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USB Passthrough Entirely Broken in 5.1
Dear all, there is a thread that already covers the broken PCI-passthrough feature. In my case, USB passthrough is completely gone! I can check each controller (00:1a.0 and 00:1d.0), but after the...
View ArticleESXi 5.1.0 usb pci-passthrough does not work
Hi, after Installation the last Patches (Build 914609), if it is not possible furthermore to use pci-passthrough for USB-PCI-Cards. After rebooting the ESXi-Host, this Cards can not use in VM's as...
View ArticleESXI 5.1 NIC e1000 driver triggers PSoD with exception 14
Hello,if I copy files from or to my ESXi host to local storage via the datastore manager or via scp, the ESXi host crashes with a PSoD and exception 14 between 30MB and 100MB. Sometimes the PSoD does...
View Article5.1 Passthrough patch?
Hi, Does anyone have any further information as to when we might receive a patch for the PCI passthrough issues introduced in ESXi 5.1?
View ArticleBest Performance Monitoring Tools for ESXi
Which one is best Performance Monitoring Tools for ESXi?
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CIM Indication Subscription
while working with Host Profiles i saw that there is a point to configure CIM-XML Indication Sbscription: AND now the question: Is there any way i can query/set those subscriptions without Host...
View ArticleNetwork Design and Configuration
Hello together, I am going to set up a new vmware environment. Hardware:2 x Datacore virtual SAN Servers4 x ESXi 5.1 196GB RAM, 6 Nics, 1 Dualport FC Card2 x HP 2910 AL 48G Switch inside the RACK...
View ArticleHow many VMs inside a LUN
Hello together, with ESX3.5 we build small LUNs 300-600 GB and approximately 5 VMs in the LUNs. How do you configure you LUNs in your environment. I'd like to use bigger LUNs in order to be more...
View ArticleLinux RHEL 6 cluster and fencing
Hi, I want to test Linux (RHEL 6) clustering on vSphere 5. i am confused regarding for fencing, how can i select for fencing device. thanks
View ArticlevSphere install ISO not booting on a VM to which it is attached.
Hi, Just as a POC, I've created a Windows Server 2008 VM on which to install vSphere vCenter. However, the VM will NOT boot from the ISO file: VMware-VIMSetup-all-5.1.0-1065152.iso I've...
View Articlevsphere 5.0 and management vmnic switch symptom
Hi, I am evaluating vpshere 5. I realized that even though I configure a vswitch and vmnic for management network, after I added the host to vCenter etc, on the console I see the management network...
View ArticleAll windows server VMs blue screened at the same time with hardware malfunction
I've had a problem where all the Windows server 2003 R2 VMs on at the time blue-screened with: *** Hardware Malfunction Call your hardware vendor for support *** The system has halted ***...
View ArticleFailed to open disk scsi0:0: Unsupported or invalid disk type 22. Ensure that...
Hi,I manually copied a vmdk file from local system to datastore, then edited *.vmx file of existing VM and changed name vmdk file to my coped file.But, after that I could not start the VM and getting...
View ArticleVirtual infrastructure migration from Vcenter 5.0 to 5.1
Good morning everyone, I've to migrate a whole infrastructure to a newly one. what we have actually: 1 Cluster OLD managed by Vcenter in 5.0 with 3 nodes ( 2 Dell R620 and 1 Dell R710 ) connected to...
View ArticleVMWare Lab from two Dell 1950's
Dear all. I need some help with a Lab Setup I'm building. I have two Dell 1950 Servers each with three NICS with ESXi 5.1x on. I have deployed the Free FalconStor Storage VA on ESXi 2 and can connect...
View ArticleHard Drive GPT Issue
i, I have a IBM server x3100M4 Core i3-2100 3.1Ghz 2Gb with a SATA 1TB Simple-swap 3Gb/s Hard Drive. I used to have vmware vsphere esxi and it worked out just fine with windows server and ubuntu...
View ArticleMove a VM from vmfs 3.33 to vmfs 5.58 (different location)
Dear Experts, Please help me for the following, I have a VM running on a datastore vmfs 3.33 , it is a WSUS (System update server for Windows), now I want to move this VM to our office in another...
View ArticleConnect an ESXi (free) host to a vSphere 5.0 infrastructure
I need to migrate some VMs (including the existing snapshots) to a stand-alone (free) ESXi 3.5 host to an ESXi 5.0 host member of a vSphere 5.0 infrastructure.VMware Converter does not work for me...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Windows VM - report as "Laptop" in WMI?
Is there a way to get a an ESXi VM to appear to Windows as a Laptop? I need to do some testing on software that changes its behavior based on whether it is a desktop or laptop and would like to test on...
View ArticleESXi back-up and restores
Again, I'm new to VMware and I've recently installed ESXi on a server and currently have one virtual machine up and running on it. What tool/tools should I use to handle back and restores of this...
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