Windows 2008 R2 - stuck in reboot loop after Win updates applied
ESXi 5.1 Windows 2008 Server R2 VM Applied normal Win update patch and now stuck in reboot loop(see screen caps attached). Am able to boot to recovery console. Novice(no snapshot! ); and need...
View ArticleHost cache on ESXi 5.1 free is full
Hi I have the SSD disk where host cache is full of 42 1 gb's filesssh df -h Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted onVMFS-5 1.8T 1.4T 416.8G 78% /vmfs/volumes/vm2000gbVMFS-5...
View Articlereplication issue
I'm using the replication appliance, and no the full blown SRM product to replicate machines between 2 sites. I can replicate VM's from site 2 to site 1, but when I try to replicate machines from site...
View ArticleCustomizing an OVF/OVA for remote server deployments
We have the need to deploy 3 vms to remote sites. There will eventually be dozens of remote sites and so we need to streamline and standardize the deployment. I have experience with physical server...
View ArticleCPU Wait times at 12,000 MS Consistantly
Hello All- First time poster. I am noticing a constant CPU wait time of 12,000 MS on average for all VM's. This is on both a 4.1 and 5.0 cluster. CPU ready times are an avg of 2.0. As basically a noob...
View ArticleIs hot migration possible with VMWare ESXi 5.1.0 without an ESX management...
Is hot migration possible with VMWare ESXi 5.1.0 without an ESX management server?I'm wondering for a future issue, a scenario where a sysadmin would have to build a Win2008 server+DC on local...
View ArticleVM Ping/ARP issue
We are having a problem with some of our virtual machines intermittently losing communication with each other, and I’m at a loss as to the source. We have about 250 VM’s running on about 20 HP BL465C...
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ESXi 5 Will not boot Blinking Curser
OK well first off this is kinda a uniquie situation, well this is what we where trying to do. First off I am not on sight with this server, and I have no remote access to it, I am working with my...
View ArticleTP-Link TG-3468 NIC compatibility to VMware ESXi 5.1
Hi,I am trying to install ESXi 5.1 on my home server, with mobo ASUS P8Z68-V Pro and CPU Intel i5-3550.The onboard NIC on that mobo (Intel® 82579) appears to be unsupported, so I am looking into buying...
View ArticleESXi NFS network performance
Hello, I have read many NFS performance related threads on google as well in the forum, but unfortunately following all the advices my network performance is still extreamly slow. My configuration is...
View Article1000Base-LX NIC (Singlemode)
Hello I'm searching a NIC for 1 Gbit over Singlemode Fibre with PCI-Express interface.I found a Allied Telesis AT-2972LX10/LC (with Controller Broadcom BCM 5715S). This Broadcom controller is shown...
View ArticleBest Design with 8 Physical NICs( 4 x1GB + 4 10GB)
I am preparing to deploy a brand new vSphere 5.1 (Enterprise license) environment and would really appreciate a little feedback to some best practices or real world experiences. For our HA cluster we...
View Articletwo VM's with same name in VC
Hi all, Today while creating a VM I gave a duplicate name. I did not prompt me for any error . I am using vCenter Server 5.1.0b. is this possible? and why was I not given an error Thanks
View ArticleWhy is the VMware Tools GUI gone with ESXi 5.1?
This is no big deal ... I only noticed that the VMware Tools GUI (that you could launch by clicking on the tray icon or running the Control Panel applet) is gone with the ESXi 5.1 tools (at least for...
View Article"Best" Practice with Configuring iSCSI with VNX and Cisco UCS
I am looking for some assistance with an implementation. I am attemping to configure 4 vNICs in vSphere 5 for iSCSI to connect to 4 iSCSI ports defined on a VNX 5300 for a high bandwidth...
View ArticleCan´t power off VM
Hi AllAfter an iscsi crash and a management network restart on the host. Our VDP test appliance appears powered on in vcenter and has locked a few VMs snapshots.The vm is powered off as I also had to...
View Articlevswp on shared storage question...
Hi, we are looking to maybe put vswp for all our VMs on a dedicated (not mirrored ) LUN that will serve only that purpose. That is to reduce the size of the data that is replicated with global...
View ArticleProblem with LSI 9260-4i after upgrade ESXi from 5.0 to 5.1.0a
I installed on ESXi 5.0 offline bundle 5.1, and after this installed offline bundle 5.1.0а. Now, I have ~ # vmware -vVMware ESXi 5.1.0 build-838463.And in my log watching interesting situation...
View ArticleV Center 5 with oracle DB instead of MS Sql Express
Dear Experts Im looking for an opinion to use Oracle DB on V Center instead of Default MS SQL 2008 Express. Our company owns Oracle licenses and want to utilize it with V Center. Is there any special...
View ArticleEnable active directory authentication on ESXi using powercli
Hi Folks , I was wondering whether any one know how to enable active directory authentication on ESXi 5.1 using PowerCli . Thanks in Advance !!...
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