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Adding an additional network card is causing problem in the virtual environment

Johndunne — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:40:09 +0000

We are trying to add an additional virtual network card to an existing solaris 10 environment. But after we add this, all (4) existing virtual network cards in the solaris environment are ‘lost’.

We are using ESX v7

Has anyone seen this or something similar?

Vmware vmdk file converting problem

Eliyevelxan — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:13:03 +0000

Hi. I have test.vmdk workstation file. I wand convert for esxserver 4.0 . I tryed it by vmkfstools. i writed like that

vmkfstools -i test.vmdk edomain.vmdk

But i get the error

[root@ESX Edomain]# vmkfstools -i test.vmdk edomain.vmdk Destination disk format: VMFS zeroedthick Failed to open ‘test.vmdk’: Broken pipe (2097161).

The directory is right

Then i tried to do this instruction

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/227143;jsessionid=2DA3CAB1E4F583CEC8887DDB6144C151?tstart=0

But the problem not resolved. The system cannot recognized the file after operation vmware-vdiskmanager. Please help

Checking for the server a ESX 3.5 Guest is running on?

Michael Morisy — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:28:31 +0000

When I’m on an ESX 3.5 guest, is there a way to find out which ESX server it is running on? I don’t have access to the ESX host to do it the other way around via command line.

what is the difference between esx , esx server , esxi

Shaikni — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:43:03 +0000

what is the difference between esx , esx server , esxi

HA vm restart

Hechicero — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:11:48 +0000

Hi blog!!

I have ESX 3 server with HA (high availability).

If the server ESX crashes my vm’s are moved to another ESX server, when all my vm’s moved to the new ESX server do they keep their status (power on) or their status change for example they restart. Thanks

I reinstalled ESX and can not connect to my old VMS

JackOfAllITMasterOfNone — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:04:48 +0000

I had to reinstall my ESX server. After I reinstalled the ESX server I logged into it using VMware infrastructure client. I can see the data partion using “brows data store” but my ESX will not add the VMs

Reconnecting data store to reload of ESX

Jimdenver1 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:58:57 +0000

My ESX server died due to hw failure. My data store resides on a seperate RAID5 set and I need to reconnect the datastore to my new ESX load. How can I do this without destroying the data in my disconnected /vmfs datastore?

ESX Hardware configuration

CraigS65 — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:36:55 +0000

I am interested in bringing up an ESX Server to learn more. I have tried the Evals and am now willing to purchase the product. I have no need to purchase high-end hardware as there will be very few users. Does anyone have a specific hardware list (m/b model, etc)? Thanks in advance