Windows Server 2008 clustering is not officially supported within VMware ESX?
I read that Window sserver 2008 clustering is not officially supported within VMware ESX but that could be change . Any idea if this has been changed ? User submitted questions
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| September 25, 2011 5:04 PM
VMware, VMware ESX, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Clustering
I read that Window sserver 2008 clustering is not officially supported within VMware ESX but that could be change . Any idea if this has been changed ? User submitted questions
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| September 25, 2011 5:04 PM
VMware, VMware ESX, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Clustering
Exchange 2003 P2V
What is the best proven procedure for migrating a production exchange 2003 server to VMware ESXi?
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| May 4, 2009 2:07 PM
Exchange migration, P2V migrations, Physical to Virtual Migration, VMware, VMware ESX
What is the best proven procedure for migrating a production exchange 2003 server to VMware ESXi?
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| May 4, 2009 2:07 PM
Exchange migration, P2V migrations, Physical to Virtual Migration, VMware, VMware ESX
VMware ESX 3.02 to 3.5 upgrade path
Can anyone supply me with an upgrade path or any advice on what to look for when upgrading from ESX 3.02 to ESX 3.5 Thanks
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| April 13, 2009 2:40 PM
VMware, VMware 3.02 to 3.5 Upgrade, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware Upgrade
Can anyone supply me with an upgrade path or any advice on what to look for when upgrading from ESX 3.02 to ESX 3.5 Thanks
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| April 13, 2009 2:40 PM
VMware, VMware 3.02 to 3.5 Upgrade, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5, VMware Upgrade
iSCSI SAN solution for a VMware ESX 3.5
Looking for recommendations for an inexpensive iSCSI SAN solution for a VMware ESX 3.5 environment? Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question
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| July 7, 2009 7:56 PM
iSCSI SAN, SAN, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5
Looking for recommendations for an inexpensive iSCSI SAN solution for a VMware ESX 3.5 environment? Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question
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| July 7, 2009 7:56 PM
iSCSI SAN, SAN, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5
How does network traffic travel between VM’s on different blades in the same BladeCenter?
we have several ibm bladecenters H with a few hundred hosts across the blades. i know that on stand alone servers, VMs on the same vswitch don’t have to send network traffic out to a physical switch to pass data back and forth, it goes through the vswitch to the other VM, but how does [...]
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| February 23, 2009 2:07 AM
IBM BladeCenter, IBM BladeCenter H, Virtual Machines, VMware ESX
we have several ibm bladecenters H with a few hundred hosts across the blades. i know that on stand alone servers, VMs on the same vswitch don’t have to send network traffic out to a physical switch to pass data back and forth, it goes through the vswitch to the other VM, but how does [...]
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| February 23, 2009 2:07 AM
IBM BladeCenter, IBM BladeCenter H, Virtual Machines, VMware ESX
Virtualizing a Windows 2003 Print Server
A user recently submitted this question via e-mail: I’m currently running a VMware ESX server, and I’m wondering if anyone could give me further insight on virtualizing a Windows 2003 print server. Have you done it from scratch or P2V?
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| February 20, 2009 3:16 PM
VMware ESX, Windows 2003 Print Server, Windows 2003 Print Server Virtualization, Windows Print Servers, Windows Server 2003
A user recently submitted this question via e-mail: I’m currently running a VMware ESX server, and I’m wondering if anyone could give me further insight on virtualizing a Windows 2003 print server. Have you done it from scratch or P2V?
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| February 20, 2009 3:16 PM
VMware ESX, Windows 2003 Print Server, Windows 2003 Print Server Virtualization, Windows Print Servers, Windows Server 2003
Bladecenter ESX server Vlan problem
Hello, The bladecenter was initially setup by a company and allows me to only create VM’s from Vlan 2. The issue is that I am out of Ip’s in that vlan and I wanted the ability to use another address space for the VM’s. I’ve already created a new vlan 20. Here is the current [...]
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| February 20, 2009 6:08 PM
Bladecenter, Cisco 4500, Cisco switches, ESX, VLAN, VMware ESX
Hello, The bladecenter was initially setup by a company and allows me to only create VM’s from Vlan 2. The issue is that I am out of Ip’s in that vlan and I wanted the ability to use another address space for the VM’s. I’ve already created a new vlan 20. Here is the current [...]
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| February 20, 2009 6:08 PM
Bladecenter, Cisco 4500, Cisco switches, ESX, VLAN, VMware ESX
VMware virtual center in Backup Exec 12
After adding our VirtualCenter on ESX servers any click to it gets a timeout after a few minutes. Can’t select or browse for any VMs. We are using the newest version of esx an Virtual Center.
