Re: Not seeing iscsi luns, tying to add storage
Please double check the presentation on the MSA. If this is ok, run a rescan on the ESXi host's storage adapter(s) and then check the host's vmkernel log to see whether this contains some hints. André
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Where do I find the logs Regards, --Marshall Marshall CurtisManager, Information TechnologyCompass Housing Alliance
View ArticleRe: Not seeing iscsi luns, tying to add storage
Its found here /var/log/vmkernel.log on the ESXi host VMware KB: Location of ESXi 5.1 log files
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In addition to the link Mustafa provided, take a look at VMware KB: Collecting diagnostic information for VMware vCenter Server for how to collect the logs from the GUI. André
View ArticleWhere to download vCenter Server?
I may be confused by all of the product nomenclature and recent changes thereof. I have downloaded the esxi 5.1 hypervisor. It says I'm in evaluation mode. My understanding is that I can download...
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Welcome to the Community - you can download it form here - https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=vcenter-ops57
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Thank you very much for that. I really appreciate it. That was very nice of you. I wish more people were like you in the forums. Once I get a grasp on this I will most certainly pass my discoveries...
View ArticleRe: Storage vMotion will not migrate powered on guest
This might be caused by some problem with the VM's NIC configuration.Please check if it is properly connected to an existing port group.If you are using distributed switches then also check VMware KB:...
View ArticleRe: Automating Creation of vCenter & VUM Database
Awesome, thank you I think this is 90% of the way there, I am trying to install SQL 2008 R2 Standard, not sql express though. What changes in the example given? RegardsAndrew
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Though I haven't tried it with SQL 2008 R2 Standard but it should work with it too.
View ArticleRe: Not seeing iscsi luns, tying to add storage
The issue turned out to be a bug/fault in the MSA. The MSA I am using only has a single controller/storage processor and apparently regardless of it it has one or two SPs it assigns new vDisk in a...
View ArticleExcessive vCenter Events Log Problems after updating to latest HP management...
Hi, Note really a vcenter problem, more of a HP problem I suspect. I have recently applied the following HP VIB's to resolve the issue of the filling of the / volume with the file /var/log/hpHelper.log...
View ArticleDisable Snapshots For Individual VMs?
Hello Everyone, Is it possible to disable snapshot support for individual VMs, perhaps via an advanced setting for it? Or is the closest solution to put all its virtual disks in independent mode?...
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You could look at the snapshot.maxSnapshots configuration parameter. Check out kb 1031280 for more info.
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Thanks! I changed the setting to 0 and was unable to take any snapshots of the VM.
View ArticleRe: Cant connect to https://vcenter/sdk/vimService
Getting the same error. Uninstalled KB2661254 and rebooted vcenter VM but the error remains. Just replying to bump this and see if anyone else has had to employ another solution. I'm going to keep...
View Articletwo hosts in cluster, vms in shared storage, when one host is down, vms show...
I have two hosts in a cluster using shared SAN storage for all VMs and data. Right now I noticed if one host is down, half the VMs show offline/disconnected (they were not running at the time)....
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Do you have VMware HA configured? With out HA configured/implemented for the cluster the VMs will not fail over in the event of a host failure.
View ArticleRe: two hosts in cluster, vms in shared storage, when one host is down, vms...
No, it was not turned on. This is only in a lab, so it didn't turn it on because I don't have enough RAM in each server to launch all VMs automatically if a host fails. But I do want to be able to...
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