Is this network configuration makes sense ?
Hello, I have the following set up in an isolated cluster and would like to know your input in the network configuration according to the screenshots given. Thanks for your help
View ArticleCant perform Guest Windows Update
Hi there. I am having problems on a ESXi 5.1 host running Windows 2008 R2 guest O/S in that the windows update fails with the error message "An error occurred while checking for new updates for you...
View ArticleInstalling vmware tools in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 64-Bit
Hi, I would simply like to install vmware tools in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 64-Bit VM from a RPM. I don't want to install kernel files and gcc at all, so compiling is out unless I absolutely have...
View ArticleHP Smart Array controller Health Status with non HP Server and ESXi 5
For the upgrade to VSphere 5 of our existing HP Prolient servers we wanted to use newer Supermicro Units but stay with the Hp Smart Array P410i controllers and disks we had before. For this task we...
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ESXTop shows high CPU on VM Desktop vmx-mks process
We have been noticing that desktops are randomly pegging out at 100% usage on the performance charts and esxtop is showing abnormally high CPU usage for the vmx-mks process. The usage stays very high...
View ArticleESX 5.1 detected one half of my RAM
Dear Community, I just built a new system to host multiple vm's: AMD FX 8320 (8 core), 32GB RAM with 2 1TB disks. The BIOS sees all 32GB of RAM. After installing ESX 5.1, it's reporting only 16GB of...
View Articlemonitoring ESXi 5 host using Hyperic HQ
Hi there! I apologize if this is not the right place to discuss it but.. I am getting very confused about how to monitor ESXi with HypericHQ. In earlier versions up to 3.0 (if I understand properly) it...
View Articleisolinux: Disk error 80, AX...
Hi guys, I'm trying to install ESXi 5 Essentials from an ISO image via HP iLO, but the install seems to crash at the following error: isolinux: Disk error 80, AX = 42B4, drive 9FBoot failed: press a...
View ArticleWindows BSOD in ESXi when USB backup drive plugged in
Hi There, we are finding an issue (not sure if its a bug in VMWare or a driver issue) with our customers. We have virtualised 3 different customers recently (Dell power edge R510, T300 and T310) and...
View ArticleUSB blu ray drive ist not available as USB device
Hellowe need to use a USB blu ray drive in a virtual machine.Therefore I added an USB controller as virtual hardware and after that I 'd like to add the USB device.But the USB devices are greyed out in...
View ArticleCreating encrypted backup for esx 5 VM
Hi I have a esxi 5.0.0 host running 4 virtual machines. I wanted to create backup's of the VM's, encrypt them and transfer them to a outside server which will hold this esxi VM backups.Until now in the...
View ArticleHighPoint RocketRaid 2310 and Esxi 5
Hello, I have two rocketraid 2310 card and i want to know if it's support by vmware ESXi 5.I don't find this hardware in the compatibility list. Thanks for your answer. Blaise
View ArticleMounting datastore on two nodes
Hello, I created a datastore on Host1 that is being presented from HP EVA SAN to two hosts. I can see the lun in host2 but when I try to mount it I get:"Mount VMFS volume The operation is not allowed...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 reverts Authentication services to Local
Hi, I have a server running ESXi 5.1.0, 799733 and I have configured the server to use AD as Authentication Service.In addition I have granted a group rights to login and limited rights on the VM's and...
View ArticleDetermine ESXi 5.0 Edition
Hi, I have installed ESXi 5.0 on HP BL 460 gen8 server, Media used:Vmware-ESXi-5.0.0-Update2-914586-HP-5.27.20 , My query is how can i determine if i have installed Enterprise or Standard Edition, as...
View ArticleLinked Clone - How to ? Is it possible via vCenter ? or just by Scripts ?
Hi, As far as I know the feature linked clone is available only on VMware view and Cloud Director not in vCenter.So Linked Clone are not available via vCenter (doesn't matter which version) , So the...
View ArticlesvMotion shared disks
I have a cluster configuration on 2 VMs (Windows and SQL Cluster). Obviously some of the storage is shared.What would happen if i svMotion to another DataStore? Thanks,
View ArticleMultipathing and NFS Storage
Anyone who can explain this attached diagram and these terms given below:- 1. spanned, teamed switch ports(feature may not be available on all switches)2. cross stack EtherChannel 3. switch port static...
View ArticleHigh I/O latency or ??
Hi we have a number of esx hosts showing similar events as the ones below. it is typically happening during nightly backups. 2013-04-23T03:50:23.307Z ESXHOST Hostd: [299D2B90 info 'ha-eventmgr']...
View ArticleDell MD3200 & ESXi
Hi there, The company I am developing a cloud solution for requires a development environment for testing and also for myself to use a platform to build the production cloud. I want to use 4 servers...
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