start esx without loading all modules on boot
I've developed an ESX module and added it to the boot sequence so it gets loaded on every boot (the boot.cfg file contains my module). The problem is that in some cases my module can crash the ESX...
View Articlevmware-tools and openindiana - broken in 5.0u2 and 5.1 ?
Hi, I have several ESXi 5.0 boxes. I use virtualized openindiana on them. I always install vmware-tools.When ESXi 5.1 came out, I upgraded one of my boxes with 5.1 and vmware-tools inside it (from 8.5...
View ArticleUsing a physical workstation to host a remote virtual machine (ESXi 5.1 /...
Hello. I'm a student projecct manager working for Durham Technical Community College's IT department and part of a team trying to construct a remote computing environment. The plan is to integrate the...
View ArticleConfig HA and DPM on Esxi 5.1
Hi ! Everyone !I'm newbie. My system contains: two esxi host 5.1, vcenter, storage (NetApp for two host). How to config a cluster with HA and DRS (DPM) ?If I config HA, host will not standby when VM...
View Article#PF Exception 14 in world 14442:vmm2:VM_Name - (PSOD)
Hi, Anybody here encounter this issue, I'm using VMWare ESXi 5.0.0 Releasebuild-623860 #PF Exception 14 in world 14442:vmm2:Virtual_Machine_Name IP 0x41801087ef47 addr 0x48...
View ArticleHP Smart Array P420i warning
Hi, I got a brand new DL380p gen8 Server with 8 300GB SAS disks in 2 raid 5, and installed esxi from the branded image: VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-799733-HP-5.34.23.iso on the first raid.Everything seems to be...
View ArticleWhat will happen if I want to install the linux PREEMPT_RT patch on a VM...
Dear all, I want my real-time application to run in a linux VM, but I have no idea about how to achieve this. As you may know, there is a real-time patch named 'PREEMPT_RT' and released by the linux...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 VM showing 7 CPUs in Device Manager.
Hi, I have 1 windows 2K8 R2 Std VM in our ESX infrastructure, when I right click the task manager it is showing 4 vCPU's but at the same time when I checked the device manager of the VM it is showing 7...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 U1 host does not see datastore on second iSCSI host...
I have an ESXi 5.0 U1 host that is connected to an iSCSI target on a Centos 6.4 system. The other day, I built another Centos 6.4 system. ESX sees and connected to this new system, but would not show...
View ArticlevSphere PCI Compliance
Hi, I hope I'm in the right forum now, if not, could a moderator please move this message to the correct one. Thank you. Last week we had our yearly compliance audit and this year our QSA failed our...
View ArticleESXi5: Help needed with asssigning all resources to 1 VM
Hi! For our office I've set up a homebrew ESXi box running vSphere 5. Hardware: Core i7 3820 (3.6gHz quadcore /w HT), 16gb ram, dual ssd; vSphere 5 free license. => I'm trying to assign all...
View ArticleMoving 2008 R2 Standard Domain Controller to ESXI 5.1
I have read multiple times and even seen from the official support that migrating domain controllers into vmware isn't supported. Is this still the case in 5.1 or can this successfully be done with...
View ArticleVM Nic Sleeping
VMWare 5VM - Windows 2008 R2 64bitNetwork Adapter - VMXNET 3 We just set up a new server a few weeks ago. For some reasone the NIC seems to be going to sleep, we can't ping, attach to the server, or...
View Articlepass-through modem?
Is it possible to connect an external modem to an esxi5i host, and pass that modem through to a virtual machine?
View Articlehow to run dpm
i have ha/drs cluster. there are 2 host on cluster. 10 os are running host A . host B hasnt any os. two host are always open . why host b is always open. I think host b must standby mode or shutdown ?
View ArticleChecking /etc for files that have been modified
In a typical 'NIX environment, if I wanted to find any file modified in the last 3 days, I'd use: find /etc -mtime 3 Does anyone know if the find command on ESXi5.0 supports this find "option"? Thx in...
View ArticleHow to map vmdk files with respective /dev/sd* in linux Guest OS
Hi, I am using Linux Guest OS, and I have total 5 disks of 100 GB which has been mapped to corresponding 5 different vmdk files. Now I would like to map the each /dev/sda, /dev/sdb..... to respective...
View ArticlePhysical RDM Adaptec RAID - cannot see more than 2 TB on VM guest
I am having a problem with a VM which I cannot get a 10.9 TB RAW storage to be seen from the guest. Here is the environment: -ESXi 5.1 - latest-Adaptec 5805 PCIe (passthrough to vm)-Windows 7 Ultimate...
View ArticleGroups missing after upgrade to 5.1 from 5.0 Update01 b623860
I did my first upgrade to 5.1 yesterday on a test system and all that appears to be wrong is this situation. Anyone have any thoughts?
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differences between HW numbers and vmdk versions??
Where can I find something explaining the differences between hardware versions -- particularly HW version 8 and higher?? Does vSphere 5.1 and higher have a different vmdk version than 5.0?? I know...
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