ESXi 5.1 Authentication Required
Hi All Strange issue here trying to log in the ESXi 5.1 host to change the IP address. It can preinstalled from Dell on our new server. I login via the DRAC no issue and launch the console no issue....
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VMFS Partition Disappeared
I will try to keep this brief! VM froze up and wouldn't power on. It was unable to find one of its disk files. I browse into the datastore and it is empty. I immediately open a case with VMWare...
View ArticleLinux VM ( centos ) cant get more than xMhz of the Host CPU Resource
Hellowe have a Host with the Following Info Xeon 1240v2 Quad Core (8core with HT) + 32GB DDR3 RAM + 2TB SATA DISK i created a Centos 6.4 64bit VM ( 24G ram + 4VCPU ) with high resource shares on this...
View ArticleVMDK vs. RDM / RAW vs. VMFS vs. Guest iSCSI
Hi All, Traditionally we have been using guest attached iSCSI in our VM's. We are are preparing to deploy SRM for DR and need to look at changing this configuration. I know there has been lots of...
View ArticleRecurring processor spikes in performance graph?
I'm running ESXi 5.1 on Apple Xserves, with OS X Mountain Lion as the guest VM OSes. In the performance graphs, I'm seeing 20% to 40% processor usage spikes every 5 minutes. I've attached a screen...
View ArticleNFS Datastore unavailable
Hey all, I'm trying to find out why when the server running our NFS data store goes through a reboot or goes unavailable for any reason our ESX host data store disconnect and will never reconnect. The...
View ArticleAnyone able to run a /bin/bash script on esxi5 ?
I have some HP firmware update to perform. The downloaded HP CP.scexe script says ESXi5 support but when I run it I get alerts/errors. Checking I found that the firmware updates from HP that do work...
View ArticleUpdates of ESXi standalone and vSphere ESXi
Hello all, I am currently struggeling with a bunch of ESXi servers which are part of a vSphere Center in the Essential licensing. First of all the update plugin in the vCenter via the vSphere Client...
View ArticleSeparating OS and data using separate RAID sets on one host
I am using the free version of ESXi 5. Is there a way to put the OS's of multiple virtual servers on one RAID set and their data on a separate RAID set on one ESXi host machine? My host machine has...
View ArticleBest ESXi 5 hardware?
I was planning to get a Dell PowerEdge r515 configured with ESXi already installed (2x Opteron 8core 4386 3.1ghz, 32gb ram, 6x2tb raid5). Weighing in at 7k+.Now, that's going to be a hard sell to the...
View ArticleHow is the 'LowFreeThreshold' counter calculated?
Hi I assume that the LowFreeThreshold value is determined by using the 'MemMinFreePct' setting, because both values are about the threshold at which memory reclamation techniques as ballooning,...
View ArticleAdding IPs
I'm fairly new to ESXi so bear with me. I have a system setup and running already and if I wanted to add another public IP to it (I have 13 total that will be going in) what do I need to do to make...
View ArticlevSphere CLI: Error: Unknown Command
This could be as simple as me just missing something, but since I don't use the CLI very much at all, I thought I would just ask. I can connect to the CLI, but no matter what command I use the host...
View Articleesxi 5.1 install - SD card big enough? - RAID5 config correct?
Hello,I'm hoping a noob can get a little guidance here.. ;-) I ordered a t420 from Dell that had a esxi 5.1 image placed on an embeded SD module.I think I may have had them do too small of a module...
View ArticleConnecting two ESXI to eachother
I have two ESXI host, one with 1 nic and the second one have 3 nic's( one originally and one card with two nic's) . First host - HP N40L( 3 Nic's)Second Host - HP N36L (1 Nic) I want to connect the...
View ArticleRise ESXi 4 server to ESXi 5.1 and return virtual mashines back
Hi everybody. I have 2 ESXi hosts, one of it is ESXi 4.0 and on this server running 4 vm servers. I create a new ESXi 5.1 host and I planned VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Client to move vm from...
View ArticlePort Forwarding From the ESXi host to VM?
So is this possible, and if it is how can I do it or does any version of vSphere allow this? I need to have a port forwarded to the Host ESXi server and from there forwarded to a VM. [Incoming...
View ArticleAdditional SSO installation fails for HA mode -- error 29126
Hi all, In my Home lab I am trying to install an additional SSO Server. However it returns an error. Snapshot attached I have already had a look on Problem with second SSO install - error 29126 however...
View Articlecannot connect to profile-driven storage service
Hello, I want to test the profile-driven storage features, but I'm stuck in the beginning... I was able to enable VM storage profiles for my cluster. Ever since then, when I open the vi client and log...
View ArticleVM presence on multiple vlan question
I am trying to have a VM with a presence on multiple vlans. This is a temporary situation that will be resolved once the needed switch actually arrives. Unfortunately that will be several weeks. I...
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