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I've had the saem issue with vCharter Pro and ESX 3.5 and after discussions with colleagues and looking at other sources decided toadjust the thresholds within vCharter Pro rather than mess abo... See more...
I've had the saem issue with vCharter Pro and ESX 3.5 and after discussions with colleagues and looking at other sources decided toadjust the thresholds within vCharter Pro rather than mess about with the heap sizes with ESX. After all there seems to be no issue as far as ESX is concerned. Regards Andy.
i have the exact same issue, also only noticed since vcharter pro was installed. I haven't found any way of fixing this, has anybody else?
I've just had exactly the same issue between 4 Dell PowerEdge 2950's. The issue is not the hardware for me, it is VMware Patches. I had all 4 servers at the same patch level and as soon a... See more...
I've just had exactly the same issue between 4 Dell PowerEdge 2950's. The issue is not the hardware for me, it is VMware Patches. I had all 4 servers at the same patch level and as soon as I started applying the latest round of 3.5 patches i could no longer VMotion from a host of the pre-patched state to one that I had just patched without this warning showing up for all of my 64-bit vm's. To be safe I powered off a test 64-bit vm and cold migrated it to a patched host and powered on. There seemed to be no adverse affects when the vm powered up and after I had done the cold migration I was able to vmotion between all the patched hosts without issue. I can only assume that VMware has put something in one of there latest patches which is affecting 64-bit vm's.
Every time I change the file I pass it through a format conversion program so that it is in linux format and has all the correct formatting so i don't think it is that. Thanks for t... See more...
Every time I change the file I pass it through a format conversion program so that it is in linux format and has all the correct formatting so i don't think it is that. Thanks for the reply though .
I have a scripted installation file which works fine and installs everything including all post network config etc however as soon as I enable interactive mode so that users can change the ip add... See more...
I have a scripted installation file which works fine and installs everything including all post network config etc however as soon as I enable interactive mode so that users can change the ip address etc to build different hosts the install falls over with a few anaconda errors ending in the following line: AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'order' The config file is as follows: (for some reason this forum is interpretting hashes in my script file is the number 1) Regional Settings keyboard uk lang en_GB langsupport --default en_GB timezone --utc Europe/Dublin Installation settings interactive skipx text mouse none firewall --disabled Unencrypted root password: V1rTUaLIz3 rootpw --iscrypted $1$5a17$LhBegAZBDjCV8e7Z3hAxz0 reboot install cdrom Driver disks Load drivers Bootloader options bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=sda Authentication auth --enableshadow --enablemd5 Partitioning clearpart --all --drives=sda --initlabel part /boot --fstype ext3 --size 200 --ondisk=sda --asprimary part swap --size 1600 --ondisk=sda --asprimary part / --fstype ext3 --size 3072 --ondisk=sda --asprimary part /home --fstype ext3 --size 512 --ondisk=sda part /tmp --fstype ext3 --size 2048 --ondisk=sda part /var --fstype ext3 --size 4096 --ondisk=sda part /opt --fstype ext3 --size 2048 --ondisk=sda part None --fstype vmkcore --size 100 --ondisk=sda part None --fstype vmfs3 --size 20480 --ondisk=sda Network Configurations network --device eth0 --bootproto static --ip 192.168.163.95 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.163.1 --nameserver 192.168.163.4 --hostname scripted.vmdomain.com --addvmportgroup=0 VMWare License options vmaccepteula vmlicense --mode=server --server=27000@192.168.163.5 --edition=esxfull --features=backup,vsmp %vmlicense_text %packages @base %post cp /etc/rc.d/rc.local /etc/rc.d/rc.local.bak cp /etc/localtime /etc/localtime.old cat > /etc/rc.d/rc.local<<EFO1 #!