expecting 2 bootbanks found none
I am trying to install esxi 5.0 on a dell r620 with only internal sd card. but half way through the installation i got this.
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hi when i tried to power a vishield manger i got this error SharedArea: Unable to find 'testSharedAreaPtr' in SHARED_PER_VM_VMX areasome can help me
View ArticleESXI 5.1: Host stops unexpectedly
Hi everyone, I recently built a system to run ESXi and host a bunch of virtual servers. The ESXi host seems to run very well, but about once every 24 hours it appears as if it loses its ability to use...
View ArticleChange vsphere health warnings?
I have an IBM 3690 server. It has a powersupply module that can take 4 canisters, however we only have 2 installed(and we only plan to keep 2 installed). Is there a way for vpshere to turn off the...
View ArticleVsphere 5.1 + Storage appliance + APC
Hi guys anyone configured APC with HA and storage appliance? I found the "PowerChute Network Shutdown in an HA Cluster, see Clean Shutdown of Virtual Machines using PowerChute Network Shutdown in a HA...
View ArticleIs NVidia Tesla M2075 compatible with ESXi 5.1?
Hi, We have troubles with a NVidia Tesla M2075 graphic card. In ESXi 5.0 U2 the hardware no recognise the graphic card and show me as unknow devices. We are try using passtrough utility but nothing...
View ArticleFailed to start the virtual machine after restore
All Hosts including Test Host: ESXi 5.1.0.1065491Problem vm: 32 Bit Server 2003 I use Veeam Backup & Restore 6.5 to backup my vm's. I always do a test restore to make sure my backups are good. I...
View ArticleESXi installation operation failed
Hi Guys, For a fresh installation of ESXi 5.1, The storage team has given a Boot LUN of 10GB from our EMC symmetrix Storage box. When i try installing the ESXi by selecting the 10GB LUN i get this...
View ArticleSerial port on virtual machine
Hi everyone! I've a PBX that I need to monitor through serial port with a software inside a virtual machine. The virtual machine is inside a cluster made of 3 ESXi 5 hosts. When I create the serial...
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VMware Player 5.0.1 in ESXi5 VM - Bridged network issue
Hi community, I have the strange situation that I have to run the Player in a VM that is running on ESXi 5.0. Please don't ask why I just have to deal with this situation for now, no alternatives at...
View ArticleOVA Template Export and Import - Looses IP Settings?
Hi, Does anybody know when I export a OVF template from the VShphere client as a single file and then bring it back it never seems to remember the TCP/IP and network settings. It seems that all of this...
View ArticleESXi & Storage Server 2012 - Slow NFS Writes, but Reads are fine?
Hello all, I have a Virtual Storage Server 2012 joined to a domain inside my ESXi Host. I have 4 x 1TB in RDM Configuration attached to the storage server. Within Storage Server I have created 2 NFS...
View ArticlePermission Denied during firmware upgrade
Hello, I have a HP DL360p Gen8 server with a Smart Array P420i controller. I'm getting a warning message in ESXi 5.0 under the hardware status of the array controller. I'd like to upgrade the firmware...
View ArticlevCenter Single Sign On master password
Hi guys i do not remember admin@system-domain password i wondring how to reset admin's account password i tried to reset password by rsautil command line but i dont remember master password. Anyway to...
View ArticlevSphere Web client : Remote Console plugin is not properly installed.
Hello,on my windows 8 (wit IE 10) client i receive the following error when i try to "open console" on a vm : "Remote Console plugin is not properly installed" I have tried more than once for...
View ArticleAdding a ParaVirutal SCSI controller
Hi All, I recently went on a VMWare training course and found out about changing my SCSI controllers over to ParaVirtual. The way I was taught to do this would be to add a second ParaVirtual SCSI...
View Articleexternal logging
Can i configure ESXi and vCenter to send only warnings and errors to my external Syslog server?
View ArticleExtending a Datastore without using Extents. is it possible?..
We have setup multiple datastores, once they are near full, we extend the size of the LUN on the SAN, however VMware doesn't see the expanded size, is this NOT supported? Our Setup is like this: OS_1...
View ArticleInventory/Tracking
Hello-I manage about 500 vms spread out between a few different clusters. For billing purposes we charge customers based on a formula of assigned vRAM, vCPU and storage= monthly fee for your vm....
View ArticleNeed help with recovering data accidentaly deleted
Hi all, vmware ESXi 5.1I have mistakenly deleted files for a guest OS and only kept what I thought was required.this where snapshots but where consolidated (im 95% sure) before this happened. The...
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