Lost access to volumes during disk consolidation
Hi, We just bought two identical server with Intel SD5520HC and 3ware/LSI 9750-8i RAID card. I installed 5.0u1 and Veeam B&R 6.0. I created a replication job that replicates a VM from a 3rd host...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 won't boot on ESXi 5.0.0 build 821926
I am trying to create a VM of Windows Server 2012 Standard. I am running ESXi 5.0.0 build 821926 (vCenter 5.0.0 build 804277). I create a new VM, attach the ISO (I have tried both the Eval version, and...
View ArticleUnexpected shutdowns.
my server keeps shutting down every 3-12 hours. I finally was able to hook up a monitor to it and check the logs, the only thing i saw was a heartbeat.timedout error, but i really dont know if this is...
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vSphere host maximums and Cisco UCS/ Nexus 1000V
This is a question for Cisco UCS integrated with Nexus1010 users. Our Network engineer has configured 10x 10GBe vmnic adapters for a Cisco UCS blade through Nexus 1010 running Nexus 1000v VSMs (pic...
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ESXi Client for OSX
A little while back I discovered Orbit-VM https://code.google.com/p/orbit-vm/ It's aim is to provide an open source, cross-platform GUI for managing vSphere 4 servers. I'm using this for basic...
View ArticleSlow performance with write heavy applications
We are currently running VMware ESXi 5.0 on a Dell PowerEdge R815. For our storage device we are using an connection iSCSI to a Dell EqualLogic PS4100X. We are attempting to run 80 Windows vm's (20...
View Articlecopying folder between virtual centers
what is the fastest way to copy a template vm folder from one vcenter to another?
View ArticleUnable to unmount/delete datastore
Hi All, I am unable to delete/ unount the datastore when i am logged in to the datastore through SSH. VMware version : VMware <Version number removed> Thanks in advance. Message was edited by:...
View ArticleNetworking Issue: I can not ping the host Server but all other pings are OK
When I added my Server 2008 R2 to vSphere i chose my redundant 10GB connections ( 2 x 10GB connections). When I ping host name of the server itself (Domain Member to an SBS 2011 Box) I get this weird...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 Update2 (IBM Customized Image)
Good Morning all, Does anyone know where I can get an IBM Customized image ISO for ESXi 5.0 Update 2. I have located the HP version of this but I'm struggling to find the IBM version. Many thanks
View ArticleConnexion vCenter server to use Active Directory
hisome one help me the procedure how can i connect and configure (vmware vCenter server and active directory ) both are as virtuel machine thanks
View ArticleIssue with increasing drive sizes
Hello all, I've got an apparently common problem but unfortunately the common solutions don't seem to apply. I have a VM that I migrated from ESXi 4 to 5.1 a year ago and have been using without a...
View ArticleHow many Vmkernal Port groups required.
I have 10 ESX ( i ) 5.1 hosts. Each one connect to two FCOE 10 GB Uplinks using a vDS switch. Main storage for the servers are coming from FC SAN.Here is what I'm looking forI need to provision a NFS...
View ArticleSun Blade 6000 - ILOM and power management
Hi,Using the vSphere Client, I'm not being able to poweron and/or exit standby mode in 14 blade SUN blade servers. ILOM information is correctly configured in the hosts configuration. Any ideas why...
View Articlevprobeserver firewall rule. What is it?
We're building ESXi 5.0 U2 hosts, and upon disabling maintenance mode, the HA agent is installed, and a firewall rule called 'vprobeserver' is created on some hosts. Google can't explain where this...
View ArticleESX log files stop sending data?
Running ESX5i and have re-directed the log files to splunk so if the server ever has a problem I have something to refer to since they are not saved after a crash and or reboot. Problem is when I...
View ArticleAbout broadcom nic BCM57800 10 Gb and iscsi
Hi guys, i have a server esxi 5.1 with 1 nic broadcom netextreme II bcm57800 and would use my storage via iscsi. This adapter support iscsi off load but i don't understand if is mandatory to add...
View Article5.1 web client CPU setting on a VM
I have ESXi 5.1 running on a Dell r720 – 2 quad core processors with 5.1 Enterprise LicensesThe requirements for the VM CPUs on a dev platform are: Vm1 – 2 coresVm2 - 2 coresVm3 – 4 coresVm4 – 8 cores...
View ArticleVM uses up entire datastore - a story and questions
I recently had a issue with disk space (ESXi 5.1.0, no vMotion). A VM with a thin provisioned disk expanded to a point the hypervisor wouldn't run it (wanted to consolidate-no snapshots; couldn't...
View ArticleUpdate HP Proliant 380p Gen8 Drivers w/ ESXi 5.1 Installed
Hey there, I am looking to update some drivers on a new HP Proliant 380p Gen8 server that servers as a host (ESXi 5.1). When the server boots, there are some pre-OS options, such as bios, HP's...
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