HP Smart Array P420i warning
Hi, I got a brand new DL380p gen8 Server with 8 300GB SAS disks in 2 raid 5, and installed esxi from the branded image: VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-799733-HP-5.34.23.iso on the first raid.Everything seems to be...
View ArticleESXi hardware compatibility
I am in the process of building a server and have heard that ESXi has problems with some hardware. I have tried using the vmware search page where you can look up your components to see if they have...
View ArticleVMWare converter w/OS X Server or CentOS Parallels Server disks?
Is it possible to use VMWare Converter to convert my OS X Server and/or CentOS VMs from Parallels Server for Mac to ESXi 5.1? Thanks for any info or tips! - John
View ArticleUnable to locate VMware Tools iso after upgrade ESXi 5.0 to 5.1
Hi all, After upgrade my ESXi from 5.0 to 5.1 , Choose some VM to install VMware tools and get error 'The required VMware Tools ISO images does not exist'Follow details on error, I ssh to esx server...
View Articlereclaiming space on thin provisioned disks - used to work, doesn't now
In the past, I used to occasionally go through and reclaim space on thin provisioned disks that had expanded. I was using a technique I've seen listed in lots of different places, involving running...
View ArticleBest reports to measure effect of storage changes?
Hi all, we recently replaced an EMC CX4-480 with a VNX5500 and saw a perceptible improvement in the performance of all our VM's. I now have 200 gigs of fastcache that I'm about to enable but before...
View ArticleKeeping ESXi and VMware Tools Up to date
I have 3 5.1 hosts I brought up in November of last year managing them with the VCenter appliance which appears to have upgraded itself on several occasions. My question, how to I keep my hosts up to...
View ArticleUnable to connect to the MKS: Failed to connect to server
I receive this error trying to open a console session on a VM on host1 using the Vsphere Client from my computer.I can do this fine on all the other hosts (which are all ESXi5) From my computer I also...
View ArticleDisable Windows Pagefile Still A Good Best Practice?
Hi, Quoting from here: Disabling a page file inside the guest will improve the performance, provided you make the VM to run with good amount of memory. Above this ESX host will create a default grow...
View Articleesxi 5 server flapping ips
Could you help me to understand Network team reported flapping in the router logs were 0050.56b2.6200 > 10.101.192.57 > xyzserver1 4 :44:36 PM: johny: 0050.56b2.6201 > 10.10.19.58 >...
View ArticleESXi5.1 host stops responding from the management IP
I am in trouble with a slightly small host ESXi 5.1 having just one NIC and running 3 virtual machines (2 W8, 1 W2012).The host intermittent stops responding from the management IP, ping reports a lot...
View ArticlePerformance-Settings for Lab-environment
Hello,i am having a lab-environment with the following hardware: - HP 8200 ESXI-hosts with Intel Gigabit MT Dual port-cards- HP 1810-24G Gigabit-switch with LACP- QNAP 869PRO I am looking for a small!...
View ArticleBackup
Hi,Good Afternoon.I need to take backup of VMDK files in VMWare ESXI 5.0.0. could anyone help. Thanks in Advance...
View ArticleUpgrade BIOS without rebooting?
Hello,I need to update the server(IBM system X) BIOS Without Rebooting the Server ,Any way?Hope there is some kind of commands or work-around to update the BIOS without rebooting ! Thanks in Advance...
View ArticleSlow upload speed (server) but fast download.
Hello all, I'm currently having an issue with my VMware ESXi 5.1 server.I noticed slowdowns in my virtual machine so I backtracked the problem down to the esxi server itself. Uploading files to...
View ArticleRecovery console RDS Server / ESXI
Hellothe vmware Infrastructure was update to 4.1 from 5.0 and since I have a big problem on my RDS servers farmInfrasctructure:Virtual servers in ESXI5.0 (full update) with40 VM which my 3 virtual...
View ArticleESXi500-201303001 patch, build 1024429 - RDM passthrough of local disk broken?
Hello! I'm running an ESXi host with 5.0 update 02 from end of december 2012, build 914586.I'm using an LSI RAID controller with 4x1TB SAS hard drives in a RAID5 array, splitted in two logical drive,...
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 ArticleCan I detatch a disk from one (windows) VM and attach it to another with out...
I need to migrate a storage server from win2k3 to win2k8r2 & if I can just disconnect that drive from the old server and attach it to the new one that would be an ideal solution. is that possible?
View ArticleKeep a track of RDM's
Hi all, Just an example --- If I 20 Luns mapped as RDM's on 20 different VM's. Then how do I keep a track of them. I mean how do I know which Lun is going to first machine and others etc. Thanks
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