I have running vSphere 4.1 EE + allocated to 5 ESXi Servers.
The VM is on a Dell 2950 that has 2 sockets, with 4 cores per socket, and 8 logical processors
I am trying to move the VM that is powered down to a Dell R710 that has 2 sockets, with 6 cores per socket, and 24 logical
I am not sure what is going on,, Is it the CPU differences?
thanks
Hi Everyone,
New user to VMWare vSphere. I'm having trouble booting the install CD that i've downloaded. The server is a Dell R710 and when i tell it to boot from on-board optical drive it just seems to skip by it and continuing to the next option (raid array or NIC), i don't even see a flash from the DVD ROM drive...
I've tried burning the ISO on a Mac, on a Windows 7 Workstation with different burning programs, tried burning at faster speeds and slower ones, tried different media such as CD-RW or just CDR, getting no joy!
I have gotten it to boot once to ESXi during my early testing phase, but the disk I used then is no good now (it was ESXi 4.1, same version, but has a lot of scratches and stuff on it now, just gets to the ISOLINUX text and stops)
Any advice?
Thanks, Mike
Hi:
I have an ESXi 4.1 host with 2x146GB RAID1 array (datastore1) and 4x300GB RAID5 array (datastore2). I need more space so I plan to replace 2x146GB with 2x2TB. I'll first move VMs from datastore1 to datastore2, then shut down machine, swap drives and build new array.
Thanks so much for any insights you have!
Bob
Hello All,
I have just installed a test version of ESXi 4. As part of a VM setup you can add a USB controller. Does this mean that the VM in question will be able to see USB storage plugged into it. Basically I have a VM of XP and I want to add an external drive but I cant seem to do this. As it has a USB controller what am I doing wrong??
thanks
I made and attempt to convert a virtual machine running windows server 2008 r2 over to the ESXi platform which has worked for many virtual machines up until this point. I ran the VMware converter from inside the VM and pointed it to the ESXi host. The conversion completed but upon starting it, I get a “boot manager error, 0xc0000225”. To troubleshoot so far I have tried running a chkdsk /f which did not solve anything, as well as running the startup recovery but it fails with the message below.
Root cause found:
Unspecified changes to system configuration might have caused the problem
Repair Action: System files integrity check and repair
Result: Failed. Error code = 0x490
Time taken = 452886ms
Is anyone encountering a similar issue or can anyone help me out on this?
Hi,
I'm after a simple explination on how ESXi 4.0 works with hyperthreaded CPU.
eg.
Intel Xeon X5560 Quad @ 2.8GHz
CPU Cores: 8 CPUs x 2.793GHz
Processor Sockets: 2
Cores per Socket: 4
Logical Processors: 16
Hyperthreading: Active
Using ESXi 4.0 Free, with 2 CPU license
I'm using vSphere client.
Why is my total capacity only 8 x 2.793 = 22.344GHz (ie why is it not Logical CPU(16) x 2.793GHz)
If I create 4 VM each with 4 vCPU, ie a total of 16 vCPU. Then run a cpuhog on each VM I only have around 23GHz being used. each of the 16 cpu under the performance tab is running at just over 1GHz, I would have thought this should be closer to the 2.8GHz..
Thanks,
Jason
I have the following setup and have speed issues, I hope I am posting in the correct location.
Physical Server A
HP DL380 G6 x64
16 Gb RAM
HP NC382i Quad Port PCIExpress Gigabit Server Adapter
Windows Server 2008 Standard SP2
Roles = File Services, IIS
SQL 2008
Physical Server B
HP DL380 G6 x64
32 Gb RAM
HP NC382i Quad Port PCIExpress Gigabit Server Adapter
HP NC364T PCIExpress Quad Port Gigabit Server Adapter
ESXi 4.0, build 171294
Virtual Server 1
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP2
Roles = Terminal Services, File Services, IIS
4 Gb RAM
vSphere Client shows Current Adapter as E1000
Windows Server shows Intel PRO/1000 MT Network Connection (06/21/06)
3 users currently
Virtual Server 2
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise SP2
Roles = File Services
4 Gb RAM
vSphere Client shows Current Adapter as E1000
Windows Server shows Intel PRO/1000 MT Network Connection (06/21/06)
Presently has one MS Access Database installed on a share that XP workstations access
I have two problems.
