ESXi 5.1 Modify Default Management Ports
I know this process has changed from 5.0 to 5.1. Proxy.xml is no longer found in /etc/vmware/hostd/proxy.xml. From what I've seen in http://communities.vmware.com/message/2160793 you need to configure...
View ArticleUnable to increase datastore size , Increase Button Grey out
Hi, really can use some expert advise, I can not find answers or solution anywhere else. Situation: we increase a 100 GB SAN disk to 175 GB (VMFS 5.58 1MB block) , but when we go to the datastore...
View ArticleRocketRaid 2722 driver
I have a backup device that uses a rocketraid 2722 card to connect to the server I am running ESXi 5.1 on. The manufacturer has a driver for ESXi 4.0 but I can't find one for 5.1. I tried to install...
View Article"User root@127.0.0.1 logged in" every minute ?
Hi, We observe that 2 ESXi 5 Hosts in the same cluster (We only have 2 ESXi Hosts in that Cluster) get the following message every minute:User root@127.0.0.1 logged inUser root logged out Both ESXi...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 hosts randomly disconnects from vCenter
Hi.After installing vSphere vCenter and ESXi 5.1 (with latest patches), we are starting to see hosts disconnecting randomly from vCenter.We have different server models but so far, we have only seeing...
View ArticleRepairing vmdk with snapshots
Short story: I shut down gracefully ESXi 5.0 to change some disks (move 4 and and 3).When I power on again, no boot. (possibly a battery failure on my PERC 5/i as it appears to be weak now or a PSU...
View ArticleError exception encountered in parsing the OVF file being uploaded
Can anybody please advice what are the possible causes of this error
View Articlerun script after vib installation / removal
Hi, Is there any way to run a script from VIB files ? I would like to run a script after my VIB has been removed. I'm using esxcli and VUM to install / remove VIB files. Thanks in advance.
View ArticleWhy Failed to clone disk: There is not enough space on the file system for...
The Situation:1. We have two SuperMicro servers running ESXi 5.1, and do cross-backups each night between the servers using vkmfstools. Each server has Windows 2003 Server VM running Windows...
View ArticleMultiple VMFS datastores on Local Disk?
ESXi 5 intalled and made a 256GB local VMFS partition. It is sitting on a 12.5TB RAID6 LUN (all local storage).I want to use the local storage as a backup target for one of my VMs but I cannot expand...
View ArticleESXi 5 Kernel. Is it VMware developed or is it RedHat?
I've recently heard that VMware is no longer in the business of kernel development and has gone back to using some form of a RedHat kernel. Could someone elaborate on this subject? And if possible, it...
View ArticleHow to Install vCenter 5.1 using Local Admin
Hi All, I have created a new machine for vCenter 5.1 Installation, the system has been joined to domain. If i try to install vCenter using Local Admin account it gives me following error message :...
View ArticleWindows Administrator Password used in Guest Customization template does not...
"Administrator Password" used during Guest Customization does not work when deploying a Windows VM template. Any idea? After the VM has been deployed, the autologon works. But if I log-off from windows...
View ArticleSecond vSwitch on Single ESXi 5.1 Host
For some crazy reason this is escaping me. My appologies up front. I have a single 5.1 Host in a lab. Not connected to a vcenter. Is it possible to create a second vSwitch? The reasons aka "WHY"...
View ArticleSyslog.global.LogHost not working, invalid frame header...
Hi community, I'm trying to forward all ESXi-logs to my central log-server, but it does not work. I opened esxi-firewall, set-up Syslog.global.LogHost as tcp://10.0.0.171:514 but all I see on...
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ESXi 5.1 gives warning message on Embedded Controller.
Hi I have installed ESXi 5.1 on HP BL460 Gen8, but in the health status of server in vSphere client it given a warning message against embedded controller. Below is the screen shot of erro meesage....
View ArticleEmulex - Multichannel NIC question.
Hi All I'm in the process of setting up new ESXi blade servers with a dual port 10Gb Emulex card capable of multichannel (effectively making 8 virtual NICS). Now when I enable multi-channel 8 vNICS...
View Articleplanned power outage: shut down all hosts in a VSA cluster
i have a vsa cluster environment with 2 esxi hosts. a recent unplanned power outage has corrupted vsa cluster as vcenter is treating one of vsa as a vm instead of storage. i had a consultant coming in...
View ArticleMounting NAS device onto ESXi 5.1 host/copy VMs
Hi, I want to do two general things: 1. NFS-mount a newly purchased (and formatted) NAS backup device (ex. IP 192.168.1.10) onto an ESXi 5.1 host (ex IP 192.168.1.5).2. Copy powered-down VMs (by host...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 no network issue
I hope that someone can helo me with this issue:I installed ESXi 5.1 on a Dell R410 serverI am able to use the management networkThe status of the network adapter connected to the vsvitch is "networks:...
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