VMkernel logs
Im seeing this warning: 2012-12-06T17:17:24.042Z cpu23:8283)IDT: 991: 0x39 <vmnic10:2:0> exclusive (entropy source), flags 0x102012-12-06T17:17:24.042Z cpu23:8283)VMK_VECTOR: 137: Added handler...
View ArticleESXi 5 Question (Newbie)
Hi all, I have only just started playing with VMware products and I have tried a few products so far but cannot figure something out and need some help please. I have a Server that is currently running...
View ArticleRedirct stderr and stdout
Hey all, I'm having an issue with redirecting stderr and stdout on ESXi 5.0. I'm trying to run a BASH script that has an scp command in it that moves a VM from the ESXi box to a linux machine. The...
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Connection Error in vSphere Client
Hi pals I connect my ESXi5.1 Host through vSphere Client, but sometimes it shows blank while working with Guest & sometimes it shows error like below: what is the cause that it behaves sometimes...
View ArticleBackups fail after upgrading from v5 to v5.1
Hello Everyone, Recently we upgraded our vCentre & ESXi boxes from v5 to v5.1, then upgraded guests tools to latest version. Since then, our linux machines back up ok, but we have not been able to...
View ArticleCan't able to edit VM settings
I have deployed a VM from a template and i was trying to edit the VM settings(Note: VM is powered off) but i can't it is greyed out. I tried to migrate the VM to another ESX host even migrate option...
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Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
I got a purple screen when I start up a vm with a pci device With Esxi5 was working fine. I tested it with 2 vm on different hosts ( but same hardware) i7 2600 32gb mb: dq67sw What can I try
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vRAM licensing capacity alert
Hi I'm having this alert in vCenter saying "License capacity monitoring" that won't go away. When I check the Licensing report it shows that my Purchased capacity is 0.02GB vRAM?We are running both...
View Articleesxplot
Hi all, I am going to ask a purely pointless question. I want to gather data and plot it using graphs so I figure esxplot would be great.. it is, but the "unfortunate" piece is the target audience...
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Purple error screen (PCPU 0 Locked up)
Hi, I have installed ESXi 5.1 on an IBM xSeries x100 Tower server.2 x 80GB drives in raid 15GB RamIntel Pentium D Processor 920 I have been trying to get it up and running with 2 Virtual machines...
View ArticleDisplay ESX host short name in vCenter instead of FQDN
I don't have any issues, but I would like to have the vSphere Client to display only the short name of the host instead of the FQDN. Just extra clutter in the mgmt gui that I would like to get rid of...
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How to troubleshoot intermittent network problems with guest in ESXi 5?
We are having a problem with a guest dropping network connection intermittently, an i was wondering how to troubleshoot the network issues with the virtual network cards. Our system is a PowerEdge 2950...
View ArticleSupermicro X9SBAA-F with a Atom S1260
Has anyone tried getting ESXi 5.1 working on a Supermicro X9SBAA-F Atom S1260 using an internal SATA drive for storage?
View Article%CSTP goes above 300% during snapshot delete
Hi all, I am working with this huge, problematic VM:12 GB RAM12 CPU2 disks (600 GB & 900 GB)2 VMware Paravirtual SCSI controllers (0:0 & 0:1)No VSSThe problem is that after a backup which takes...
View ArticleAdd Disk Scsi in vSphere 5.1
friends,I mounted the environment with vSphere 5.1, however I am having problems of space, insert a new disc but ESXi does not automatically detected, I think miss hypervisor to present the same, as I...
View ArticleFind boot partition local Disk/SAN
hi guys I am managing an environment that I did not deploy... so in the ESXis I see volumes from SAN that are supposed to boot from SAN but at the same time they have local disks.The thing these ESXi...
View ArticleCan an ESXi server use both FCoE and iSCSI at the same time?
Is it possible for an ESXi server to use FCoE and iSCSI at the same time?We are using iSCSI connection for a storage. We are planning to have another storage (VNX) to which we would use FCoE.I wonder...
View ArticleUbuntu 12.04 lts packet drops
Hi guys Installing the above on ESX 5.1 and noticed when you do an ifconfig you see rx packet drop straight away and continually - this is regardless of E1000 or VMXnet2/3 and is a complete standard...
View ArticleCreate a ESXi 5.1 Cluster with two nodes. This nodes actually are part of a...
Hi all, We have a vSphere infraestructure ESXi 4.1; there is a two node cluster, managed by a vCenter 4.1.(Physical server) I need to upgrade to ESXi 5.1, and this is my Idea. -Stop the services of...
View ArticleRegister Multiple vCenter Server 5.1 with vSphere WebClient 5.1
How to Register Multiple vCenter Server 5.1 with vSphere WebClient 5.1?
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