My three users that are on TS (Virtual Server 1) have consistently experienced slowness accessing the applications on Physical Server A. It is considerably slower than a user accessing the same applications from a XP desktop.
Users on XP desktops accessing the DB on Virtual Server 2 are seeing slowness in the DB that did not exist on an older Windows 2003 Server with 2 Gb ram.
I feel that it is a network bottleneck, but both physical servers are plugged in to the same Cisco 2960G. I noticed that the drivers that install in Windows Server have a date of 06/21/06 and are different than what is actually in the Server. I understand that it is in an emulation mode, but is there a way to update the driver in the Virtual Server? I have also seen somewhere that the driver should be E1000e and mine show E1000, not sure how to change that either.
vSwitches are setup in vSphere 1 Physical NIC -> Virtual Machine Port Group -> 1 Virtual Server
Any help would be appreciated, and I am ok with you tearing apart what I have done and questioning it. This is the first Virtual Server that I have setup.
I need some help with esxtop please. I want to record some disk stats. Here is what I'm doing and what is happening.
1. I enter esxtop and press "u"
2. I then press "f" to change my fields and select the metrics I want.
3. I then press "W" to save the information
4. I then go back to esxtop and press "ctrl-c" to exit.
5. I then run "esxtop -b -d 5 -n 500 > esxtop.csv.
Once the stats have been captured I open it in perfmon I have all these different stats - I'm not interested in the cpu/memory/etc. I only want the disk stats to be captured. Did I do something wrong with steps 1-5? is pressing "crtl-c" reseting the information? In fact, is pressing ctrl-c to exit the problem? Any advice would be great!
I am having a problem with ESXi 4 that i cant figure out. I have enabled the iscsi feature and have pointed it to the correct place. But when i do a rescan for new storage it doesnt bring anything up. If i click on the "Paths" button it shows the Lun number correctly but under Status it shows as DEAD with a red diamond. What am i missing here? This is the ESXi 4 60-day trial version...im guessing it is licensed for iSCSI use. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
I've been struggling with a new Openfiler 2.99/ESXi 4.1 installation for several days, and am in need of some further help or suggestions. My write performance with an iSCSI volume to an ESXi 4.1 guest is about 2 MB/s. Read performance is fine at about 75 MB/s. With write performance like that, the machines are just crawling along. I had a number of guest VMs installed locally on the internal (non-RAID) HD of the host ESXi machine, and was getting good performance - read and write in the 70 MB/s range. When I migrated one over to the new OF setup, write performance is essentially non-existent!
The server is a new HP N40L, with (4) 2TB Seagate Barracude ST2000DL003-9VT1 drives. 6 GB of RAM, and a 2-port BCM5709 gigabit NIC. OF 2.99 is installed to a USB drive, and as soon as it was installed I used the system update function to update all packages. OF is connected to the ESXi host through a Trend S80 switch that supports jumbo frames, although I'm not using them. There's nothing else on the switch.
All 4 drives are configured in a single volume group, RAID 5 w/ 5.73 TB of usable space. There is currently only 1 iSCSI volume, 1 TB in size, and a single LUN. I checked hdparm locally on the OF box, and am getting buffered disk reads of the individual disks of 145 MB/s. Buffered reads from /md0 are 320 MB/s.
I initially configured the vSwitch and vmnic for jumbo frames, 9000 MTU. During troubleshooting though I set them back to 1500, and changed OF to 1500 to eliminate a jumbo frames issue or a switch issue. No improvement.
I turned off flow control for tx, rx, and autonegotiate. No change. I verified that all of the iSCSI parameters in the software initiator match those in OF. No change.
I'm really out of ideas at this point. Any suggestions for things to check/change would be greatly appreciated.
I have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 with 12GB RAM and dual processors hyperthread with 350GB of diskspace.
