After investing the log files on the VMware ESX host i found the following message: Jan 22 12:39:34 boz101 vmkernel: 152:21:01:58.702 cpu4:1040)ALERT: LVM: 4476: vml.020003000060a980004335434b464a4b77554e59744c554e202020:1 may be snapshot: disabling access. See resignaturing section in SAN config …
Continue ReadingVMware vCenter version Cluster information (Updated) VMware statistics (New) List the active Snapshots CDROMs connected to VMs Floppy drives connected to VMs Datastores Information such as free space RDM information (New) VM information such as VMware tools version, processor and memory limits VMs …
Continue ReadingToday i had a nasty problem with a VMware environment. Some VMware ESX servers were disconnected from vCenter. Tried to connect the VMware ESX hosts using the VIC, but that was not possible. I was unable to login via SSH connection, connect with HP iLO to the HP Blade enclosure and did a remote …
Continue ReadingOn the PowerGUI website is a new version off VMware PowerPack released. A PowerPack extends the PowerGUI with a set of folders, nodes, links and actions that allow you to manage VMware Infrastructure. With the PowerPack no PowerShell knowledge is needed. The new version(December 19, 2008 (2.0.0) has …
Continue ReadingA couple of weeks ago my desktop PC died, so my girlfriend could not read there e-mail. I decide to turn my OLD VMware ESX test server into a Microsoft Vista workstation and buy a new whitebox. After searching the internet and comparing components, I found the following configuration: CoolerMaster …
Continue ReadingThe Healthcheck PowerShell script I wrote for the VMware PowerShell scripting contest is on 6th position on the “Top 10 PowerShell scripts that VMware administrators should use” from Eric Siebert. Eric is the administrator of the site VMware-land.com that has the largest VMware link …
Continue ReadingVMware has a online version of the Hardware Compatibility guides available which replaces the PDF guides. Very handy. Check your Compatibility online now at the following location .
Continue ReadingToday I did a Healthcheck of a VMware ESX environment. The environment was still VMware ESX 3.0.0 build 42531. In ESXTOP the uptime was 570 days! WOW the last time I saw systems with such a long uptime was in the Netware days. Make sure to install the required security patches frequently!
Continue ReadingSRM 1.0 Update 1 has the following new features: New Permission Required to Run a Recovery Plan SRM now distinguishes between permission to test a recovery plan and permission to run a recovery plan. After an SRM server is updated to this release, existing users of that server who had permission to …
Continue ReadingVMware released the following six new pathes: Patch nameDescriptionTypeESX350-200811401-SG
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