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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 ArticleProblems with hardware monitoring with HP/Dell servers and latest ESXi builds
Hey guys, I'm having problems recently with the hardware monitoring tab on vCenter with both HP and Dell server since the 5.1 build 799xxx onwards. I'm now testing 1065491 and I can't get hardware...
View ArticleLSI 9211-8i - how to update 5.1 mpt2sas drivers?
I've been having major drive disconnection issues with 5.1/9211-8i (firmware ver 14) Looks like esxi 5.1 is using ver 10 of mpt2sas?/tmp # vmkload_mod -s mpt2sas |grep Version Version: Version...
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VMWare not responding to ping after management network problems
Hi everyone Last week a strange thing happened.We have a 3Node ESXi cluster, with a lot of virtual machine on itFor an uknown reason, one of the node had a problem on the management network (suddenly...
View ArticleIntermitent network disconnect in VM using E1000E NIC
Hi, We just installed three new Windows Server 2012 and one new Windows 8 VMs on ESXi 5.1. On those VMs, we get a lot of errors in the System Event log about network disconnects. According to the logs,...
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How to get the list of RDM's ??
Hi All, In our environment so many RDM's are presented to differant VM's in physical compatibility mode . it got very difficult for me to keep track Could any one please let me know , how to get...
View ArticleHP Flex 10 - Received Dropped Packets
VMware Community, We are having a strange issue, which so far VMware/HP support has not been able to solve. We have an environment where we are using 2 x 10GBps and 2 x 9Gbps adapters on a single DVS....
View ArticleProblem Upgrading/Licensing ESXi 5.0 -> 5.1U1
Hello. We have been using licensed versions of vCenter Essentials 5.0 with two ESXi 5.0 Essentials hosts and one ESXi 5.0 Standard Host. Recently, we upgraded vCenter to 5.1U1, followed by upgrading...
View ArticleWindows 7 stops registering DNS A record after ESXi upgrade to 5.1
Hi, After upgrading ESXi to 5.1 Windows 7 virtual workstations does not register DNS A record any more. PTR records are registered just fine but no A records.DNS is Windows 2008R2.DHCP is Windows...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 U2 - Unable to execute SNMP get (poll)?
I have a new install of an ESXi 5.0 U2 running with the evaluation license such as to test the SNMP function. I have enabled the SNMP service and see that the agent verifed such (vicfg-snmp --show),...
View ArticleFree Version Of Esxi 5.1?
I have downloaded this and want to implement it into a training lab production area how do i get a key to activate so I dont loose all the configurations I have put into it? Also is the activation Key...
View ArticleMemory deduplication
An ESXi 5.0 host hosts many very similar VMs.Many VMs were cloned by the same template.I would expect an high rate of memory deduplication.Which counter can I use to check the memory deduplication...
View ArticleReclaiming disk space on thin disks
A customer needs to reclaim unused disk space on thin vdisks belonging to VMs hosted by ESXi hosts.I read many posts suggesting to use Storage vMotion.If a customer uses vSphere Standard and Storage...
View ArticleHow to rename VMs in ESXi5.1
Hi all, I want to rename a VM ... I have esxi 5.1.I renamed it from console and then did a SVMotion it did not work and all the files from putty are still referring to the old nameHow can I accomplish...
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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 ArticleCan you change which kernel ports does vmotion without going into maintence...
If you have a running host, with a standard vswitch, can you change which kernel port handles vMotion without putting it into maintenance mode? What's happening is that we have a number of blade...
View ArticleCloning Template and Converting to a VM vs Deploying VM From Template.
Could someone please explain the difference between cloning a template and then converting it to a virtual machine, from deploying virtual machine directly from a template? I thought they were the...
View Article8 vCPU per host">Licensing Question: Using two "Standard Edition" licenses for >8 vCPU per host
Hi, I've been reading up on this for quite a few hours and would like to get confirmation here. I have - a physical host: dual CPU, 8 core per CPU- multiple VSphere 5.0 Standard Edition licenses-...
View ArticleAbout VDS 5.1 and LACP
Hy guys, i have configured a vds 5.1 with lacp active etherchannel (ip hash) , but i need to configure a 'beacon probing' too ? Thanks in advance.
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How to config ESXi 5.1 to ssh/scp between hosts without password prompt
1) SSH has to be enabled in both hosts. I will not detail this because it's well documented in installation guides.2) Using vSphere client, go to "Configuration" tab for the host. Select "Security...
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