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| July 2, 2009 4:10 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12, Virtual Machines, VMware ESX, VMWare Virtual Center
After adding our VirtualCenter on ESX servers any click to it gets a timeout after a few minutes. Can’t select or browse for any VMs. We are using the newest version of esx an Virtual Center.
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| July 2, 2009 4:10 PM
Backup Exec, Backup Exec 12, Virtual Machines, VMware ESX, VMWare Virtual Center
ESX luns allocated on Symmetrix will not format.
Recently we allocated Symmetrix space for an ESX cluster. Some of the LUNs format fine but one or two come up with an error message that says “unable to read partition information from this disk.” All of the luns were exactly the same capacity. The ESX is currently attached to a Symmetrix array as well [...]
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| February 15, 2009 3:07 PM
Array, Clustering, EMC Symmetrix, LUN, Symmetrix, VMware ESX, VMware ESX Cluster
Recently we allocated Symmetrix space for an ESX cluster. Some of the LUNs format fine but one or two come up with an error message that says “unable to read partition information from this disk.” All of the luns were exactly the same capacity. The ESX is currently attached to a Symmetrix array as well [...]
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| February 15, 2009 3:07 PM
Array, Clustering, EMC Symmetrix, LUN, Symmetrix, VMware ESX, VMware ESX Cluster
VMware ESX vs. Hyper-V
I would like to get a discussion going on the communities experiences with VMWare ESX vs. Hyper-v Any insights you can share as to why you have chosen one over the other will be helpful for other community members looking to make a decision. Thanks Sean Community Manager
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| January 21, 2009 5:07 PM
Hyper-V, VMware, VMware ESX
I would like to get a discussion going on the communities experiences with VMWare ESX vs. Hyper-v Any insights you can share as to why you have chosen one over the other will be helpful for other community members looking to make a decision. Thanks Sean Community Manager
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| January 21, 2009 5:07 PM
Hyper-V, VMware, VMware ESX
Reconfiguring network switches as 802.1q VLAN trunks for VMware ESX implementation
My data center network switches are configured as access ports, but we are soon implementing VMware ESX. Is there an easy way to reconfigure the switches to operate as 802.1q VLAN trunks to take advantage of VMware’s VLAN management support?
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| January 19, 2009 10:14 PM
datacenter network cable management, Network equipment, Network switches, Networking, VLAN, VLAN management, VLAN trunking, VMware, VMware ESX
My data center network switches are configured as access ports, but we are soon implementing VMware ESX. Is there an easy way to reconfigure the switches to operate as 802.1q VLAN trunks to take advantage of VMware’s VLAN management support?
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| January 19, 2009 10:14 PM
datacenter network cable management, Network equipment, Network switches, Networking, VLAN, VLAN management, VLAN trunking, VMware, VMware ESX
Trouble creating a RAID array with VMWare ESX3i
Hi, We’ve set up VMWare ESX3i on a single disk on our HP DL140 Server. We’re now trying to set up a RAID array, using the in-built LSI Logic SAS1068 RAID controller. Unfortunately, it says that there’s not enough space at the end of the disk, and it would need to be formatted, in order [...]
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| January 16, 2009 2:19 PM
HP DL140 Server, LSI Logic SAS1068 RAID controller, RAID, RAID 1, RAID Array, Raid Controller, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3i
Hi, We’ve set up VMWare ESX3i on a single disk on our HP DL140 Server. We’re now trying to set up a RAID array, using the in-built LSI Logic SAS1068 RAID controller. Unfortunately, it says that there’s not enough space at the end of the disk, and it would need to be formatted, in order [...]
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| January 16, 2009 2:19 PM
HP DL140 Server, LSI Logic SAS1068 RAID controller, RAID, RAID 1, RAID Array, Raid Controller, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3i
AD Migration to Virtual Servers
What is the best process to migrate an AD environment to Vurtual servers
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| July 2, 2009 3:26 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Virtual Servers, VMware ESX
What is the best process to migrate an AD environment to Vurtual servers
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| July 2, 2009 3:26 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory migration, Virtual Servers, VMware ESX
Converter Solaris 8 p2v VMWare ESX
Hi everybody !! I wish to convert a fisical Solaris 8 (sparc) machine to a virtual machine, my infraestucture is an ESX with virtual center (x86), is there. if exist a procedure to convert a physical machine with Solaris 8 ???. Help me please.
