/dev/sda sdb disk to vm disk mapping
how do I find out which vmdk disk is mapped to which /dev/sdxx disk on linux?
View ArticleEsxi5 has no ifconfig
I would like to test ESXi5 hypervisor. I wanted to test some of the commands I'm used to and immediately discovered that I could not use ifconfig. Where is ifconfig?
View ArticlevSphere Client cannot connect to ESXi Server on Workstation 9
I am setting up a vm lab for testing at my home. I installed Workstation 9 on my home PC with Windows XP Professional, and installed ESXi in Workstation 9, then I installed vSphere Client on the same...
View ArticleESX Host Max Network Throughput Ether-channel
HI all..I have a question regarding Maximizing throught put of my ESX servers..For those intensive applications like SCCM when 1000 clients try to get Updates simultaniously... I have been reading up...
View ArticleMultiple .vmdk but No Snapshots
ESXi5.14 VMs One of my VMs has multiple .vmdk files, as follows: sf2000-2.vmdk 84GBsf2000-2-000001.vmdk 84GB eager zeroed thicksf2000-2-000002.vmdk 84GB eager...
View ArticleSoftware iSCSI HBA, NetApp, and NIC failover (*crash*)
Hello - I am vSphere newbie and reading thru all documentation. Ran into crash situation on ESXi 5.1 host yesterday: 1. NetApp storage on backend direct-connect to SAN switch. NetApp filer heads setup...
View ArticleESXi 5.X drivers
I am trying to find how to identify the default drivers included with ESXi 5.X and how they compare to 3rd party drivers such as HP-Offline bundle. I understand the HP-Offline bundle will have enhanced...
View ArticleHP4300 G2 SAN and getting a 10gb nic
hey all. We are looking at getting more performance out of our san. Currently we have 4 HP DL 360's running ESX 5.1 with around 40 vm's. On the network side for the san each ESX host has 2 nic's on the...
View ArticleVMware Tools event log 1000
I just upgraded from esxi 5.0 to 5.1 to get rid of constantly crashing VMtools on my 2008r2 terminal server. Well, errors are back, just in different form. At first I got this:[ warning]...
View Articlewill ESXi run on server with more than 32 GB memory?
I understand ESXi 5.1 is limited to/capped at 32 GB of memory, but will it run on a host if it does have more than 32 GB of memory?
View Articleesx 5.1 phys switch
helo, i am new to this world. i want to connect one esx 5.1 and one with win 2008 r2 with hp procurve 2800 series.what can i do to connect with switch.configure the switch ?because i cannot see esx...
View ArticleSecurity Question
Hi - hope you can answer this best practise question Company mantra here has always been never to have servers that are physically connected to separate secuirity zones, thus bypassing the firewall -...
View Articleunmapped lun and remapped now showing as inactive
I unmapped a lun and then remapped to a esx cluster but now all the hots are showing this lun as inactive. tried rescanning all hbas and refreshing but still showing as inactive. any ideas?
View Articleesxi and gtx680
Hello.I understand that there is no official support, but I want to try and I need help.My test systemP8Z77-VCore i7-3770VGA-adapter GeForce GTX680 (display connected on DVI)ESXi 5.1 Test on Windows 7...
View ArticleIs ESXi/vSphere the right product for me?
Hi:I am new here and don't have experience with VMware, so I respectfully request patience if my questions are simple or inapproriate for this particular sub-forum. We have an internal test lab that...
View ArticlevSwitch - Unicast - MS NLB
As reported in the post "http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1556"unicast does not work and some settings should be done.Unfo the...
View ArticleHP r/t3000 and ESXi 5.0
Hello, I have a question about shutdown the virtual machines and free version of ESXi 5.0 with my HP R/T 3000. The HP Power Manager is install on Windows server 2008 R2 and also connected with USB...
View ArticleSCP SSH not working between ESXi hosts
Hello, I have two servers with ESXi 5, both I can access through ssh (putty) but I if try prompt the one of ESXi5 to other ESXi I can´t access, my ping works, I try use SCP between two but don´t work,...
View ArticlePSOD on Dell R515 BIOS 2.0.2 - ESXi 5.0 Updatetd
Hi, today i had a Purple Screen on a new Dell R515 with the latest BIOS (2.0.2).We bought 2 of these machines in 2012 with BIOS 1.10.0 and had no problems. Yesterday i installed 2 additional R515 with...
View ArticleNumber of VM s per cpu and core
hi all, im currently working on esx and esxi i'm working via GUI adminstration. I'm not that deep in to esxi virtualization. My doubt it how many guests can i create on a server with 2 cpu and 4 cores...
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