This box was originally installed with Redhat Linux ES 5.4 64bits and CentOS 5.5 64bits OS without any issues so I know the processor supports 64-bits.
I then installed VMWare ESXi version 4.1 on the Dell Poweredge 2850 without any issues.
I then created a few VM instances that I want to install CentOS 5.5 64bits. During the VMware instance setup, I get this:
msg.cpuid.notLongmodeQuestionFmt:This veritual is configured for 64-bit guest operating systems.
However, 64-bit operation is not possible.
Longmode is disabled for this virtual machine.
For more detailed information, see http://vmware.com/info?id=152
Continue without 64-bit support?
Now the question I have is this: Since VMWare is having issues with 64-bits guest OSes, how come I can install CentOS 5.5 64 bits on this Dell PowerEdge 2850 without any issues. It seems obvious to me that the PowerEdge 2850 works well with 64bits OS but not ESXi 4.1.
How can I get around this?
Comments? Thanks in advance.
I have a Netgear ReadyNAS 1100 NAS
where I have set a NFS share so I can add a Datastore on my ESXi 4.1, I
used the following instructions in their site: http://www.readynas.com/?p=3030
Every
time I try to attach the NFS share through the GUI i get the following
message: "Operation failed, diagnostics report: Unable to complete
Sysinfo operation. Please see the VMkernel log file for more details."
I
have also tried through the SSH console by using the command:esxcfg-nas
-a -o 10.0.0.10 -s /share/mynfs mynfs and I get the error:
"Connecting to NAS volume: mynfs
Unable to connect to NAS volume mynfs: Unable to complete Sysinfo operation. Please see the VMkernel log file for more details."
the Kernel log details are:
Aug 19 14:37:36 Hostd: Failed to read header on stream TCP(local=127.0.0.1:60962, peer=127.0.0.1:0): N7Vmacore15S ystemExceptionE(Connection reset by peer)
Aug 19 14:37:47 Hostd: PersistAllDvsInfo called
Aug 19 14:37:51 Hostd: Ticket issued for CIMOM version 1.0, user root
Aug
19 14:37:59 Hostd: [2010-08-19 14:37:59.311 2AAA3B90 info 'TaskManager'
opID=993D2353-0000037C] Task Created : haTask-ha-host-vim.host.DatastoreSystem.creat eNasDatastore-1124
Aug 19 14:37:59 Hostd: Creating datastore test
Aug 19 14:37:59 Hostd: AddNasVolume called
Aug
19 14:37:59 Hostd: [2010-08-19 14:37:59.312 FFFB0B90 verbose
'FSVolumeProvider' opID=993D2353-0000037C] LookupVmfs: Cannot find VMFS
volume with id <unset>,path, <unset>, or name test
Aug 19
14:37:59 Hostd: [2010-08-19 14:37:59.312 FFFB0B90 verbose
'FSVolumeProvider' opID=993D2353-0000037C] LookupNasByName: Cannot find
NasVolume with volume n ame test
Aug 19 14:37:59
vmkernel: 0:23:10:59.338 cpu0:5299)NFS: 149: Command: (mount) Server:
(10.250.50.93) IP: (10.250.50.93) Path: (/esx) Label: (test) Options:
(Non e)
Aug 19 14:38:29 vmkernel: 0:23:11:29.669
cpu2:5299)WARNING: NFS: 946: MOUNT RPCfailed with RPC status 13 (RPC was
aborted due to timeout) trying to mount Serve r
(10.250.50.93) Path (/esx)
Aug 19 14:38:29 vmkernel: 0:23:11:29.669 cpu2:5299)NFS: 160: NFS mount 10.250.50.93:/esx failed: Unable to connect to NFS server
Aug 19 14:38:29 vobd: Aug 19 14:38:29.727: 83489529043us: http://esx.problem.vmfs.nfs.mount.connect.failed Failed to mount to server 10.250.50.93 mount point /esx. E rror: Unable to connect to NFS server.