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| February 5, 2009 7:38 PM
P2V migrations, Solaris 8, VMware Converter, VMware ESX, VMware Infrastructure 3, VMWare Virtual Center
Hi everybody !! I wish to convert a fisical Solaris 8 (sparc) machine to a virtual machine, my infraestucture is an ESX with virtual center (x86), is there. if exist a procedure to convert a physical machine with Solaris 8 ???. Help me please.
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| February 5, 2009 7:38 PM
P2V migrations, Solaris 8, VMware Converter, VMware ESX, VMware Infrastructure 3, VMWare Virtual Center
VMWare ESX vs. Virtual Center
Looking at the VMware Infrastructure package. I’ve already got the SAN + switches, so it’d be a matter of buying server hardware and software licenses. The SAN I’m using is currently limited to 16 hosts. One of which is a physical server already up and running on it. Another would be the physical VMware box. [...]
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| February 3, 2009 7:29 PM
SAN switches, Virtual Center, VMotion, VMware ESX, VMware infrastructure, VMware infrastructure Package
Looking at the VMware Infrastructure package. I’ve already got the SAN + switches, so it’d be a matter of buying server hardware and software licenses. The SAN I’m using is currently limited to 16 hosts. One of which is a physical server already up and running on it. Another would be the physical VMware box. [...]
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| February 3, 2009 7:29 PM
SAN switches, Virtual Center, VMotion, VMware ESX, VMware infrastructure, VMware infrastructure Package
Creating a cluster of physical machines to run virtual machines
I am wanting to create a cluster of 12 physical machines to be able to run multiple virtual machines. For instance a windows 2003 server running exchange 2003. An linux server running mysql, and perhaps a few others but all in seperate controllable virtual machines that span and use the power of all the physical [...]
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| November 23, 2008 4:18 AM
Beowulf Clusters, Linux Virtual Server, Load balancing, LVS, Virtual Machines, Virtualization and hardware, Virtualization technologies, VM, VMware, VMware ESX, Windows Server 2003
I am wanting to create a cluster of 12 physical machines to be able to run multiple virtual machines. For instance a windows 2003 server running exchange 2003. An linux server running mysql, and perhaps a few others but all in seperate controllable virtual machines that span and use the power of all the physical [...]
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| November 23, 2008 4:18 AM
Beowulf Clusters, Linux Virtual Server, Load balancing, LVS, Virtual Machines, Virtualization and hardware, Virtualization technologies, VM, VMware, VMware ESX, Windows Server 2003
cisco L3 switches 3130G (bladeswitches)
Hi, Is someone familiar with the cisco 3130G balde swiches? I have a duplex problem with internal fa ports, these are connected internal in the blade chassis. You can’t change the duplex speed. I also checked the duplex speed at the esx servers, thats ok. Could it be a defect messanine card? Br,
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| November 7, 2008 2:04 PM
Blade Switches, Cisco 3130G, Cisco switches, duplex speed, ESX 3.5, Layer 3 switches, Switches, VMware, VMware ESX
Hi, Is someone familiar with the cisco 3130G balde swiches? I have a duplex problem with internal fa ports, these are connected internal in the blade chassis. You can’t change the duplex speed. I also checked the duplex speed at the esx servers, thats ok. Could it be a defect messanine card? Br,
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| November 7, 2008 2:04 PM
Blade Switches, Cisco 3130G, Cisco switches, duplex speed, ESX 3.5, Layer 3 switches, Switches, VMware, VMware ESX
HA vm restart
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
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| November 23, 2008 4:11 PM
ESX Server, HA, Virtual Machines, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware HA
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
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| November 23, 2008 4:11 PM
ESX Server, HA, Virtual Machines, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware HA
I reinstalled ESX and can not connect to my old VMS
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
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| October 10, 2008 7:04 PM
ESX Server, VMware ESX
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
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| October 10, 2008 7:04 PM
ESX Server, VMware ESX
NAT on vSwitches in ESX 3.5
Hi, I am in the process of setting up a separate windows domain in our ESX Environment but I will have to separate this windows domain from the already existing windows domain. It is possible to set up ESX vSwitches in such a way that a completely separate network is created – no other traffic [...]
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| October 10, 2008 1:14 PM
Domain management, ESX 3.5, NAT, VMware, VMware ESX, vSwitch
Hi, I am in the process of setting up a separate windows domain in our ESX Environment but I will have to separate this windows domain from the already existing windows domain. It is possible to set up ESX vSwitches in such a way that a completely separate network is created – no other traffic [...]
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| October 10, 2008 1:14 PM
Domain management, ESX 3.5, NAT, VMware, VMware ESX, vSwitch
