autodeploy problems
vsphere 5.1 autodeploy problems again. I seem to get autodeploy working for a few days and then something goes wrong. My reference host is compliant, no problems. My second autodeploy host was fine -...
View ArticleCondition Length for Events
Hi, Ire is my configuration: I have hosts with two alimentations, one directly on sector, and the other on a UPS.I would like to use the default "Host hardware power status" Alarm to put my host in...
View ArticleESXi500-201303001 patch, build 1024429 - RDM passthrough of local disk broken?
Hello! I'm running an ESXi host with 5.0 update 02 from end of december 2012, build 914586.I'm using an LSI RAID controller with 4x1TB SAS hard drives in a RAID5 array, splitted in two logical drive,...
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ESXi 5.1: vmsvc warning guestinfo RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4...
Hi, we have two RHEL6.3 VMs which need 15 minutes to boot!The problem happens when starting the network interfaces in vmsvc. Host: ESXi 5.1, latest 5.1 tools from repo installed, two vmxnet3 interfaces...
View ArticleUpgrading ESXi 5.0 to ESXi 5.1 HP Smart Array P410i Warning
HiWhen upgrading ESXi 5.0 to ESXi 5.1 I get a Warning on the " HP Smart Array P410i Controller"I used image 799733-HP-5.34.23 Cannot see why the warning occurs. Is there any problems with the image ?...
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PSOD, ESXi 5.1 Build 1021289 -- any ideas?
Had our first PSOD (system has been running for almost 2 years now) yesterday. This is a medium-loaded host, with mostly idle VMs on it most of the day... yesterday afternoon the VMs and the host...
View ArticleASUS Z9PE-D16 Raid Boot Configuration
Hello,I was hoping for some guidance on setting up my boot / datastore drives. I have the following hardware - 1x Asus Z9PE-D16 server board with ports...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - LSI 3ware 9650SE driver please
The driver for this controller is found after an exhaustive search through the rediculously incomprehensible hardware compatibility guide,...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 host randomly rejecting connections
We recently upgraded to Vcenter 5.1 and built a new ESXi 5.1 host. Today was the first day we tried to create a VM on the new host and we ran into an issue with the console being unable to connect to...
View Articleesxi 5.1 and adaptec 6405
Trying to install esxi 5.1.0 on a server with adaptec 6405, but no disk using the controller is seen from the 'device list menu'While istalling aacraid failed to load. I created the installation log...
View Articlevmware and exchange image question
I have an exchange 2010 on windows 2010 image hosted by vmware esx server 3.0.0I finally got a brand new server with vmware esxi 5.1 on it. I like to move this image to this new server I was womndering...
View ArticleMessage:Virtual machine detects a loss in guest heartbeat
Hello Everyone, I keep receiving "Message:Virtual machine detects a loss in guest heartbeat" which occurs during a Veeam backup job. I understand this may be caused by process of using snapshots but...
View ArticleESXI 5.X with raid card rocketraid 1740 {problem}
Dear all, can any one explain to me or show me a link or is there is driver to make the card work in with esxi 5? I recently bought a hightpoint card rocket raid 1740, and I did update the BIOS to...
View ArticleVMware Esxi 5.1 question
Hi,I have recently installed VMware ESXi 5.1 on a server with more than 32Gb memory. I get the message that it is evaluation mode and will expire in 60 days. I learned that there is a limitation of...
View ArticleSome questions about SSO’s future
With a single SSO instance I get a single pane of glass for multiple vCenter servers at our primary site. Best practices state that vCenter at a remote site would be better served by another SSO server...
View ArticleDump Collector Error
i want to configure Dump Collector: I get this below error when i check the status after enabling and configuring dumpcollector: esxcli system coredump network checkError: Unknown command or namespace...
View ArticlevMotion Multi-NIC setup / network outage
Hello Together.I have since a few month a strange and serious problem with vMotion in a Multi-Nic setup. This issue doesn't happend in a single NIC configuration Unfortnately the VMware support didn't...
View ArticleNeed help on configuring ESXi, vSphere and vCenter on a Desktop
Hi Folks, I have completed VMWare ICM 5.1 Course recently and would like to have lab setup on my Desktop PC. (Core i5/VT Enabled / 8 GB Memory) Please guide me how to install/configure ESXi Server,...
View ArticleMax. Slot size configuration in HA
If we are using das.slotMemInMB than can a VM with more than the slot size memory reservation be powered on if host has the resources? Can it consume more than one slot? and Can anyone tell me the use...
View ArticleHT with NUMA
What is the recommendation for HT with NUMA to keep the HT disabled or enabled?
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