Aug
19 14:38:29 Hostd: [2010-08-19 14:38:29.727 FFFB0B90 error
'FSVolumeProvider' opID=993D2353-0000037C] VmkCtl mount or ProcessNas
failed: Unable to completeSysinfo operation. Please see the VMkernel
log file for more details.
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: [2010-08-19
14:38:29.727 2AA15B90 info 'ha-eventmgr'] Event 79 : Failed to mount to
the server 10.250.50.93 mount point /esx. Unable to c
onnect to NFS server
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: [2010-08-19 14:38:29.740
FFFB0B90 info 'App' opID=993D2353-0000037C] AdapterServer caught
exception: 2a6fb460
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: [2010-08-19 14:38:29.740
FFFB0B90 info 'TaskManager' opID=993D2353-0000037C] Task Completed :
haTask-ha-host-vim.host.DatastoreSystem.cre ateNasDatastore-1124 Status error
Aug
19 14:38:29 Hostd: [2010-08-19 14:38:29.740 FFFB0B90 info 'Vmomi'
opID=993D2353-0000037C] Activation : Invoke done on
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: Arg spec:
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: (vim.host.NasVolume.Specification) {
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: dynamicType = <unset>,
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: remoteHost = "10.250.50.93",
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: remotePath = "/esx",
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: localPath = "test",
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: accessMode = "readWrite",
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: type = "nfs",
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: userName = <unset>,
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: password = <unset>,
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: }
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: Throw vim.fault.PlatformConfigFault
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: Result:
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: (vim.fault.PlatformConfigFault) {
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: dynamicType = <unset>,
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: faultCause = (vmodl.MethodFault) null,
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: faultMessage = (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) [
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: (vmodl.LocalizableMessage) {
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: dynamicType = <unset>,
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: key = "com.vmware.esx.hostctl.default",
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: arg = (vmodl.KeyAnyValue) [
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: (vmodl.KeyAnyValue) {
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: dynamicType = <unset>,
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: key = "reason",
Aug
19 14:38:29 Hostd: value = "Unable to complete Sysinfo
operation. Please see the VMkernel log file for more details.",
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: }
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: ],
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: message = <unset>,
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: }
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: ],
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: text = "",
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: msg = ""
Aug 19 14:38:29 Hostd: }
Hi
I'm looking to get some statistics on vitual machine IOPS ahead of some storage migrations. What is the best way to get the relevent infomation from vCenter? Which counters provide the most accurate indiction of virtual machine disk activity?
Is it worth looking a using something like vmturbo ?
thanks in advance!
I'm running ESXi 4.1 Update 3 on a lab machine.
I recently purchased some HP NC380T Dual Gigabit network cards and installed them.
I have no issues seeing the cards in BIOS, and just about everywhere I look in the logs the system is aware the card is there except that they are not assigned a vmnic number. I expect these ports to be assigned vmnic2 and vmnic3 since the motherboard has two gigabit ethernet ports on it (and they are working fine)
So I'm really at a loss as to why these ports are not being recognized so I can use them in ESXi. Any insight is appreciated!!!
Please find below additional information which should be helpful in understanding the problem.
Thank you,
Kevin
Only the motherboard ports are shown as NICs.
~ # esxcfg-nics -l
Name PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Description
vmnic0 0000:02:00.00 tg3 Up 1000Mbps Full 00:1e:8c:51:62:26 1500 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet
vmnic1 0000:03:00.00 tg3 Up 1000Mbps Full 00:1e:8c:51:63:10 1500 Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet
But lspci is showing that the NIC itself is seen at the PCI level:
~ # lspci | grep vmnic
000:002:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet [vmnic0]
000:003:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet [vmnic1]
000:006:04.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation NC380T PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapt [vmnic2]
000:007:05.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation NC380T PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapt [vmnic3]
And ethtool is showing the correct PCI addresses and drivers being assigned:
~ # ethtool -i vmnic0
driver: tg3
version: 3.110h.v41.1
firmware-version: 5721-v3.55a
bus-info: 0000:02:00.0
~ # ethtool -i vmnic1
driver: tg3
version: 3.110h.v41.1
firmware-version: 5721-v3.55a
bus-info: 0000:03:00.0
~ # ethtool -i vmnic2
driver: bnx2
version: 2.0.22f.v41.2
firmware-version: bc 1.9.6
bus-info: 0000:06:04.0
~ # ethtool -i vmnic3
driver: bnx2
version: 2.0.22f.v41.2
firmware-version: bc 1.9.6
bus-info: 0000:07:05.0
The following is from /var/log/messages. I see the error message, but I'm not sure exactly what it means and google didn't help. What is really odd is that the bnx2-cnic driver appears to be picking these ports up, but I do not see the ports listed in the storage adapters either.
