Re: ESX 5, iSCSI and VMWARE - Logical Drive Not On Preferred Path
Thanks Amanzoor, I am just setting this up so I also will go with the IBM version of ESXI, where did you download this from? As far as I am aware I thought esxi 5.1 is the latest. Did you mean you went...
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Re: ESX 5, iSCSI and VMWARE - Logical Drive Not On Preferred Path
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/preconfig.jsp?id=2012-10-19+08%3A15%3A58.511149R&S_TACT=&S_CMP= Make sure your rack(or other servers) are compatible. No I meant Esxi 5.1...
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Re: ESX 5, iSCSI and VMWARE - Logical Drive Not On Preferred Path
Thanks again Is there a easy way to find out what server's are supported on this build? I can't seem to find a matrix anywhere? I am using a X3550 M4 I was looking around and all I could find was...
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Your servers and mine are same, you are good to go. As far as the build on IBM Vmware is concerned it will be exactly the same as Vmware, I beleive mine is 799.... something. I can confirm tomorrow...
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I just checked IBM version of VMware 5.1U1 is supported by IBM as well as Vmware but not 5.1. so it is upto you to decide which way to go.
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Hello Do you have shared storage?No sir I do not have work storage, I was looking forward to do that. I am struggling to understand what you are trying to acheive here.I'm trying to build sometging...
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The first issue that I see is your first host the ML370G4 that is a very old box and is not on the HCL for the latest versions or ESXi. also it only has 100MB network cards and at 4GB memory it would...
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View ArticleRe: ESX 5, iSCSI and VMWARE - Logical Drive Not On Preferred Path
Hi Amanzoor, Have you seen this? I wonder if this is worth trying? My server is a 7914. http://communities.vmware.com/thread/340632?start=15&tstart=0 I will be onsite again next week so will do...
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Another artcile I found might be worth checking out, Have you tried this at all? http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=367828&start=15&tstart=0
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Nazda,I had already tried it. Same thing. Ds3524 Management software: 10.84.G5.30Controller Firmware version 07.84.44.00
View ArticleRe: Will be able to done vmware clastering
Yeah.. And it's does not change any things if I say that I have 2 soket CPU installed... JUst fiscal situation is not good and I think we can not aford the extra memory .. I'm thinking to do maybe...
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personally I would P2V (using Converter) the ML370 and retire it, you are more likely to loose that host than the modern G8. I would consider getting some more memory for the G8 to up it as that will...
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I have this exact error. It happened after moving the DB and needing to reinstall SSO, vCenter, Web client. If I now uninstall and reinstall VSA Manager, will it hose up my cluster? Does...
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In my case un-installing/installing vCenter Server and VSA Manager did not affect the operability of the working cluster.
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The recommendation from VMWare centred around our networking configuration, namely making use from jumbo frames, vlanning and trunking. In addition, there are countless references to flow control...
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