Tag: VMware

Install HP Command View EVA in VMware Virtual Machine


There are two ways to allow HP command View EVA that’s installed in a virtual machine to manage the array: Virtualized SCSI mode and VMDirectPath mode. Virtualized SCSI mode – The Command View EVA instance can only view the active path to LUN 0 on a single controller. This mode is enabled by default when … Continue reading Install HP Command View EVA in VMware Virtual Machine →

VForum 2013


I attended vForum 2013 couple days ago. To me, here are the three major notable things: VMware vSphere 5.5: It introduces many new features and enhancements to extend the core capability of the vSphere platform. e.g. hardware version 10, vmdk size limit is up to 62TB, support Microsoft cluster on Windows 2012. More   VMware … Continue reading VForum 2013 →

vShield EndPoint: Lost communication with ESX module


We bought two new blades recently. When my colleague tries to configure the vShield Endpoint on the two new hosts, he always get an error ‘Lost communication with ESX module’. I SSH into the host, and checked the syslog. It complains the certificate is not yet valid. And I noticed that the time is not … Continue reading vShield EndPoint: Lost communication with ESX module →

RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table


One of my VMware Linux virtual machine takes a long time to boot. And there are couple warnings on the screen complaining RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table. According to VMware KB2048572, this issue occurs when the Linux iputilis package causes a delay in the boot process. A warning message appears when the guestinfo … Continue reading RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table →

SQL express dynamic port causes vCenter service fail to start


A friend called and asked me why his vCenter service failed to start after the server reboot. After spending some time in investigation, I finally found the root cause – he uses SQL express to host the DB. And the SQL server port changed to another after the server reboot, which led to the SSO … Continue reading SQL express dynamic port causes vCenter service fail to start →