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...
Update VMware ESXi from 4.0 to 4.1
for ESX click here KB ID 0000369 Problem You have an ESXi server running 4.0 and you want to update to 4.1 Note: This procedure is carried out on a stand along ESXi 4.0 host, if you have 4.0 ESXi servers managed by Virtual Center you MUST update your Virtual Center to version 4.1 FIRST. If you don’t you cannot connect to the updated 4.1 ESXi host post upgrade, if you try you will see the following error, Error: HA agent disabled...
Cannot Delete a Virtual Machine(Another task is already in progress)
KB ID 0000376 Problem When you try and delete a Virtual Machine from ESX or VSphere you see the following error. Error: Another task is already in progress. In addition, if you try and remove the VM from the inventory you will see the following error. Error: Call “VirtualMachine.Unregister” for object “{vm name}” on vCenter Server “{VCenter name}” failed. Solution In my case the VM in...