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.962 cpu7:4618)PCI: Announcing 0000:06:04.0
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: <6>Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Driver bnx2 v2.0.22f.v41.2 (Feb 11, 2011)
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.962 cpu7:4618)socket buffer cache creation succeeded for vmnic%d
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.962 cpu7:4618)VMK_PCI: 746: device 000:006:04.0 capType 1 capIndex 72
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.962 cpu7:4618)VMK_PCI: 746: device 000:006:04.0 capType 7 capIndex 64
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.962 cpu7:4618)VMK_PCI: 746: device 000:006:04.0 capType 5 capIndex 88
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)<6>vmnic2: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5706 1000Base-T (A2) PCI-X 64-bit 100MHz found at mem d0
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)PCI: driver bnx2 claimed device 0000:06:04.0
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)PCI: Registering network device 0000:06:04.0
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)VMK_PCI: 646: Device 000:006:04.0 name: vmnic2
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)Uplink: 11078: Device vmnic2 not yet opened
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)LinPCI: LinuxPCI_DeviceClaimed: Device 6:20 claimed.
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel:
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)PCI: Trying 0000:07:05.0
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)PCI: Announcing 0000:07:05.0
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)VMK_PCI: 746: device 000:007:05.0 capType 1 capIndex 72
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)VMK_PCI: 746: device 000:007:05.0 capType 7 capIndex 64
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)VMK_PCI: 746: device 000:007:05.0 capType 5 capIndex 88
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)<6>vmnic3: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5706 1000Base-T (A2) PCI-X 64-bit 100MHz found at mem d4
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)PCI: driver bnx2 claimed device 0000:07:05.0
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)PCI: Registering network device 0000:07:05.0
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)VMK_PCI: 646: Device 000:007:05.0 name: vmnic3
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)Uplink: 11078: Device vmnic3 not yet opened
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)LinPCI: LinuxPCI_DeviceClaimed: Device 7:28 claimed.
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel:
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)PCI: driver bnx2 claimed 2 devices
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu7:4618)Uplink: 13003: Opening device vmnic2
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu0:4129)WARNING: VMK_VECTOR: 104: Bad vector 0 specified
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu0:4129)WARNING: vmklinux26: vmklnx_request_irq: Couldn't register vector 0x0
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu0:4129)Uplink: 12466: Device open handler failed for : vmnic2
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel:
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu5:4618)Uplink: 13026: Device vmnic2 failed to open
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu5:4618)Uplink: 12209: Failed to close vmnic2: not found
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu5:4618)Uplink: 13003: Opening device vmnic3
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu0:4129)WARNING: VMK_VECTOR: 104: Bad vector 0 specified
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu0:4129)WARNING: vmklinux26: vmklnx_request_irq: Couldn't register vector 0x0
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu0:4129)Uplink: 12466: Device open handler failed for : vmnic3
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel:
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu5:4618)Uplink: 13026: Device vmnic3 failed to open
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu5:4618)Uplink: 12209: Failed to close vmnic3: not found
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu5:4618)Mod: 4163: Initialization of bnx2 succeeded with module ID 32.
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel: 0:00:00:16.963 cpu5:4618)bnx2 loaded successfully.
Jun 12 14:56:47 vmkernel:
Jun 12 14:56:48 vmkernel: sysboot: Loading VMkernel Module 'cnic'
Jun 12 14:56:48 vmkernel: 0:00:00:17.406 cpu6:4626)Loading module cnic ...
