iSCSI Problems in ESXi 5.1
I'm trying to get iSCSI working with my home lab setup. I'm running FreeNAS 8.3.0-Release with iSCSI running on top of ZFS. My datastore consists of two 1TB SATA drives in a striped zdev. I have...
View ArticleI can not clone my VM
Hi,I am very new to the world of VMware. I setup a host, installed ESxi 5.1, and then from a second PC connected to my host using VM client.Then installed server2008 and now I want to clone this VM so...
View ArticleEnhanced SpeedStep and BIOS support
I would like to implement some CPU frequency scaling on a prospective server that I intend to build. My question is this: For the power management features in ESXi5 - is it necessary for BIOS support...
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MAC Address Variation
Hi Team, I am quite new to the technology of VMware. I would appreciate any feedback. I came across a situation where i found that the Vsphere was showing a different MAC address for the NICs from...
View ArticlePPPoE suddenly stops working in guest OS
I'm running pfSense on ESXi. My modem is bridged with the vSwitch that pfSense is on. Most of the time everything works fine but if I reboot the ESXi host then my PPPoE no longer connects. It will...
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 Article'VssSyncStart' operation failed: IDispatch error #8449 (0x80042301)
Hi guys, I've been attempting to perform an online backup of our VM however continue to receive the above error. After looking this up in the knowledgebase, it states that the issue is either related...
View ArticleVMware Tools Performance Issues
Hello, We have a VMware Cluster with 11 ESXi 5.1 nodes. In our infrastructure, we have vCenter with Update Manager plugin installed. Two weeks ago we migrated 90 VMs from VMware Cluster 4.1 to the new...
View ArticleUsing EqualLogic and MD3200i on same iSCSI network
We have an existing MD3200i configured with two Dell Powerconnect 5424 switches. Each switch is isolated on its own subnet. We are putting in an EqualLogic, and Dell recommends configuring both...
View Articleenable to start a virtual machine
hiwhen i tried to aactivate a virtual machine (vshield manger ) i had this error Could not power on VM : Admission check failed for memory resource See the VMware ESX Resource Management Guide for...
View ArticleNFS Thin Provisioning becomes thick after creation
Hi, We use a Windows Server 2012 Storage Server as our SAN and NAS system. Works perfectly, even with NFS on Windows. Our NFS-LUN is a LUN we keep our templates on for VMs.When we create VMs on the...
View ArticleRe: Auto Deploy vSphere ESXi 5.1
Chances are the host is using info cached on the Auto Deploy server. You need to update the cache. To check if the current host setup matches the cache run the following: PowerCLI C:\>...
View ArticleMy VM is getting rebooting every day
Hi , I have Few Data base server's which are getting rebooted every day .When I check tasks and events there is nothing shown like VMotion or vm rebooted . In Server OEL 6.2 also we are getting clean...
View ArticleCompact virtual disk while running
Hello all,I use ESXi 5.1 with an external storage array (HP P2000 G3). One of the guests has grown very much. It was created with an 1TB thin-provisioned disk. At the moment the actual data is about...
View ArticleProblems with disappearing hosts in a cluster.
I have what appears to be a networking issue, but our network guys and VMware haven't been any help. Maybe somebody here has seen this. Background: We have 4 ESX 5i clusters totaling about 30 hosts. We...
View ArticleVT-d support on desktop motherboard
Hey. Just wondering if the Intel DQ77MKmotherboard has Directed I/O support with ESXi5.x? The ESXI hardware compatibility list just mentions server boards and not desktop boards - for obvious...
View Articlevicfg-hostops clarification
I need further explanation on what exactly vicfg-hostops --operation shutdown --force does. All I've been able to gather is what I've read in the documentation "if the host is not in maintenance mode,...
View ArticleIdentify ESXi Installation on Local Disk
Hi Teams We are using ESXi 5.0 and have 2 Local Disk datastore detected. I want to know where the OS of ESXi installed and how to get it? RgdsPet
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Automatic Shutdown of virutal host
Hi all, after we had successfully converted a Win2003 server onto a ESXi 5.1.0 Server, the host automatically restarts after the OS was loaded.You can see the Windows Logon Screen for about 20...
View ArticleHow can I passthrough PCI devices that are not listed?
Hi all,I want to passthrough my on-board sound card to a VM, but the sound card does not show up in the list of PCI devices.Is it possible to add devices to the list?I also would like to passthrough on...
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