/bin/sh Add extra uplink to vSwitch0 esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic1 vSwitch0 Create Production Virtual Switch esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch1 esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic1 vSwitch1 esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic2 vSwitch1 esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic4 vSwitch1 Create a Backup Virtual Switch esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch2 esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic2 vSwitch2 esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic3 vSwitch2 esxcfg-vswitch -L vmnic5 vSwitch2 Create an Internal Virtual Switch esxcfg-vswitch -a vSwitch3 Create Port Groups esxcfg-vswitch -A VMotion vSwitch0 esxcfg-vswitch -A Production vSwitch1 esxcfg-vswitch -A Backup vSwitch2 esxcfg-vswitch -A Internal vSwitch3 Create VMotion Interface esxcfg-vmknic -a VMotion -i 192.168.163.96 -n 255.255.255.0 service mgmt-vmware restart sleep 20 Use the vimsh shell to activate the VMotion functionality vimsh -n -e "/hostsvc/vmotion/vnic_set portgroup1" Open Firewall Ports esxcfg-firewall -e ntpClient esxcfg-firewall -e sshClient Add Extra DNS Servers echo nameserver 192.168.50.200 >>/etc/resolv.conf Add NTP Servers mv /etc/ntp.conf /etc/ntp.conf.bak echo "restrict 127.0.0.1" >>/etc/ntp.conf echo "restrict default kod nomodify notrap" >>/etc/ntp.conf echo "server 192.168.50.30" >>/etc/ntp.conf echo "driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift" >>/etc/ntp.conf Modify Step-Tickers File mv /etc/ntp/step-tickers /etc/ntp/step-tickers.bak echo "192.168.50.30" >>/etc/ntp/step-tickers echo " " >>/etc/ntp/step-tickers ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Dublin /etc/localtime Allow Root User SSH Access - Disable These Commands If Unsure sed -e 's/PermitRootLogin no/PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config > /etc/ssh/sshd_config.new mv -f /etc/ssh/sshd_config.new /etc/ssh/sshd_config service sshd restart Add local SSH user useradd -p ziG3isbGhHixg ssh_user Increase the Service Console Memory in esx.conf sed -i -e 's/272/800/' /etc/vmware/esx.conf Increase the Service Console Memory in grub.conf sed -i -e 's/272M/800M/' /boot/grub/grub.conf sed -i -e 's/277504/818176/' /boot/grub/grub.conf Return rc mv -f /etc/rc.d/rc.local.bak /etc/rc.d/rc.local reboot EOF1 Does anybody have any idea why this is not working? As soon as I comment out the 'interactive' bit it flies through fine. Thanks
My management server has several ip addresses, one for the public network and one for the management network. Due to a 3rd party app installed on the server the binding order has to be set so tha... See more...
My management server has several ip addresses, one for the public network and one for the management network. Due to a 3rd party app installed on the server the binding order has to be set so that the public network connection is at the top of the order. However this causes an issue with update manager as it seems that when a scan is performed update manager is listening on whichever interface is at the top of the binding order. Is there a way of fixing the update manager to listen on a particular interface? I've run the through the update manager installation again and selected the corresponding interface but it doesn't seem to have done any good. I've also checked in the registry and can't see anything there as well. The update manager document doesn;t seem to help either.
In the old version of ESX you used to be able to run esxtop and work out which vm was running on which of the physical cpu's on a host. Within ESX 3.0.1 esxtop does not seem to show this infor... See more...
In the old version of ESX you used to be able to run esxtop and work out which vm was running on which of the physical cpu's on a host. Within ESX 3.0.1 esxtop does not seem to show this information, the cpu column being full of "-". I am assuming that this is because all the virtual machines are running within a host cluster? Is there a way to find out this information as it would really help me!
no, this never got resolved. I did raise a support call with VMware who predictably told me that SP2 wasn't supported. There solution was to revert the SQL install to SP1 (which we couldn't do)... See more...
no, this never got resolved. I did raise a support call with VMware who predictably told me that SP2 wasn't supported. There solution was to revert the SQL install to SP1 (which we couldn't do) or install VC into another database. In the end we scratched around and managed to find an SQL 2000 SP4 database which of course worked first time.
This is the contents of one of the vpx log files on the virtual center server Log for VMware VirtualCenter, pid=4880, version=2.0.1, build=build-32042, option=Release, section=2 \[2007-04-17 ... See more...
