Veeam Backup & Replication fails: Unable to release guest
I am using Veeam Backup & Replication to backup several servers on a small ESX 4.1 cluster. Until recently all has been well and the backups have succeeded every night, but now it fails when trying to backup one of…
A general system error occurred: unable to save the snapshot file
For the last hour or so I have been attempting to take a VM snapshot on my ESXi 5 host at home but keep encountering the f0llowing error: A general system error occurred: unable to save the snapshot file I have…
Using ManageEngine OpManager to monitor a VMware ESX server
OpManager is a fantastic product by ManageEngine that offers complete, end-to-end monitoring for routers, switches, servers, printers and so much more. Today I am adding some new ESX hosts that require monitoring. Before adding ESX or ESXi hosts I have…
Configure networking for vMotion and Fault Tolerance
I have 3 ESX servers in a cluster and, for performance reasons, have decided to add a dual port NIC to each server dedicated to Fault Tolerance and vMotion traffic. The steps below outline how I configured the networking. To…
Installing an offline driver package using the vSphere CLI
I have purchased new Intel NICs for my ESX servers so that I can separate the networking for vMotion and Fault Tolerance. However, the drivers are not included in ESX so I need to install them. Once I’d located and…