Jun 12 14:56:48 vmkernel: 0:00:00:17.406 cpu6:4626)Elf: 2187: <cnic> provides name-space <esx:nover>
Jun 12 14:56:48 vmkernel: 0:00:00:17.407 cpu6:4626)module heap : Initial heap size : 1048576, max heap size: 68665344
Jun 12 14:56:48 vmkernel: 0:00:00:17.407 cpu6:4626)module heap vmklnx_cnic: creation succeeded. id = 0x4100bc000000
Jun 12 14:56:48 vmkernel: 0:00:00:17.407 cpu6:4626)module skb heap : Initial heap size : 524288, max heap size: 23068672
Jun 12 14:56:48 vmkernel: 0:00:00:17.408 cpu6:4626)module skb heap : creation succeeded
Jun 12 14:56:48 vmkernel: <6>Broadcom NetXtreme II CNIC Driver cnic v1.10.2q.v41.9 (Feb. 11, 2011)
Jun 12 14:56:48 vmkernel: 0:00:00:17.408 cpu6:4626)<6>cnic: Added CNIC device: vmnic3
Jun 12 14:56:48 vmkernel: 0:00:00:17.408 cpu6:4626)<6>cnic: Added CNIC device: vmnic2
Jun 12 14:56:48 vmkernel: 0:00:00:17.408 cpu6:4626)Mod: 4163: Initialization of cnic succeeded with module ID 33.
Jun 12 14:56:48 vmkernel: 0:00:00:17.408 cpu6:4626)cnic loaded successfully.
I've also installed the recommended vmware drivers
~ # esxupdate query --vib-view | grep bnx2
deb_vmware-esx-drivers-net-bnx2_400.2.0.7d-6vmw.3.26.800380 installed 2012-08-02T20:55:21+00:00
deb_vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-bnx2i_400.1.8.11t5.rc2.8.1-4vmw.3.26.800380 installed 2012-08-02T20:55:21+00:00
deb_vmware-esx-drivers-net-bnx2x_400.1.54.1.v41.1-3vmw.3.26.800380 installed 2012-08-02T20:55:21+00:00
cross_vmware-esx-drivers-net-bnx2_400.2.2.3m.v41.2-1vmw.0.0.00000 uninstalled 2013-06-11T21:29:41.637931+00:00
cross_vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-bnx2i_400.2.76.56.v41.2-1vmw.0.0.00000 uninstalled 2013-06-11T21:30:39.798582+00:00
cross_vmware-esx-drivers-net-bnx2x_400.1.76.54.v41.1-1vmw.0.0.00000 uninstalled 2013-06-11T21:31:37.731451+00:00
cross_vmware-esx-drivers-net-bnx2_400.2.0.22f.v41.2-1vmw.0.0.00000 installed 2013-06-11T21:46:02.744078+00:00
cross_vmware-esx-drivers-net-bnx2x_400.1.62.15.v41.2-1vmw.0.0.00000 installed 2013-06-11T21:46:41.777374+00:00
cross_vmware-esx-drivers-scsi-bnx2i_400.1.9.1t.v41.2-1vmw.0.0.00000 installed 2013-06-11T21:47:14.932194+00:00
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Finally, I haven't done any specific configuration with the bnx2 module
~ # esxcfg-module -i bnx2
esxcfg-module module information
input file: /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/bnx2.o
License: GPL
Version:
Name-space:
Required name-spaces:
com.vmware.vmkapi@v1_1_0_0
Parameters:
disable_msi: int
Disable Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI)
force_netq: array of int
Option used for 5709/5716 only: Enforce the number of NetQueues per port (allowed values: -1 to 7 queues: 1-7 will force the number of NetQueues for the given device, 0 to disable NetQueue, -1 to use the default driver NetQueues value) [Maximum supported NIC's = 32] [example usage: force_net=-1,0,1,2: This corresponds to the first 5709/5716 to use the default number of NetQueues, disable NetQueue on the second 5709/5716, use 1 NetQueue on the third 5709/5716use 2 NetQueues on the fourth 5709/5716]
heap_initial: int
Initial heap size allocated for the driver.
heap_max: int
Maximum attainable heap size for the driver.
skb_heap_initial: int
Initial private socket buffer heap size allocated for the driver.
skb_heap_max: int
Maximum attainable private socket buffer heap size for the driver.
stop_on_tx_timeout: int
For debugging purposes, prevent a chip reset when a tx timeout occurs
Again, any insight or suggestions are welcome!
