query on vmware sphere host failure
Hi all, was just wondering what happens if the bare metal install fails. We have our vm's located on a raid 5 array seperate to the other machines but was wondering in the event that the disks with OS...
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Hello, Is it possible to install an iLO on a VM? I'm thinking not as this is only available on a HP BIOS but if people have ideas I'd appreciate their thoughts. The whole reason for doing this is that...
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The console in the vSphere client procides iLO like cuntionality - allows you to access the VM even if the network is disabled -
View ArticleRe: query on vmware sphere host failure
If it is a single disk failure you should be able to rebuild the raid set but if it is something more catastrophic you should have backups available -
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I can't really give the user access to the ESX/ESXi just for this 1 VM and I suppose I'm correct in stating I can't access the individual VM. I tried it just there and it's saying unable to connect to...
View ArticleRe: query on vmware sphere host failure
So no way of getting the vm's sitting on the healthy array back then?
View ArticleRe: vmWare 4.1.0 doesn't see Intel ET2 Quad Nic
Welcome to the Community - Have you confirmed that the card is supported under vSphere 4? - you can check here - http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php
View ArticleRe: query on vmware sphere host failure
is the array is healthy - you should be able to replace the OS disks and reinstall and then be able to access the RAID5 and see the VMFS datastores -
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Cool, tnx very much. that's good news for the future in case our OS drive goes pop.
View ArticleRe: query on vmware sphere host failure
just a reminder the os drive should be protrected by RAID - typically this is done as a RAID 1 -
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Yeah we do, but what scares me is that I've seen a raid 1 array corrupted by a failed hard disk before on our servers (Lost the OS, but was just standard windows at the time and didn't have an...
View ArticleRe: vmWare 4.1.0 doesn't see Intel ET2 Quad Nic
Yes, as I mentioned in the original post it is a supported device (I also double checked the site again, supported from ESXi 4.0 up to current 5.1 U1).
View ArticleRe: Intel VT-X In Virtual Machine
Virtualized Intel VT-x is not supported until ESXi 5.1.
View ArticleRe: Installing iLO on a VM
Method 1: You can provide access to single user using vCenter Webaccess in vSphere 4 environment and download VMRC plug-in so that VM console can be visible in IE.Method 2: Download vmware-vmrc.exe....
View ArticleRe: Intel VT-X In Virtual Machine
Check if this is helpful, VMware KB: Ensuring Virtualization Technology is enabled on your VMware host
View ArticleMAINSYS voll, sysboot.log 31 MB.
Auf unserem ESXi 4.1 können keine Konfigurationsänderungen vorgenommen werden. Weitere Recherche hat ergeben dass die RAM Disk MAINSYS zu 100% (32 MB) voll ist und der Grund dafür eine große...
View ArticleRe: Installing iLO on a VM
I've done as you suggested specifying the passwords for the ESXi but I can't really give this person access to the whole ESX environment so I'd be looking for another way if possible.
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VMWARE ESXi 4.1 : add a DATASTORE via a new SATA HDD
Hi all, Thank's all for the support and the great job you provide !I'm not a VMWARE specialist. I'm on a DELL T610, with a VMWARE ESXi 4.1. Severals virtuals machines run on a RAID5 grap with a PERC6i...
View ArticleEliminate .vswp or Resource Pool
Good afternoon. I have (3) W2K8 VMs residing on a dedicated ESXi host with 256GB RAM, the VMs are assigned 8GB, 128GB &128GB vRAM and I'd like to know if there's a way to eliminate or minimize the...
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