Connect an ESXi host to an iSCSI storage target
Does an ESXi host have to be put in maintenance mode to configure/connect to an iSCSI datastore. Currently have running vm's on local storage and do not want to shut them down to configure iSCSI...
View Articleesxi 5 network
i have san and iscsi nas device. 5 guest work on san and 2 guest work on iscsi nas device. i want to change iscsi network ip address . is it good idea for performance? and how to configure it. so they...
View ArticleFailed to create journal file provider: There is no space left on the device
Hi I have a VMware cluster with two ESXi hosts, when I try to create a new virtual machine, I get the following error message: A general system error occurred: Failed to create journal file provider:...
View Articlei`am wondering that where location of vSphere Esxi log
heeeeeeeellllloow all of vmware engineer and everyone i had some of question my esxi systems have a problem so i wanna check the log guide when i move to looking for some of information and log at...
View ArticleMonitor Adaptec Raid from ESXi
I'm running an ESXi 5.1 server on a host with an adaptec raid array. I would like to be able to monitor the raid array from within the vsphere console so I don't need to reboot the server to access the...
View ArticleRecover VMFS datastore to ESXi 5.1 host
I have a single ESXi host connected to a Nexsan 18 SAN via ISCSI and recently had to reboot the ESXi host. Upon the reboot, one of my volumes will not show up as a datastore. The LUN is still showing...
View ArticleHow configure guest-VM to start automatically after host restart
I have a ESXi 5.1.0 installation hosting a Windows SBS-2011 guest. The guest runs fine except that I have to manually start it every time I've had to reboot the host. And I haven't been able to locate...
View ArticleSlow Network Performance - Emulex BE3 on HP G7 using VC Flex-10
Working with an HP Customer who has 2 x 680c G7 blades in an HP c7000 with 2 x Flex-10 modules. I have seen non vSphere hosts at other customer sites break 9 Gbps in similar configuration (460c G7,...
View ArticleAgent VMs and maintenance mode
I`ve just deployed fresh vShere 5.1 with Trend Micro Deep Security antivirus solution. My problem is that when i want to put host into mainenance mode, the process gets stuck because Trend Micro VM is...
View ArticlePSOD on Dell R515 BIOS 2.0.2 - ESXi 5.0 Updatetd
Hi, today i had a Purple Screen on a new Dell R515 with the latest BIOS (2.0.2).We bought 2 of these machines in 2012 with BIOS 1.10.0 and had no problems. Yesterday i installed 2 additional R515 with...
View ArticleAdding CPU & Memory Failed - File was not found
Hi All, I have a problem where I could not add more CPU and Memory to one of my VMware Host. It always says Reconfigure virtual machine - Status: File <unspecified filename> was not found. I do...
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Stuck trying to Snapshot. Help?
Hi, I'm fairly certain that I'm falling victim to my own "DIY" file maintenance. I have an ESXi 5 box on which I created two VDs on datastore2 (150MB and 1.59TB respectively). The 150GB disk...
View ArticleHow do I know if my ESXi 5.0 license has telnet enabled
Hi, I am trying to telnet into a guest VM. I know I need to have the right license so I am wondering how do I know if I have the telnet funtionality available?
View ArticleESXI 5.0 User and Access management
Hey Fellas... I am here with a Problem. I have to make 10 Users and for each user i want to make a Virtual Machine so that they can access and Install OS of their OWN Choice.... i need them to access...
View ArticleTeaming and Failover for uplink port group on Distributed switch
Hi, I have this problem with setting up a distributed switch, and I am sure I am missing something! I have a couple hosts with 4 physical NICs each. On eash host I have configured 2 virtual switches...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 64 Logical processor not shows in windows 2008 R2 VM
Dear All, We upgraded ESXi 5.0 to 5.1 for CPU allocating problem. Now in VM (windows 2008 R2) set to 4 socket and 16 core for 64 vCPU. We have hardware of 4 socket CPU and 4 core each and HT enabled,...
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Need to change CPU-masking vmx parameters on the fly
In a migration scenario I need to change the CPU masks without a chance to poweroff the VMs for that changes.Is there a way to do that without crashing it ? I dont have the exact parameters yet but I...
View ArticleESXi Host can't format LUNs on iSCSI
Dear Community, this problem is driving crazy... We have a cluster of 4 ESXi 5.1 Hosts managed with vCenter 5.1, all latest patch level.Connected to the Hosts are via Software iSCSI our Active/Passive...
View ArticleAlert and Warming Status running ESXi5.1 HP Proliant DL380p Gen8
Hi, I running the ESXi5.1.0 on a HP Proliant DL380p G8. I using the custom vmware for HP servers. I have encounter a few problem. 1. there is a Alert status at the DL380p G8 server what does it mean?...
View ArticleDetermining the outcome of a resource pool configuration on performance
I am trying to predict the outcome of a resource pool configuration on CPU. The configuration is as follows: Total Cluster CPU resources: 20GHz Resource Pool 1: 10 VMs, 10,000 shares, 10GHz...
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