Kevin
Our customer security policy is to set an age limit on ESXi user accounts. On ESX 4.0 I used esxcfg-auth --passmaxdays=40 but this command is no longer available in ESXi 5.0. Can anyone if there is a simple way to do it without messing about too much at a granular level? I'm really struggling to find this.
I know about Lockdown mode etc. It's a highly secure customer and they specifically want it set rather than rely on Lockdown.
Thanks
Hello,
In order to isolate my production servers from my DMZ servers, I installed ESXi on a computer. That installation is customized with the network drivers and SATA drivers of the server. The DMZ VMs were moved from the production servers using the export method.
Now from the ESXi host:
* I can access the web completely, wget retrieves pages, etc...
From virtual machines on the ESXi host:
* I can ping the local network
* I can ping google, microsoft, vmware, ...
* I can access shares, web, whatever from any machine on the vSwitch to any machine on the vSwitch
But I cannot browse to google, samba to local network shares, ftp, telnet ... If I reload the VMs before export on the production server they work fine.
I tried:
* clean install of a VM, no luck
* modifying the network adapter settings, no luck
* using only one NIC, no luck
* using only one NIC on a separate vSwitch, no luck
Any idea why I would be able to ping whatever I want, but unable to access anything else ?
Regards,
I've read a bunch of threads and searched google for a couple hours last night. The processor I have I am about 95% sure supports VT. However, in the bios there is no mention of it and in ESXi it says I can't install anything 64 bit because the processor doesnt support VT. I can't really find any info about the processor, other than it is a 2.8GHz dual core xeon with 800MHz FSB. It is stuck to the heat sink really good and even held in with plastic so I really dont want to take it off. With that info it would lead me to believe it is this processor: http://ark.intel.com/products/27225/Intel-Xeon-Processor-7030-%282M-Cache-2_80-GHz-800-MHz-FSB%29 there are some HP part numbers on it, but the number on the bottom says 2800DP/4M/800. Additionally, I can't find ANY dual core xeon processors that don't support it VT. I updated the bios to what I think is the latest version, but they dont have a bios section on it for some reason. It lists the bios for OS... Anyone have any ideas?
I've been trying to do a bare-metal restore of a physical Windows 2008 R2 Server onto a VM, and although the restore goes just fine, when I restart the VM after the restore, I get a STOP: 0x0000007B error (see attached screen-shot). I've been able to find all sorts of 'fixes' on-line, but none really fix the problem. Has anyone else done this and can provide a solution? Thanks.
PJ.
I have a probleminvmwaremigrationofSymantecendpointserverintoVMwarevCenterConverterStandaloneviaVMWareClient.
I've donea variety ofwayssuch asP2Vconvertererrorappearslikethis:
Failed:Ageneral systemerror occurred:
No connectioncould bemadethe targetmachineBecause Theactivelyrefusedit.
Another waytoV2V, Itry tobackup firsttarget serverusingHiren'sbootCDv.15withAcronisbackup tooltoafileextension*.tib, whenthere is an errorconvertingprocesslikethis:
FAILED: Ageneralsystem erroroccurred: The serverclosedthe connectionafter0responsebytesread; <io_obj p: 0x012260ac, h: 1004,<pipe '\\. \pipe \vmware-converter-worker-soap'>, <pipe '\\. \pipe \vmware-converter-worker-soap' >>
SurprisinglytheC driveis alwayssuccessfulincloning, but theE drivealwaysfailed. E drivecontentscontainedsymantecendpointinstaller. Been triedscandiskdrive E, the result iszrerobad sectors.
anyone can help?