w2k8 r2 poor performance on vm
We're had great luck using w2k8 on our VMs except for one server. This one app which also makes use of a database runs horrible in a virtual environment on w2k8, but just great on an old physical 2950...
View ArticleCustomization Specifications Manager - Need tips on troubleshooting / best...
I have used the CSM tool successfully for several builds. I just added a few command lines to run once and modified the domain information and it failed. I figured a quick look at the logs would show...
View ArticleVMware Optimization Guide Windows 2008 R2
I have an optimization guide for Windows7 created (or published) by VMware called VMware-View-OptimizationGuideWindows7-EN.pdf. I can not find a similar document for 2008 R2. Does anyone known if...
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routing on vswitch
Hi Guys, Just trying to to figure out how to get traffic routed between an existing physical subnet and a virtual subnet. The physical is 192.168.2.0/24. My virtual is 192.168.200.0/24. I have VM's in...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 cannot be pinged after a hardware change
Hi, In the ESXi host, wehad a couple of DIMMs replaced, an Advanced Feature Key and a RAID controller battery pack. We also did a complete firmware upgrade to the same firmware level as another host in...
View Articlewarning . "Only live system was updated, while installing NEXUS 1000v to...
We have this problem as described below while installing NEXUS 1000v to ESXi5.1 . The issue we’re seeing is that the VEM is disappearing from the ESXi servers uponreboot and they are returning with...
View ArticleUnable to ping ESXi5 from vm - No Drag and drop to vm
Hello guys Just installing esxi 5 for a customer and have i am not able to ping host from vmsvm os is Windows server 2008r2 entwhen launch ping from vms to host i have:1 answer ok and 3 answers losts...
View Articlecan't access iSCSI target from second ESX box
I have successfully connected to an iSCSI target running on Windows Server 2012 from one ESX 5.1 box and created a datastore. Unfortnately, I can't get a second ESX 5.1 box to connect to the same iSCSI...
View ArticleHow to isolate multiple VMs of having same network config.
Hi pals I have a requirement to build all the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 & 6 Labs on one ESXi5.1(IP 192.168.1.2/24) . The Labs consists of eight modules. & for each module there is a server...
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VpxClient has stopped working
I have recently received a Windows 7 64-bit lenovo laptop for a new job. It has all of the latest Windows updates installed (including .NET 4) I installed the vSphere client (first 4.1, then 5.0)...
View Articlevmk3 showing standby iscsi
I have to vmnics bound to an iscsi software adapter vmnic2,3 however, one of them is showing standby and one active. I checked that both ips are pingable and can ping the iscsi appliance. any idea why?
View ArticleEsxi5 License
Hi I installed vcenter and when i trying to add 2 hosts Esxi 5.1 to vcenter Comesamessagethatmust beputlicense so what versions need it for Esxi Here . Regards
View ArticleDetect if ESXi installed on internal SD flash
HI All, im currently working on a project to free up the disks on the physical hosts by moving the hypervisor over to Dual internal SD cards. Does anyone know of a way to detect whether ESXi has...
View ArticleVMwareToolsUpgrader.exe has initiated the restart
Hi, One of the vm has rebooted in my environment.when i check the event logs of the VM it shows "The process C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\VMwareToolsUpgrader.exe (pord-vm1) has initiated the...
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ESXI 5.1 Update 1 get BSOD with exception 14 (Areca ARC-1200 RAID controller...
Hi all!Server:MB: Intel S1200BTLCPU: Intel E31220RAM: 2x4 GB KingstoneRAID1: Areca ARC-1200HDD: 2x500 GB HGST BIOS and RAID controller firmwares are latest.There are 2 guest systems: Windows Server...
View ArticleLogs are stored on non-persistent storage error message at console
When I try to install VMware ESXi 5.0.0 Release Build 469512 on HP ProLiant BL465c G1, I get the following error message on console after booting to the install CD and hitting F11 to begin, "Logs are...
View ArticleESXI 5 will not install on brand new Lenovo K330 - "No Network Adapters"
The Lenovo K300 comes with -2- network interfaces: 1- a wifi card and 2- a built in ethernet card on the motherboard. YET - ESXi does not support either and gives the error "No Network Adapters" found...
View Articlemultiple subnets per VLAN and port binding
Hi, I need some clarification. Our iSCSI SAN storage (Dell MD3660i0 requires a separate subnet per port. We require multipathing and load balancing in VMware. To achieve this in ESXi 5.1 we need port...
View ArticleHigh I/O latency or ??
Hi we have a number of esx hosts showing similar events as the ones below. it is typically happening during nightly backups. 2013-04-23T03:50:23.307Z ESXHOST Hostd: [299D2B90 info 'ha-eventmgr']...
View ArticleESXi Server config. and suggestions
I have a client, I want virtual. There day to day operations are repetitive. They currently are on all W7 and Vista. I would like them to move to thin clients, but in the mean time utilize VMs as we...
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