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VMware ESX is an enterprise-level computer virtualization product offered by VMware, Inc.

VMware ESX is an enterprise-level computer virtualization product offered by VMware, Inc. ESX is a component of VMware's larger offering, VMware Infrastructure, and adds management and reliability services to the core server product. VMware is replacing the original ESX with ESXi.

VMware states that the ESX product runs on bare metal. In contrast to other VMware products, it does not run atop a third-party operating system, but instead includes its own kernel. Up through the current ESX version 5.0, a Linux kernel is started first, and is used to load a variety of specialized virtualization components, including VMware's vmkernel component. This previously-booted Linux kernel then becomes the first running virtual machine and is called the service console. Thus, at normal run-time, the vmkernel is running on the bare computer and the Linux-based service console runs as the first virtual machine.

Source: wikipedia

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Poor NFS Performance: OpenFiler

Good Day Everyone, I have an issue with OpenFiler, a Linux-based operating that converts a computer system into a SAN/NAS appliance. Here is the problem. In my environment we have two Netapp Storevault 500 appliances that I normally perform backups…
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Can I use 1 Shared Storage for Multiple Windows 2003 Clusters?

My Environment: Dell PowerVault 220S connected via SCSI to 2 Dell Poweredge 2950s. I have installed ESX 4i on each of the 2950s, and do NOT have VCenter. I will be using Windows Server 2003 Datacenter on each server for 3 installs, a SQLDEV,…
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Compatibility of ESX 4 and LTO 3 with LSI2032 Dell Power Edge

does anybody know something about the compatibility of an LTO 3 Tapedrive (PV HH LTO 3 400GB) attached to an LSI2032 SCSI-Controller? These devices are added to an Dell PowerEdge T610 Server which is listed in the certified Compatibility Guide. I…
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SLES 10 Sp3 VMware tools error on install

I installed SUSE enterprise server 10 SP3 on a Esx 4 server The problem starts with the installation of vmware tools. "VmwareTools-4.0.0-193498.tar.gz" The tools wont start: Unable to start services for vmware tools Paravirtual ISCSI module:…
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how to clone a physical "individual partition" vmdk into a "local" (file-based) vmdk?

I have a physical disk with a small (60GB) partition containing my guest OS. The physical disk also contains a large (240GB) block of unpartitioned space. My vmdk is defined as a physical "individual partition". I want to convert the source physical…
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VMFS undelete in ESX4i

So, I have this friend that deleted a VMDK that had all his family photos on it. ESX4i did not prompt him that the disk was in use, and he thought he was deleting a disk that belonged to another VM. He is ready to spend the block recovery fees from…
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ESX - Initialization for vmfs2 failed with -1

I recently purchases a bunch of R710's from Dell. I installed VMWare ESX on them. The installation process finishes without a problem; however once ESX boots the following error displays at the botton with red letters: 00:00:02:21.493 cpu11:4119)…
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Update failure: failed md5sum validation: sys.vgz

LS, I have ESXi 4, with all the 2009 updates installed. When i try to update the last firmware update, i receive the following error: Copy of /bootbank/sys.vgz to /tmp/stage/firmware/bank/sys.vgz failed md5sum validation (8:02:31:29.332…
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Relativy slow transfer speed in vSphere

My configuration is: IBM X3850M2 with 4 Six Core CPU, 128 Gb RAM, 3x dual port network Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller For testing I created only 2 VM (Server 2008) which are both using the same vSwitch ( witk vmnic1 and…
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(Not) Downloading Patches?

I have just upgraded from VC 2.5 U4 to vSphere Server 4 U1. I have upgraded the Upgrade Manager extension also. My patch repositry shows what looks to be a full repositry, it contains ESX 3.5 patches and ESX 4 patches, BUT, if I look at the actual…
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esx 4 - c7000 - cisco 3020

I have 4 blades with esx 4 installed in a HP c7000 enclosure. They have 6 cisco 3020 for hp switches in the backend. The plan was to use 2 switches for iSCSI traffic and the other 4 for data traffic. I am having a problem trunking the switches to…
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ESX 6.7 VM not starting up after vmdk move

On one ESX, I have one VM with storage issues on a vmdk. So bad that the VM wouldn't start. I had this error message : 2020-12-03T11:51:41.397Z| vmx| I125: [msg.hbacommon.outofspace] There is no more space for virtual disk 'setisrra-000001.vmdk'.…
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Disk controller speed responsible for slow write speeds?

I have question. I'm using ESXi 4.0U1 in an IBM x3200M2 with an integrated LSI 1064e RAID controller, without any kind of cache. I have 3 250GB HOT-SWAP SATA HDs configured in RAID1E (IME). ESXi works fine, read speed are quite OK, but write speeds…
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Install ESX4 on Intel board S5500BC, using board's SW raid?

HW System is Intel SR1630, based on Intel board S5500BC + Two 320 GB Sata drives. Drives are installed, configured and initialized as Raid-0 (mirror), using Intel's server deployment sw. When trying to install ESX4 (either b164009 or 4.1 Beta) on…
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vmkernel logs filled up with Heap_Align errors about lpfc_740 failed

Ever since we upgraded to 3.5U5 from 3.5U4 to supposedly address a buggy Emulex HBA driver causing purple screens, we have been seeing this message in /var/log/vmkernel. It is flooding the logs. Jan 12 22:26:00 usbo-qvrt-e11 vmkernel: 0:23:16:34.461…
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