hello all,

We have a Dell PowerEdge 2950 III server on which we run ESXi. We have four pairs of RAID 1 drives (8 drives total). Each pair is set as its own Data Store in ESXi. Each separate pair of drives holds its own Virtual Machine.

All of these drives are hot-swappable, so we pull a drive from each pair, which we store as a backup, and then insert a new drive to rebuild. This way, if disaster strikes and both drives in a set fail, we can shut the server down, pull the failed pair, insert our backup copy, reboot the server, and be back where we were before the drives failed.

The problem we are having is that when we reboot the server, ESXi no longer recognizes the virtual machine on that drive. If we go to the console, the screen is black. In the VMware Infrastructure, the tree shows the message "Unknown (inaccessible)" where the virtual machine used to be. I suspect it has something to do with the way Dell handles foreign drives. You have to go into the Bios and "Import Foreign", which allows the drive to be used. Does anyone know how ESXi recognizes the virtual machines? The virtual machine still exists on the drive, but ESXi doesn't recognize it. Does it just read a header file on the drive, and if it does not match what is in its configuration, lists it as unknown and inaccessible?

Thanks for any help or information!

ESX 3.5 support / Configuration for UDO Plasmon Optical Drive

FGLVMware — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:10:16 GMT

I have a Plasmon UDO60 drive which I want to use from a W2K3 guest, hosted under ESX 3.5. I have attached the drive, via Adaptec SCSI HBA, to ESX and at boot up of the ESX physical server the drive is correctly reported as a Plasmon UDO device. However, from this point onwards the drive is not recognised by ESX, therefore cannot be presented to my Windows guest.

Being fairly new to ESX I am wondering where I am going wrong here. Is there something I am missing which needs to be done in order for the drive to become available in ESX ?

I have the required drivers for Windows, and for Red-Hat - but are the Red-Hat drivers required to be installed on ESX ? I understood that ESX would pick the drive up without intervention and allow me to present it to the Windows O/S - where the drivers would require installing.

Any help / input appreciated.

Andy.

2 CPU vs 4 CPU

stebe — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:35:40 GMT

I currently have a HP C7000 chassis with 8 BL460 blades in it. I have room for either 8 more half height (2 CPU) blades or 4 full height (4 CPU) blades. The biggest difference would be how many CPUs the server holds. Do I run a whole lot of guests on 4 full height servers (with 4 CPU each) or break up the load over 8 half height servers (with 2 CPU each)? Thoughts???

A general system error occurred: failed to initiate vmotion dest (vim.fault.invalidstate)

Uch — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:40:38 GMT

Lads when I try and Vmotion a virtual machine from an existing esx server to a new one for load balancing it fails with the following error "A general system error occurred: failed to initiate vmotion dest (vim.fault.invalidstate)" It seems to happen with NT4 servers and W2K servers but not with w2K3 servers, any ideas ?

Processor Grandfathering

Dr.Virt — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:24:23 GMT

We have a cluster of Dell R805s. The load on this Cluster has risen to the point where our N+1 is in jeopardy. So we decided to add another R805.

When we contacted or rep., we were informed that our previous configuration utilizing the AMD 2360SE was no longer available. The suggested replacement was an AMD 2380.

My questions are as follows:

1) Has anyone else added a host with a similiar, but different processor and had no issues with vMotion?

2) Is there a compatibility chart somewhere that shows processors with the greatest chance of grandfathering?

3) Can VMware start a validation processes to assist us?

I ask #3, because one large issue virtualization creates is the longevity of infrastructure unification. Very few of us can purchase all the hardware we need for the next 2 years. We are forced to scale the infrastructure with the growth (which is a good thing). Yet, with the velocity of hardware transformation within our field, it is nearly impossible to expand a cluster as the physical peaces are in constant flex. So, I must admit that I am having a hard time reaping the benefits of on demand scalability that VMware has claimed. But I digress ...

Really, has anyone put the 2360SE and 2380 in a cluster together?

Advise on Testserver Hardware (working with ESXi 3.5)

BoneTrader — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:28:14 GMT

Hi @ All

I am just starting to get involved with ESXi 3.5 and want to set up a Testserver at my Homeoffice. I planned to use following parts:

Mainboard: Asus P5BV-SAS

RAM: 8 GB ECC (Kingston)

CPU: Intel Xeon 3320 @ 2.4 Ghz

HDDs: 2x Samsung Spinpiont F1 HD103 UJ 1TB

will the Hardware do the job?

is there any support for AM3

aliaj00 — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:02:39 GMT

Hi all,

is there any support for am3 based motherboards as this are going with ddr3 and are cheap enough. like

GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD

can esxi run on this one.

thanks to all

Clone / Image 2.5 hard drive using usb drive adapter, what software do I need?

AccelDan — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:08:56 GMT

There are two things I'm trying to accomplish utilizing an ide to usb universal drive adapter.

1st I have a laptop with an unusable motherboard but the hard drive is healthy and it has multiple partitions and OS's on it. I would like to create a VM from it. I've been reading the boards for days and believe this shouldn't be hard but I still wouldn't object to a walkthrough. This will be my first venture into virtulization.

2nd I would like to use a netbook in conjunction with the universal drive adapter (and possibly external storage to hold large images) to create clone images from physical disks to be used at a later date in VMware for forensic evaluation, offsite troubleshooting, and honeypotting of infected systems.

I've read about people using ide drives across usb interfaces having some issues and would like to know what kind of success or troubles others have had with the software solutions I'm considering and any recommendations on alternative solutions.

I imagine I will need to buy a copy of VMware workstation
I'll probably need a copy of converter.. or something similar
I'm considering Symantec backup exec for cloning physical disks and wonder how it may work with an ide drive connected via usb.
I've also been looking at the EZgig II software that comes with some of the drive adapters, I see it uses a .tib extension but I'm not sure if converter will play well with the EZgig II .tib image.

Thanks