esxi management network issue with 2 hosts
Hi I have 2 esxi 5.1 hosts on a network, with a vcentre server on the same range, the network config is: server1 IP: 192.168.6.64Subnet: 255.255.255.0Gateway: 192.168.6.2 server2 IP:...
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In vnx5100 we have created two partitions (LUNs) which needs to be shared separately with 2 VM machines for clustering The issue is here, I have assigned the LUN size to a new data storage. And when I...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Free License
I just installed ESXi 5.1. Every time I start the Client I get the warning that my trial will end in 60 days... I tried to register for the free license but I just got an error saying that the key...
View ArticleP2V a Domain Contoller
I have to P2V two domain controllers. These servers need to be virtualized and there are other services on these servers (e.g. Exchange) that need to be virtualized as well. I am on vSphere 5.1....
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Hello Everyone, I've been in search of a method for adjusting the screen size to automatically use the full browser screen. I know in the vSphere Client you can fit the guest OS to the size of the...
View Articleesxi 5.0 and SASWT4I
Hello, why the raid controller from Intel (SASWT4i) is not supported any more ? we bought license for VS5-ESSL-C, we have 3 servers in configuration SR1500ALR with external raid and it worked for 4.0...
View ArticleEsxi 5 update 1/HP DL380g6 with bnx2 driver doesn't load all network ports
Hi,I have a HP DL360 G6 with 4 physical Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T network interfaces.But Esxi v5.0.0 U1 build 623860 only gives me 2 ports: ~ # esxcli network nic list Name...
View Article[HomeLab] Mobo Asrock X79 Extreme6 for vSphere 5.1
Hi Everyone, i am finally going to build a whitebox for my lab and a good choice seems to be the asrock x79 extreme6 but i can't seem to find anyone that can report problems/issues using this mobo to...
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From where we get IQN number that we need to manually enter in Static Discovery of software iSCSI configuration.
View ArticleCisco UCS Blades and bios settings
Hi, We are using some B230 Blades, I'm trying to find out what is best for Vmware in regards to the bios settings. I didn'tget much help from Cisco. I want to configure the bios policy for best...
View ArticlePleased as punch!
Been a while since I've posted... Rot had crept in...you know, you get tired of the work. But I am rejuvenated. We just started our new buildout, and damn, I'm excited about tech again! The first 6...
View ArticleSnapshot run out of space
If I snapshot a server and it fills up my datastore will it just fail? What problems will it cause? Thanks
View Article.ctk files and failing to consolidate snapshots
I started here:http://communities.vmware.com/message/2225825#2225825 But then realized it was for esxi 4. I am running commvault simpana and it seems that daily after backups these .ctk files are being...
View ArticleWindows 2008 NIC Disappeared
Anyone ever see a NIC disappear from a VM? We had a reboot a 2008 64bit server and when it came back up the VMXNET 2 Enhanced was gone.I removed it and added the VMXNET3 and after putting the ip...
View Articleunable to ping RHEL 5.6 linux guest vm
Hi All I wonder if somebody could please help me with this problem. I am running ESXi 5.1a (build 838463).I created a new virtual machine and chose Red Hat Linux 5 64 bitI selected 3 x E1000 virtual...
View Articlechanging network on snapshots?
Just wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to change the network on a snapshot without reverting to it? We recently consolidated several clusters into one large cluster - auqisitions and mergers....
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 doesn't boot on ESXi
Hi, I have ESXi 5.1.0 build 799733 installed on the server. And VMware vSphere Client 5.1.0 Build 786111. As far as I get this version of ESXi should suport Windows Server 2012 setup. I downloaded both...
View ArticleWhere to download VMware Update Manager
The ESXi 5.1.0 patch documentation (http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2043968) describes that one can use VMware Update Manager to...
View ArticleAgentless Anti-virus?
What do you recommend for agentless anti-virus? We are looking at Trend Micro's Deep Security product, but each host requires a dedicated virtual appliance. So far this sounds like we can't use DPM...
View Articlerunning uefi sct tool on vm
I installed esxi5.0 with virtual machine setting to UEFI BIOS support. I tried to run the uefi sct (self-certification tool) on uefi shell however the installation stops saying unable to copy the...
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