ESXI 5.0 host not detecting USB Keyboard and Mouse
Keyboard and mouse works for BIOS during POST without any issue. But as soon as VMware loads the light on keyboard gets turned off and nothing works. Mouse also stops responding.Host can be accessed...
View ArticleIP HASH and Ether Channels
Afternoon guys , I require some help with a client we inherited . We know if you want to use IP hashing , you should have Ether-Channel configured Up steam , with LACP as an optional bit of...
View ArticleHow to block a specific port?
Hi, I'd like to know if there is any way to define firewall rules to block a specific port on my VMware ESXi 5 in order to prevent the request to go to Windows SO installed on my virtual machine. My...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 on Proliant ML350P G8 not shutting down
Hi, I'm having a problem with an ESXi 5.5 installation on a HP Proliant ML350P G8. I've setup the Host via Vsphere to shut down every VM gracefully (guest shutdown) with a shutdown delay of 60. I...
View ArticleRDM mapped SQL cluster into VMDK
Hi I have two node windows -SQL cluster mappped with RDM.I would like to convert into RDM. Let me know the steps/Procedure to do with least risk and downtime. Regards,Maniee.
View ArticlePSOD because of FC remote port time out issue
PSOD analysis We see in zdump log file that multiple PCPU were locked up. We also see blocked FC remote port time out error before host PSOD is triggered. It looks like a esxi host is not able to...
View ArticleLost connectivity to device naa.xxxxxxxxx
Recently we unmounted many devices on multiple hosts by following proper procedure Clean all the data in datastore --> unmount datastore --> detach the lun from devices tab --> unmap from...
View ArticleConnecting USB on HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 with VMware Esxi 5.1 running
Hello, We are planning to connect a USB to our hardware (HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8) which runs (VMware Esxi, build 3872664).Please help me to understand what should required steps to do it apart from...
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IBM Vcenter S 8886 datastore not detected by Blades , ESXI 5.5
HI ALL, Hope everybody fine here and doing well . We have one real issue with IBM Vcenter S 8886 Hardware . The issue started with multiple hard drivers failures in IBM chassis and then those...
View ArticleCan I use vCloud Suite and vSphere 5 Enterprise Licenses in the same cluster...
Can I use vCloud Suite and vSphere 5 Enterprise Licenses in the same cluster of esxi 5.5 hosts?
View ArticleShould I renew my VMware 5 support contract?
I got an email saying my support contract has expired for the VMware 5 Essentials Kit I purchased some years ago. My view here is that there is no further development that I can see with 5.5 latest...
View ArticleVMware ESX/ESXi , vmware vsphere client and with Microsoft Credential Guard...
Dears I appreciate your assistant and support in my question: I want to ask , are the VMware ESX/ESXi , vmware vsphere client compatibility with Microsoft Credential Guard / Device Guard technology...
View ArticleSnapshot scheduler
Good morning, I'm managing ESXI 5.0.0 through VSphere Client 5.0.0 but it looks like there is no way to schedule something (I need to schedule snapshots), am I right? So, I wonder if I can schedule...
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esxtop SWCUR unit of measure
What is the unit of measure for esxtop (ESXi 5.5) SWCUR: Thanks,GlenG
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Windows Server 2008 R2 (VM) is internet-connected in standard switch but not...
Attached are the situations: Router gateway: 192.168.100.1ESXi 5.5: 192.168.100.2VCSA: 192.168.100.3Win Svr 2008: 192.168.100.110 (DHCP via router gateway) Standard switch connected to...
View ArticleCan I protect/move VMkernel Adapter behind VM-based UTM (Unified Threat...
Can I protect/move VMkernel Adapter behind VM-based UTM (Unified Threat Management) For example:dSwitch A (port group: WAN) with uplinkdSwitch B (port group: LAN + Mgmt) NO uplink Make the VM-based UTM...
View ArticleMultiple ESXI 5.5 Host intermitant lock ups
Hi, First question posted on VMware communities so here goes We have the below issue in our environment. This happens at 2 differentsites with similar setups. However we have 10 hosts at one site...
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What is required on ESXi 5.5 CLI to run scripts
I want to run a script to to check for hardware failure, but when I create the script using vi and I type #chmod +x script.sh, and #./script.sh I receive "./script.sh: not found."My guess ESXi 5.5 is...
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No logical drives with raid 0 on system x3650
We are having IBM Server SystemX 3650 with 3 HDD (300 GB each) and RAID 0. We have ESXi 5.0 installed with 5 running server2008 images on it. Today Morning the IBM server is hanged and When we start...
View ArticleProblem with linking network cards with vlans when moving VMs between hosts
Hello, I'm having a problem migrating the machines from one host to another. When performing the migration, every time I have to inform vlan that it will be linked on the...
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Is ESXi 5.5 CLI able to send cron email alerts?
I've been working on this for a few days, and I created a script checking hard drive RAID status. I've been able to create cron schedule and my script is running. Before I dig deeper into this, is...
View ArticleVM Version 8 V Disk Size supported
Hi,I need to know that the supported size of VDisk..? in VM Version 8 Message was edited by: Yatin Panchal
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How to migrate VM onto another ESXi Host without vmotion
Hello Support, We have 2 ESXi 5.5 Hosts using common NFS share. i.e. The VMs created on each ESXi Hosts are stored in common share. I wish to know if VMs on ESXi1 can be started on ESXi2 without...
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VMsphere ESXi5.5
Increase the number of receive queues at the hypervisor pNIC: I have tried to increase the number of receive queues using the command " esxcli network nic queue count set -n <adapterName> -r...
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Host Reachable on an IP address that does not exist on the host itself
Dear Experts,i am having a very strange problem. When i start the VM on ESxi the VM gets an IP address, that i can see from the internal network router, which i can then use to SSH into the VM.Once i...
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removing hosts from vsphere cluster
what do i need to take note if I need to remove ESXi hosts from the vsphere cluster?
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Network Adapter says down but switch and hardware iDrac says up
Server is Dell PowerEdge R720xdvSphere is 5.5.0 4722766 We've connected the 10GB NICs to our iSCSI switch and the switch says the link is up and on the iDrac Network Hardware page it indicates the link...
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Need Help Repairing VMFS Partition
I am trying to help an organization recover their standalone, VMWare ESXi 5.5 host, and the datastore won't mount. It's just a local raid volume, I can see it as "Mounted" in Devices. I am honestly...
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What license do I need to use to add a physical server to an ESXi cluster?
Hi, we have an ESX 5 cluster (managed by a contractor) and we need to add two new physical servers to that infrastructure to be able to create more virtual machine inside of those servers. However, as...
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