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network adapter error in installation
hey how are you?, i have a problemim trying to install esxi 5 in a lenovo z475 it works fine but then it says that the network adapter is not identified, how can i fix this? its a realtek PCIe FE...
View ArticleWhat if the ESXi cant ping the gateway
Hi Due to some network issue from ESXi hosts cant ping the gateway due to this i think the hosts get disconnected after some time in cluster and gives the following error: vsphere ha agent on this host...
View ArticleVDR error 2246
hello everyonei have an error when i wanna create a backuperror is :cant access destination /SCSI-0:1/,error -2246 (wrong destination index found)i searched and found this...
View ArticleRoadmap about vmware products
Hi, All I wonder whether vmware provides a roadmap site for us about their new products? B.R>
View ArticleRepair / Recover VMFS Volume
I have a situation where someone had an older vSphere 4.x cluster. The VMs were hosted off of a iSCSI SAN controller to the nodes in the cluster. The volume was 260GB originally when I made it a few...
View ArticleHow to connect machines to network with only 1 mac?
Hello there, I've a problem and can't solve it by myself. I have a root server and wanted to use esxi 5.1 as I'm more flexible. My problem: I've only 1 physical mac and IP available. So my first VM...
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esxi 5.1 stops with purple screen
host works for 6 month without any errors, but a week ago there was purple screen, and it repeats for some times, any ideas ?
View ArticleHow to present a LUN to a VM?
I know how to do an RDM - my question is: if I wanted to zone the FC fabric so that a virtual machine could see a storage controller directly - how would I do that? I'm pretty sure it is possible, I...
View ArticleAccess internal network from ESXi host?
Hi, is it possible to access the internal virtual network from the ESXi host? 'In XenServer I used to add a secondary IP address to the host's NIC so I could use a Samba file server VM as a "CIFS ISO...
View Articlechanging http/https ports in ESXi 5.0
I tried to add the following to the proxy.xml on my ESXi 5.0 server, but it seems that it won't work. Once I upload it back to the server, I cannot connect to it through vSphere. I do specifiy...
View ArticleHow to buy a simple vSphere Essentials renewal in the UK
Having an incredibly difficult time finding anyone who'll sell me a simple Essentials 1-year renewal (cost <£52). I'm fed up with chasing the partner list and being told they don't do simple...
View Articlevmkernel virtual adpater type
what is the type of vmkernel port virtual adapter? like for the vm it is e1000 or vmxnet
View ArticleRunning VMs from newer ESXi hosts on older ESXi hosts ?
Folks,Just wondering what is the situation with running VMs created on new versions of ESXi on older hosts.Example - If I have a host running 5.1 and running software to replicate to a box running 4.1,...
View ArticleDeploy OVF Template error
Hello, I am trying to deploy an OVF (vMA) without success.While the structure seems to be created on the datastore, after a few seconds I am getting an "Unable to connect to remote server". I have...
View Articlei failed at Licenses again! Please help!
I used evaluation license in some days to ensure that my system working fine. Today, I active my license and use it but i failed. My details are here:- 4 blade servers bl460c Gen8 with 2 CPUs, 8 cores...
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Local disk appears under remote under ESXi 5.1 installation
Hi Wonder why my local disk pops up under remote storage devices, in the ESXi 5.1 installation? I thought it should pop up under local disk? I use Cisco UCS M200 M2 and M3 blades! Is this correct and I...
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ESXi 5.1 doesn't show the Active Directory groups to add permissions
Hi,I joined my ESXi 5.1 to my new domain(2012 domain).I went to the permission tab to add users for them to authenticate to the ESX with the Vsphere Client.It all went well when I add users, however I...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Configuration Parameters
Hi I'm doing some testing with my ESXi environment. You can add specific (VMware calls them 'experimental') settings in the 'Configuration parameters' window when you edit the settings of a virtual...
View ArticleVM Ping/ARP issue
We are having a problem with some of our virtual machines intermittently losing communication with each other, and I’m at a loss as to the source. We have about 250 VM’s running on about 20 HP BL465C...
View ArticleWhat tools to run for benchmark?
Hi People, Relatively new to ESXI other than playing around but I am looking to benchmark an existing Win2008 Server running Exchange in order to tell me what sort of server I would need to migrate it...
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