ESXi 5 Disable MSI-X or Multiqueue on the QLogic Driver
We believe we have run into the issue described in KB Article 2014323. The resolution directs us to disable MSI-X on the Qlogic cards. Does anyone know the performance impact by disabling MSI-X?Thanks
View ArticleESXi Manufacturer/Model String Corrupt -> Can't add to vCenter
I previously installed ESXi 5.0u1 on a Supermicro X9SCL. In the summary tab, the Manufacturer and Model always displayed corrupt: http://i.imgur.com/CMe9v.png I have since upgraded to ESXi 5.1 and the...
View ArticleESXi v5.0 to v5.1 - Upgrade or Install - what and why?
I am an ESXi novice in charge of three Dell Poweredge servers with two to six VMs on each host. Each host has two datastores and boot from a USB memory stick using hard drive emulation. I am updating...
View ArticleDriver for Intel X540-AT2 and Intel Corporation 4-Port SATA/SAS Controller
Hello together, i'm currently evaluating VMWare vSphere for our company and got stuck on the installation of two devices in an ESXi 5.1 host running on an Intel S2600GZ server board, where both are...
View ArticleSEVERE BUG: vSphere client 5.1.0 - captures entire host OS screen
I'm running vSphere client 5.1.0 installed on a Windows Server 2008R2 (x64) OS running inside Parallels on a Mac Pro system. When I connect to a vSphere server, then select a running SUSE Linux VM,...
View ArticleSetting up a virtual network
Hi All, Sorry if this question's been asked a million times but, as a newbie to ESXi, I'm having a few problems configuring my virtual network. Any pointers in the right direction or links to...
View ArticleManagement interface failes after changing IP of vmotion vmkernel port
Hi community, I have a litte problem which is confusing me. I wanted to change the IP address of a vmkernel which is used for vmotion -> because I wanted to add them to a seperate vlan. After...
View ArticleESXi partition
Is there any partition for esxi ? during installation, it does not asks us about any of these details ? Thanks
View ArticleESXi 5.0 CLI Support
Can anyone tell me what ESXi 5.0 Free build did VMware remove support for vSphere CLI commands?
View ArticleSnapshot is lost after export to OVF template
Hi guys I installed Guest OSes in some VMs on ESXi5 & took some snapshots & I exported them to OVF template & then Imported them in VMware workstation 8. Finally i found there is no...
View ArticleNeed Clarification before upgrade to ESXI 5
Hi allI am in process to upgrade ESXI 4 AND ESX4 TO ESXI 5.0But before starting just I have a few question.Environment 1ESX4.1 linked with EMC storage - HA enabled Environment 2ESXI4.1 Linked with...
View ArticleUpgrade to ESX5.1 - High CPU, but VM idles
Hi everybody, after an update from ESX 4.1 to 5.1.0 (838463) I got a problem with one Linux VM.The VM runs Suse Enterprise Linux in 32 bit and is idle 90% of the time normally. If I run "top" at the OS...
View ArticleEsxi 5.1 + n40L errors
Hello,I am using EsXi 5.1 and followed the instructions in http://blog.davidwarburton.net/2010/10/25/rdm-mapping-of-local-sata-storage-for-esxi/ to mount my hard drives to the VM(Solaris 11)when I ssh...
View ArticleDual boot ESXi 5 and Windows 7 ??
Hi, Have a laptop that I would like to use as a lab for ESXi. I've installed ESXi on it and it worked fine, vsphere connected fine from another pc and seems to work properly. The laptop has a 1TB hard...
View ArticleShrink VMDK on ESXi 5, vmkfstools -K doesn't do the trick
Hey guys, I'm trying to reclaim space back on VM's with thinprovisioned disks. I've use sdelete inside the guest (Win 2003) which wrote 0's across all the free space, then I switched the VM off, ssh...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Disk grows extremely due to large vmware.log
Dear all, We have a couple of Ubuntu 10.04 64 bits guests installed on vSphere 5.0 on two separate physical machines (HP DL380 G5).All servers are running OK, except two specific servers, one on each...
View ArticleHealth Status is ESXi 5 with MegaRAID and Dell C2100
I have a new Dell C2100, with two of LSI MegaRAID 9260-8i controllers, the ESXi is version 5.0 build 469512.I was hoping to be able to see controllers/drives raid status from the health status by...
View ArticleVMware ESXi Fibre Cards on MacPro
What fibre cards are supported on a VMWare ESXi installed on a Mac Pro?
View ArticleLSI 9266-4i cim problem
Having a very strange problem. I have the latest vib installed and everything works fine. I can see the card under the health status using the vsphere client and I can connect from a remote workstation...
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