ESX – Shut down from Script/Command
KB ID 0000279 Problem I was asked the question last week “How do I shutdown my ESX server remotely from script”. The client had a temperature sensor in their server room and wanted to shutdown their ESX host if it got too hot, all his Windows servers got sent an SNMP trap from the temperature sensor, and that fires off a script to shut down the Windows servers. But this left the ESX host up and running. Solution I drew a...
VMware ESX Error “cmd addnode failed for primary node: Internal AAM error”
KB ID 0000298 Problem Seen in a Virtual Center HA environment – even after selecting “Reconfigure for HA” on the ESX host. Errors: cmd addnode failed for the primary node:Internal AAM error – agent could not start – Unknown HA error. Cannot complete the configuration of the HA agent on the host – See the task details for additional information. Other HA configuration error. Solution 1. How...
Upgrade ESX 3 to version 4.1.0
to upgrade ESXi to 4.1 Click here KB ID 0000305 Problem I had to upgrade some ESX hosts from ESX 3.5 the other day, as they are a long way away, and version 4.1 is hot off the presses (at time of writing) that’s what I wanted to upgrade them to. Lessons Learned 1. At first I tried with the “Host Update Utility”. 2. But no matter what version I gave it, it gave me this error, Unsupported ESX version: esx-4.0.0...
ESX Error: TSC: xxxxxxx cp0:0)Init: 461: The Execute Disabled/No Execute CPU feature is not enabled for this machine
KB ID 0000306 Problem Seen on ESX installed on HP Proliant DL380 G5, on the normal ESX console screen. Solution 1. Reboot the server and Press F9 to enter the RBSU. 2. Advanced > Processor Options > No-Execute Memory Protection > Enabled. Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links NA
Booting ESX VMware Guest Machines from the Network
KB ID 0000310 Problem I do a lot of deployment testing for things like WDS, Ghost and SCCM. Now my test bed is entirely virtual, so any new technology testing, or proof of concept work is a lot easier. Anything that involves PXE booting the VM’s is not turned on by default though. Solution 1. Either from the VM itself, or from its entry in your VI client “Edit the VM’s Settings”. 2. Options tab > Boot...