Shutdown VMs & Esxi via command line with plink fails
I found a command which graciously shuts down my VMs then the ESXi host itself, via plink. The command is - /sbin/shutdown.sh && /sbin/poweroffIf I start a normal putty ssh session then...
View ArticleESX 5.1 - Identifier doesnt match GUID
I have been auditing my storage from gues to SAN and I have found a GUID that doesnt not match any identifier and vice-versa. Its off slightly, 30d vs 30b. I have double checked it and everything else...
View ArticleWhat does each agent do? what is it mean for??
Hi Geeks, I once restarted the services in ESXi5 and it restarted a whole bunch of services. What are those meant for? can anyone help me understand it plz...
View Articlephysical disk to vmware esxi 5
I have a server who power supplyed dieed I can attach the drive as external drive and see all the apps and data I need a application form that server so I likre to virtualize it to vmware esxi 5 How do...
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No LUN available when trying to increase datastore size
I am trying to increase the size of my datastore. When looking at the properties of the datastore I can see that the current capacity is 738.29 GB and the local device has a 2.73TB capacity.(see image...
View ArticleChanging the port for vsphere direct access to esxi 5.1
Hello All, I am looking to the change the default ports used by esxi 5.1 to accept vsphere connections. For 5.0 and older I used this link...
View ArticleUsing resxtop to measure Memory Resource Utilization
Hello, I want to gather ESXi host resource utilization information with real-time like collection intervals (20-seconds or similar) but may need this information for longer than the 1-hour that I can...
View ArticleHow to best encrypt a Windows file server drive in ESXi 5 for HIPAA compliance?
Hi, I work for a medical practice and we're in a bit of a bind. Turns out that HIPAA laws require us to encrypt any data that may contain PHI and I suspect quite a few docs on our Server 2003 file...
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Convert VMware player virtual file to ESXi format
Hello all, Again, I'm new to the virtual world so bare with me. I recently downloaded and installed ESXi 5.1.0 which is up and running fine. Using vSphere Client 5.1.0 I tried to create a New Virtual...
View ArticleEncryption Used in .vmdk
Anyone who is aware about the encryption method that is used to encrypt the data in flat.vmdk?
View ArticleWin 2012 VM
Is it possible to create a Win 2012 VM in ESXi 5.0 Update 2 I cannot see Win 2012 option in virtual machine creation wizard while selectin Guest Oerating System. I can see option of Windows Server 08...
View Articleiscsi RDM for SQL change to FCOE
Hi team, I have a question for FcOE RDM, can anyone advice? Thanks!currently my MS SQL server runing esxi4.1 has a RDM with iscsi direct access ,configured in windows servers. Now the esxi will migrate...
View ArticleRP-Reservations
I was playing with RP tonight specifically memory setting. I noticed that when I disabled expandable reservationIt required me to set a minimum reservation for the vms to even boot up in the rp even...
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Faild to implement vSphere SSO CA Sined SSL Certificates
Dear team, i am tring to implement instal CA Signed SSL Certificates, i have going through the KB article for implementing this i was stuck in between (applying new certificate to three services i.e...
View Articlehow to find ESXi is installed on which device?
how to find ESXi is installed on which device? Like San or Flash? and the location also?
View ArticleResetting a host to evaluation mode
I installed ESXi 5.0 a few months and applied the free license. Since then I've upgraded to 5.1. I want to try and "reset" the license so I can get the 60 days eval while retaining the VM's on the...
View Articlehow to create win 2012 server virtual machine with vmware cluster running...
hello, I had cluster running ESX 4.0 host, i have updated vcenter to 5.1 and added a new host running 5.1 when I try to create a new VM, it does not gives me option to choose win server 2012. I tried...
View ArticleESXi 5 installation on Supermicro H8QM3-2
Have anyone installed ESXi 5 on H8QM3-2 motherboard? We have Supermicro server with that board runs Ok on 4 but thinking of upgrade. I tried it but got blank/black screen after loading of the installer...
View ArticleCPU LATENCY Counter ON ESXI 5.0.
I am having trouble understandingthe results from the latency counter on the vcentre for our guest VM. My understanding of the latency counteris that it will increase when there is contention for...
View ArticleThe VMRC conosole has disconnected...attempting to reconnect
I just installed ESXi 5.1 on a Dell PowerEdge 2950. I edited the hostname and added that hostname to DNS. I can ping the hostname from my workstation. I created a new virtual machine, powered it on and...
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