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Hi everyone, new to the groups :-) We have just purchased ESX/VSphere and are moving away from our old free esx and now i would like to upgrade our server hardware, we will be using a mix of windows...
View ArticleESXi Kickstart Python Script not joining to vCenter
I am trying to setup an automated install of ESXi hosts using the kickstart script and the jointovCenter python script from here...
View ArticleMonitor Raid Status in vSphere Client
I want to monitor the raid status of my esxi 5.0 system within the vSphere client. Afaik the built in controller is an adaptec 5405...
View ArticleGuestAppMonitor SDK API in vmware tools in vSphere 5.1
How to test this inGuestAppMonitor SDK API in vmware tools in vSphere 5.1 VM?
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USB passthrough on ESXi 5 to Windows 2008 VM machines
I'm having an issue getting a external hard drive to pass through to a Windows 2008 VM machine. I'm running ESXi 5.1 and have the device plugged into a USB 2.0 port. My hosts are Proliant DL380p...
View Articlehow to crossover connect 2 multi-NIC ESXi 5 servers with static IPs?
Is it possible to connect two multi-NIC ESXi 5 servers together with a crossover cable? Here is my scenario. I have two ESXi servers with 2 NICs each. I want to connect one port from each box to the...
View ArticleCmd line to add ports to a vSwitch on ESXi 5.1
Hi, is there a cmd line to add ports to the existing vSwitch ? I am trying to use a kickstart script and I would first like to add the switch and later add the ports, I don't want to create the ports...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 Replication
I am working on a solution for one of my customer and evaluting SRM 5.1 with Vsphere Replication 5.1 against array based replication. Would like to know 1.) How many ESX servers can I protect using...
View ArticleUnable to retireve DHCP based IP as guest on ESXi 5.1
Hi all, I'm new in this forum and have just installed vSphere ESXi 5.1 (free version) for testing. Now I have tried to migrate one physical and two new virtual machines onto the server. the migrated...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 with RAID 1 on this config ?
Hi, To begin with, sorry for my bad english. I wish to know if it is possible to install ESXi on the material listed below :Motherboard :Tyan S5512GM2NR (http://www.tyan.com/product_SKU_sp [...]...
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vSphere 5 - Host Hardware Voltage IBM Blades
Good morning, I just wanted to share information on how I resolved an issue with "Host Hardware Voltage" errors across several of my blades in case anyone else comes across the same issue. One of my...
View ArticleAnyone able to run a /bin/bash script on esxi5 ?
I have some HP firmware update to perform. The downloaded HP CP.scexe script says ESXi5 support but when I run it I get alerts/errors. Checking I found that the firmware updates from HP that do work...
View ArticleMSCS, NLB, VmWare vSphere 5 with iSCSI SAN
Dear all, I am reading the document Setup for Failover Clustering and Microsoft Cluster Service in order to understand to design a clustered setup spread over several ESX hosts running vSphere 5.0...
View ArticleTrouble with presenting replicated LUNs in ESXi 5.0
We have two ESXi 5.0 clusters that are connected to two unique HP 24K SANs and those SANS are replicated between each other. We have a need to transfer all of the VMs from one Cluster to the other....
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Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
I got a purple screen when I start up a vm with a pci device With Esxi5 was working fine. I tested it with 2 vm on different hosts ( but same hardware) i7 2600 32gb mb: dq67sw What can I try
View ArticlePSOD on "Reset" of Windows VM
I have a Windows VM that I ported over from Virtual Box. I told Virtual Box to export as "OVA 9.0". Added to VM inventory on the ESXi host and booted it up. After playing with the VM for a little bit,...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - Insufficient resources to satisfy configured failover level for...
Hi, I have been trying to figure out why there is insufficient resources to power just one small VM in my vSphere cluster. 2 X ESXi 5.1 hostsEach host has2 X Processors (8 cores each) with HT...
View ArticleIntel DQ57TM and ESXi 5.1 - total lockup at Loading/onetime.tgz
Hi Everyone, I was hoping to replace my ESXI 5.0 host (DQ45CB Core4Quad) with a DQ57TM (Core -7 860), both systems have 8GB of memory. I was able to boot from the CD and install ESXi 5.1, but upon...
View ArticleHow to tell if BBWC is installed and working
I've acquired a new ESX environment with a job change, trying to wrap my head around what was done in the past so have a question re: BBWC...vCenter 5.0Host consists of one 3.5, most are 4.1 and some...
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