Error: Invalid Configuration for device ‘0’
I have just had a VM move to a different host in a cluster (due to a hardware failure on the original host) but once complete it was inaccessible over the network. I logged on to the VM using the…
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…
Using VMXNET3 Ethernet Adapters for 10Gbps connections
In order to get the best network performance between my virtual servers I will replace the NICs with the new VMXNET3 adapter, which supports speeds of up to 10Gbps. I don’t believe it is possible to change the adapter type…