I just received the following: New patches are available for ESX Server 3.0.1 and ESX Server 3.0.2. ESX Server patches can be accessed through the on-line ESX Server Patch Download tool: [http://app.connect.vmware.com/e/er.aspx?s=524&lid=2272&elq=4D5713F997F04342981A231DF09609D0">] Please follow the instructions on the appropriate patch download page. VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 Patches ESX-1003516 (Critical): fixes an issue where snapshot of a Suspended Virtual Machine fails;includes [...]
Ernst, a regular poster of the Dutch VMug, posted a script for load balancing paths to an active/active SAN. What it does is select the next path for a LUN, in other words if there are four paths LUN1 will be reached via Path1, LUN2 via Path2 etc. The script, also available for download here: #!/bin/bash for PATHS in 2 [...]
Forbes just uploaded a brand new version of the VMReference Card. Download it, print it and keep it close! Source: http://vmreference.com/ Here is version 1.1 in all its shining glory. I’ve made several corrections (thanks everyone), added a few extra snippets and dusted it with a sprinkling of handy tips and tricks. The biggest change is a small 3i section. [...]
Back in the days of ESX 2.5 I managed a bunch of IBM Servers. It regularly happened that when a raid mirror set broke the IBM ESX host(the only servers I witnessed this with…) froze completely. I thought this problem was fixed with 3.0.x and I thought it was a VMware problem.
There are a bunch of new patches released for 3.0.x: New patches are available for ESX Server 3.0.1 and ESX Server 3.0.2. Please follow the instructions on the appropriate patch download page. VMware ESX Server 3.0.1 Patch Download Page [http://www.vmware.com/download/vi/vi3_patches_301.html] ESX-1003504 (General): Fix for mptscsi_2xx Driver ESX-1003505 (General): Fixes Network Connectivity Issues with Intel e1000 Driver ESX-1003506 (General): Virtual Machines [...]
When troubleshooting a VMotion problem on an unpatched ESX 3.0.2 update 1 host today I wanted to use vmkping. This constantly resulted in the following error message: syscall version mismatch (compiled: 0x7616c4e3, kernel: 0x50f63116) I did not find any useful info on google so I checked the VMware knowledge base, maybe some over at VMware can read my mind or [...]
VMware just released a new version of the ESX 3.5 ISO according to their download site. The release notes haven’t been update yet so unfortunately I can’t tell you what’s included, but my guess would be the patches released on the 17th of January. Latest Released Version: 3.5.0 | 02/20/08 | 64607 | 565 MB There are no new patches [...]
