connect usb device to VM automatically
I have added a usb device to my VM (LinuxDebian), and it runs perfectly. But, in the end of the day i removed the usb device (usb storage) and turned off the VM and host.The next day, i turned on the...
View Articlelacp esxi 5.1
I got a lacp port channel on 2 nexus switches that I coonected my esxi host to. one vmnic0 its connected to nexus1 and vmnic4 its on nexus2. I configured my dvswitch and enabled lacp and on the port...
View ArticleNetlogon 5719
We are experiancing the following error on a weekly basis on a Vmware Server running Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter:- This computer was not able to set up a secure session with a domain controller...
View ArticleClear Performance data in ESXi 5.0
Dear All, (First, apologies if this isn't in the right forum, would a moderator move this post if that is the case. Thanks) I have a misbehaving ESXi host and it is generating some really wild stats in...
View ArticleAppropriateness of VMware for this application
Greetings! I have a bit of a dilemma here in what I believe to be an inappropriate use of VMware (ESXi). In short, VMware is playing host to multiple file servers in a DFS arrangement with said file...
View ArticleWay to have LUNS available in two separate groups
I have been slowly getting our VMWARE environment up-to-par and have completed our migration from ESX 4 to ESXi 5.1 I now want to clean up our pools and separate production from development and...
View ArticleNeed to regain space or Shrink disk in VMware & Server 2008
So I made the mistake of allocating too much space to one of our Windows Guests. I gave it 2TB and then we only ended up using 300GB. The space hasn't been added to the volume yet in Windows... it's...
View ArticleCan/Should you store old snapshots in a different location or at all?
My question is whether I can or should store old snapshots? And if so do I have to keep them with the latest snapshot or can they be stored in a different location?
View Articlelinking vmware in differnt domain
Here is what I have going on. Domain Achild domain 1 2 3 4 Domain BLocal intranet I didn't setup the vsphere but I am trying to link the 3 centers together. Domain A is a seperate forest from domain b...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and Windows XP compatability
Hello all, I recently introduced an ESXi host into a customers environment and moved those physical servers on to it. One of these servers was a file server. I created a new VM running 2008 R2 and...
View ArticleIntel-VT Features and VMware Support of those Features?
Hello Everyone, Intel published a helpful article in 2010 about the various virtualization technology (Intel VT) features offered, and which processor families supported those individual...
View ArticleCPU Usage in Performance Monitor
When the VM comes under load, can it utilize all of the processing power on the host(12x2.49GHz), or only the 2x2.49 GHz because it only has two vCPUs?In that case a 2 vCPU VM can only utilize the...
View ArticleQuestion on ESXi5.x syslog
Does the ESXi 5.x server "syslog" contains the log information from hostd.log and vpxa.log? If now how can we redirect hostd and vpxa logs to syslog so that I can collect all events from the syslog...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 / CX4-120 / Software iSCSI Multipathing?
I have a host connected via iSCSI to a EMC CX4-120.Port 0 of each SP is connected to subnet 10.1.66.0/24.Port 1 of each SP is connected to subnet 10.1.67.0/24Port 0 of the host's NIC is connected to...
View ArticlevSphere 6 Release Date ?
Hi, Is there any idea when next version of vSphere will be released ? Thanks
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Problem with USB WiFi device assignment in ESXi 5.1
Hi,I have a USB WiFi adapter that I would like to pass through to a virtual machine.But I am not able to make this work correctly. My setup is like this:ESXi 5.1.0.799733 running on a Supermicro...
View ArticleThunderbolt storage support (ESXi)
I think this may have been answered, but is there any way to support thunderbolt drives (or thunderbolt raid) ? I'm thinking about the mac mini as a home lab box, but would want DAS rather than iscsi...
View ArticlevCenter Server 5.1 still using Default VMWare Certificate after using VMWare...
Hello,Like the title says, I am still receiving the Security Warning when starting vSphere Client after successfully running the Certificate Automation Tool.If I look at the certificate through the...
View ArticleSplitting 2 partitions on a single VMDK to 2 VMDKs
Hi All Due to a configuration oversight when creating the VMs, I have inherited four Server 2012 VMs which have a Single vDISK which in turn contains a C: drive (OS) and D: drive (Data/Files). The...
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network not identified Dell
hey how are you?, i have a problemim trying to install esxi 5 in a Dell inspiron N5110 it works fine but then it says that the network adapter is not identified, how can i fix this? its a realtek PCIe...
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