Voma reports wrong size of VMFS-volume
Last days I was busy with recovering data from a VMFS-volume that looked completely blank. The VMFS-volume was attached to a local RAID controller and the system was running ESXi 5.0.The day before the...
View Articlesome questions about ESXi and FC SAN with HP P2000 G3
Hello everybody!I'm new in ESXi and SAN, then i need some help in it. I have C7000 Encolosure system with 4 blade servers BL460c already installed ESXi 5.1U1 (HP custome ISO image). Everything work...
View ArticleGuest CPU usage 100% Host CPU 45%
Hi, My windows 2008 server has 4 cores assigned (Terminal server / P2V) and hits 100% cpu usage every day and grinds to a halt. having checked the host ESX that it is running on the CPU is only at 45%...
View ArticleHost disconnect after few minutes
Hi I use ESXi 5.1,everything is fine, my win 7 machine success connect to the host on vSpherebut after few minutes the connection lost and the vSphere downI get massage vSphere Client could not...
View ArticleLoading ESXi onto a blade
Hi Guys, I apologize for a very simple question, but could someone help to understand how to configure ESXi on a bare metal host for my school project. I have ESXi ISO on a disk but the blade does not...
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...
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Help allocating NICs
We have ESXi Entperise Plus license. We have three servers with 8 Intel gigabit NICs. We also have two FC ports for storage access. I'm trying to design how I will allocate the nics and somehow tie...
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commands using vMA
I have installed and configured the vMA 5.x. I have added and registered my vcenter server and two hosts (ESXi01, ESXi02). When i connect to the vMA using vi-admin and target the ESXi02 host i can...
View ArticleControl Hypervisro ESXI 5.1 Over Internet
Hi,I want to control my server over the internet. I tried to connect with vSphere client in the same network, and all works great.Now I wanna try to connect to my server over the internet. I read in...
View Articlei7-4770K Haswell core - ESXi5.1 hang on "initializing IOV"
Hi All, Just trying to install ESXi5.1 Upate 1 on new i7-4770k with Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP motherboard. The install hangs on "initializing IOV". Any idea's? Many Thanks, George
View ArticleESXi 5 vmnic stops passing traffic - HP DL380p Gen8 - HCL fine
Hi All, This one is very similar to this post. Really hoping the coummunity might be able to provide some direction on some networking issues I've been getting since the ESXi 5 upgrade for my site....
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 ArticleMigrating only some disks to different data stores
Hi. I have the following challange. I have a VM with 2 disks on 2 different datastores, DS1 and DS2. Is it possible, and how, to migrate using vStorage Migration, only one disk on a different datastore...
View ArticleISCSI on ESXi 5
Hi I am new to VMWare and learning it now. I have a set a lab in my laptop. Host machine lenovo t410 running on ubuntu 13.04. I have installed ESX on work station 9. Shared the ISCSI tragets from host...
View ArticleMultipathing with FCoE
Hello Everyone, I have to configure multipathing on an ESXi box to storage Box and its a blade server with 2 FCoE adapters. need your valuable suggestions to configure multipathing from ESXi box to the...
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vSpere HA agent Unreachable
Hello, We have a setup where there is a cluster of 2 ESXi hosts. We upgraded ESXi from v5.0 to v5.1. ESXi Node 1 upgraded successfully without any issues. When I tried upgrading ESXi Node 2, it just...
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Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller Cards
Hi All, Does anyone have experience and best practice recommendations for configuring a PERC H700 controller in an ESXi...
View Article/etc/hosts file
Hi , I just want to know the role of /etc/hosts file in ESX/ESXi. does it contain its own ESX/ESXi Name and IP or do we have to enter all ESX/ESXi host name and IP address in the Cluster . or just...
View ArticleIBM Server x3650M4 and x3650M2 - Install with IBM or VMware ISO??
Hello out there, what i really don't get is : How am i supposed to know if i should install my IBM servers with VMWare ISOs from VMWare Homepage or with ISOs from IBM site? I can't find any document...
View ArticleLocked ESXi 5.1 on boot up
I have an ESXi 5.1 server that locks on bootup with just the F2 and F12 options showing, keyboard is unresponsive. I was doing some work on the networks and rebooted it to apply the changes, and it...
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