ESXi 5.1 vmnic0 not accessible
I have an ESXi 5.1 server with two Intel 82574L NICs on a Asus Z8NA-D6C motherboard. Both NICS worked perfectly and were detected fine until I added an additional two nics on two PCIe slots on the...
View ArticleFailed to start quiescing operation in the virtual machine. Quiesce operation...
When I try to take a snapshot of a particular VM with the "Quiesce guest file system " parameter enabled and "Snapshot the virtual machine’s memory" parameter disabled It fails with:Failed to start...
View ArticleHow to add a vmdk file to a ESXi 5.1.0 server from a client?
Hi, I am a beginner in the VMware softwares so please help if you can. I installled the ESXi 5.1.0 a computer and installed the vsphere client on a different computer. I have a vmdk file from the...
View Articleesxi5.1 high ready time but vsphere shows cpu dormant
Hi All, I have a DRS cluster with 3 esxi 5.1 nodes that are all showing relatively high ready times (1500-2000ms/20s). CPU utilization is very low on the cluster. When I check in vsphere, it is...
View ArticleVsphere on lab!
Dear All,i am wondering if Vsphere 5.1 support this network card Realtek-networkcontrollerdriver ?i bought this producte for test Lab...
View Articleserver will not boot after reboot
I rebooted one of my vmware servers and it will not come up. it gets stuck at:/xorg.v00 fatal error:11 (volume corrupted) Does anyone have an idea what it means? It was working fine until the reboot.
View ArticleUpdate snapshot
Hello guys. Im trying to figure out how to update an snapshot.I take a snapshot that i revert to often, after a while there are so many updates that needs to be done everytime i need to revert to this...
View ArticleBackup host configuration failed
Hi folks, I'm currently backuping all my hosts configurations. Everything went fine for all the hosts except one. I'm using vicfg-cfgbackup over remoteCli. One host always give this error : A gerneral...
View ArticleWill installing this patch require my host to go into maint mode?
VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-201212402-BG: Updates tools-light (2035778) http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/documentLinkInt.do?micrositeID=&popup=true&languageId=&externalID=2035778 I need...
View Articlerecommended vsphere 5 deployment
we are planning to deploy a new vsphere 5 environment in parallel to our current esx 3.5 area.we currently have 3 HP Proliant DL360 G6's with iSCSI HBA's connected to EQUALLOGIC SAN Storage running...
View ArticleTemplate issue
Could you please help me to understand at what point you guys would like to save the VM after Sysprep for template . if i shutdown the VM after sysprep and convert that VM into template then any VM is...
View ArticleEsxi 5.1 and network Quality of Service
Hi guys, is it possible do a network Quality of Service (QoS) at host level in esxi 5.1 ? If yes how i can do it ? I have 4 nic over works many network traffic and would prioritize some traffic....
View ArticleDo I need two static IP addresses?
I am new to VM. We have the HP DL380 G7 server with two NIC plus an iLo card. When setting up the static IP for the vSphere, how do I know which NIC card I'm adding/setting the static IP to? Do I need...
View ArticleRemoving device, accidentally added to datastore?
Hi I just accidentally added a device/disk to my only datastore.How can i remove this disk again?VMware ESXi 5.1
View ArticleVMware ESXi 5 host stops sending syslogs to remote server (Splunk)
We've recently installed a Splunk syslog server and are pointing our devices to it. I noticed that when we stop/start the server (or even service) the logs from all my ESXi 5 hosts stop coming in.It...
View ArticleVM Hard Disk Provisioning and Sizing
My question relates to disk sizing for VMs and datastore management. Our datastores are 2TB in size and all part of a datastore cluster. On occasion I need to provision a Windows VM with a large disk,...
View Articlemoving virtual machines to new server
I'm fairly new to vmware and running a very limited install, but would appreciate some assistance. I have the Essentials package and ESX 4.0 is running on one server with the virtual machines stored...
View ArticlevSphere Syslog Collector
I have just started using the vSphere 5 Syslog Collector and I have pointed all my ESX hosts at it. After about a day, I applied some Windows patches to the server running the syslog collector and...
View ArticleIs it possible to migrate virtual machines from ESXI 4.1 to ESXI 5.0?
Is it possible to migrate virtual machines from a server running ESXI 4.1 to a different server running ESXI 5.0?
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