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...
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...
VMware Jumpy /Erratic mouse on Server 2008 R2 Virtual Machine
KB ID 0000377 Problem Seen on Windows Server 2008 R2 running on VMware ESX/ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 Solution Firstly, I’m assuming you are running the latest version of VMware tools on the machine in question, this procedure was carried out with VMware tools version 8.3.2 and cures the problem. 1. On the affected VM Click Start > In the search run box type > devmgmt.msc {enter} 2. Expand “Display adapters” Right click...
Is Virtual Center 4.1 Supported on Windows Server 2008 R2?
KB ID 0000379 Problem ES! it is, if in doubt see the compatibility matrix. But you have tried to install it and seen an error? Error: This product can only be installed on the following 64-bit operating systems: Windows XP SP2 or above Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Solution Essentially this just a bad error message that bears no resemblance the the actual problem! The REAL REASON you are seeing this error is because you re...
Using Openfiler and vSphere ESX / ESXi 5
KB ID 0000380 Problem Openfiler is a free NAS / SAN prebuilt Linux distribution, that can provide iSCSI storage to your VMware environment, it’s ideal for small setups (This video was made with all the devices running in VMware workstation 7, on my laptop. That’s two ESXi servers, a vCenter server, and the Openfiler iSCSI target server). Solution Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links Openfiler Thanks to...