This is the contents of one of the vpx log files on the virtual center server Log for VMware VirtualCenter, pid=4880, version=2.0.1, build=build-32042, option=Release, section=2 \[2007-04-17 16:41:24.784 'App' 5016 info] Current working directory: C:\WINNT\system32 \[2007-04-17 16:41:24.784 'App' 5016 info] Initializing SSL context \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'App' 5016 info] Vmacore::InitSSL: doVersionCheck = true, handshakeTimeoutUs = 120000000 \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'BaseLibs' 5016 info] NFC connection accept timeout: 180000 milliseconds \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'BaseLibs' 5016 info] NFC request timeout: 180000 milliseconds \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'BaseLibs' 5016 info] NFC read timeout: 60000 milliseconds \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'BaseLibs' 5016 info] NFC write timeout: 600000 milliseconds \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'App' 5016 info] Starting VMware VirtualCenter 2.0.1 build-32042 \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'App' 5016 info] Account name: SYSTEM \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'App' 5016 info] \[VpxOsLayer] Enabled low-frag process heap. \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'App' 5016 info] \[VpxOsLayer] Enabled low-frag crt heap. \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'App' 5016 info] \[VpxLRO] 32 max LROs \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'App' 5016 info] \[VpxLRO] 6 reserved internal LROs \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'App' 5016 info] \[VpxLRO] 6 reserved blocker LROs \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'App' 5016 info] \[VpxLRO] 6 reserved short LROs \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'App' 5016 info] \[VpxLRO] 2 reserved long LROs \[2007-04-17 16:41:25.628 'App' 5016 info] \[VpxLRO] 600-second task lifetime \[2007-04-17 16:41:31.003 'App' 5016 error] \[VpxdVdb] Failed to init tableDef: ODBC error: (42000) - \[Microsoft]\[ODBC SQL Server Driver]\[SQL Server]The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'sp_columns', database 'mssqlsystemresource', schema 'sys'.. Database version may be incompatible. \[2007-04-17 16:41:31.003 'App' 5016 error] Failed to intialize VMware VirtualCenter. Shutting down... \[2007-04-17 16:41:31.003 'App' 5016 info] Shutting down VMware VirtualCenter now \[2007-04-17 16:41:31.003 'App' 5016 error] SetServiceStatus failed: The handle is invalid
That's the kb article i followed to setup the database, thanks for replying though! Anybody else??
Having just installed 2 3.0.1 hosts for my client I have now come to install their management server. The only SQL server available to us is a SQL 2005 SP2 server. The vc database was created f... See more...
Having just installed 2 3.0.1 hosts for my client I have now come to install their management server. The only SQL server available to us is a SQL 2005 SP2 server. The vc database was created fine and the vc installation worked fine with no problems. Examing the database with 2005 studio manager I could see all the vc tables within the database which was great. However, when I came to start the vc server service it failed. Examinging the vpx log files on the vc server showed very strange errors such as execute permission errors, SP_COLUMNS errors etc. I would have put more details but I don't have access to the vpx logs at the moment. Has anybody got VC2.0.1 working with SQL 2005 SP2 and if so how?
I moved the HBA to another server and tested it and that worked fine so there must be an incompatibility with the server I was using. It was a HP DL145 which I know is not on the HCL but I was h... See more...
I moved the HBA to another server and tested it and that worked fine so there must be an incompatibility with the server I was using. It was a HP DL145 which I know is not on the HCL but I was hoping I could get it to work some how. Oh well, looks like I'll have to use the DL145 for something else.
I have just tested boot from SAN with windows 2003 and the install and reboot process works without any issues at all. All I have to do was supply an up-to-date HBA driver for windows. This pro... See more...
I have just tested boot from SAN with windows 2003 and the install and reboot process works without any issues at all. All I have to do was supply an up-to-date HBA driver for windows. This proves that the SAN & LUN are functioning ok so I can only imagine that the problem lies with VI3 somewhere. I'm not sure where to look next, can anybody help???
I am trying to get one of my VI3 servers to boot from SAN. The san is an IBM FastT600 (or DS4300). I have created one 15GB lun and masked it off in its own storage partition so only the wwn o... See more...
I am trying to get one of my VI3 servers to boot from SAN. The san is an IBM FastT600 (or DS4300). I have created one 15GB lun and masked it off in its own storage partition so only the wwn of the VI3 servers HBA can access it. The LUN id of this LUN has been set to zero. The owning storage processor of this LUN is SP A. The HBA (which is a QLogic 2340) has had the BIOS upgraded to 1.50 which is the latest on the qlogic site. It has the BIOS and Boot Selection options enabled. I have selected the WWN of the storage processor A and the submenu shows that LUN 0 can be seen. I have selected LUN 0 so that the BIOS shows SP A LUN 0 as the boot path & LUN. I have also verified that the LUN which the HBA bios can see is the correct LUN by changing the LUN id to a different number and seeing if the HBA picks up the new id when a device scan is performed from the HBA. It does so this proves I am looking at the correct LUN. The settings have been saved to the BIOS and upon reboot the HBA banner shows that it is looking at LUN 0. When I come to install VI3 (via graphical mode) the blue screen hangs on the QLA driver for around 2-3 minutes. I get a message saying that no storage has been found and it gives me an option to manually select one. I choose the QLA driver (out of a list of the network driver or the qlogic driver) and the install progresses to the point of loading up the proper GUI. After accepting the licence agreement and selecting keyboard and mouse settings I get a message appearing on the screen saying that no storage has been found at which time the server restarts. I've been over and over this and I can't see what I am doing wrong. Does anybody have any ideas??