Does 5.1 have new license keys??
Or do we use our 5.0 license keys?? Thank you, Tom 5.0 not 6.0
View ArticleHi, trying to do PXE Boot of ESXi 5.5 new build, but it crashes. Can anyone...
The PXE boot of ESXi 5.5 new build fails, and the machine is in a crashed state. Need help with accessing the log files to ascertain the reason for the crash. The IP of the target machine doesn't ping...
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Is PCI passthough all or nothing?
I'm coming back to vmWare ESXi after some time away on Citrix XenServer. The reason I'm coming back is because XenServer has poor PCI passthrough support. I want to passthrough two Conexant DVB-T cards...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - Health Status Unknown
Upgraded an Intel S5520HC Serverboard based system from ESXi 5.0 U1 to 5.1. Configuration; Hardware; Health Status from vSphere Client in 5.0 U1 always showed data - typically "Normal". Using vSphere...
View ArticleInstall program failure : currently doesn't recognize your graphics card... ??
Hi, I am trying to install a Phone emulator on a ESXI5.1.x VM Winodws 7 32B O/S, however, it cannot be installed and display the error message as xxx currently doesn't recognize your graphics card.It...
View ArticleNetworking on cluster, am i doing this right?
Hello, I have a lab with the following configuration 3 esxi hostsVcenter installed on W2008 R22 NFS shares on different servers I've created a DRS/HA cluster and on every host mounted the two NFS...
View ArticleRDM creating problem: Failed to reopen virtual disk: Failed to lock the file...
When I tried this command I got this error, but the VMDK file has been created. /vmfs/volumes # vmkfstools -z /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.600605b00560fa6001f4b57b11ae893c...
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ESXi 5.1 network aggregation
Hello everybody.I am newbie to this so I would like to ask for help.I have task to find out how to make from 2x 1GBps to 1x 2GBPs.I have got IBM x3650 M3 and CISCO manageable switch. Any help will be...
View ArticleESXi vm sees physical CPU's : Activation issue
Hi, I have P2V'd a Windows SBS 2008 R2 server to a temporary ESXi Host.I have tuned this new SBS VM on this host (deleting old hardware and also reactivating due to new hardware being found). Now we...
View ArticleVMotion between 2 Hosts with different CPUs
Hallo, I have a server in my homelab that I use for VMsphere studies and I want to get a second machine to test advanced features like HA, Vmotion etc.My first server has an X9SCM-9 board with Xeon...
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Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
I got a purple screen when I start up a vm with a pci device With Esxi5 was working fine. I tested it with 2 vm on different hosts ( but same hardware) i7 2600 32gb mb: dq67sw What can I try
View ArticleHow to move VM's to new RAID
I am using ESXi 5.1 free and have installed a second RAID set. The first set was running out of space. What I would like to do is separate the OS's of multiple servers from their data. I'd like to...
View ArticleOdd problem with vmk network for vMotion
UPDATE: Problem has been fixed, but I wouldn't say the mystery has been solved. Please see my entry near the end of this thread for further details. summary at bottom Current setup:H/W: 4x Cisco UCS...
View ArticleVmotion Nic Teaming esxi 5.1
We do not have shared storage so we do vmotion and storage motion simultaneous with live virtual machines to other hosts. I have 3 1gbit nics dedicated to vmotion and I wonder what's the best way to...
View ArticleVM on disk but not in Inventory
I have a VM that disappeared from inventory but is still in the datastore (not local). I believe it was turned off. I tried adding it back to the inventory but received a message that a vm was already...
View ArticleCannot open configuration file: File already exists
I've run into an odd problem with a VMWare host that underwent several hard reboots yesterday. Most all of the VMs are booting up fine but a few can not be powered on. The host is running ESXi 5.1...
View ArticleHow to build a firewall VM for ESXi 5
Hi everybody! Long time to see, now i have to return back the virtual project with VMWare ESXi in that i'm just newbie and i need you help.I'm struggling not know how to create a security layer for all...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 U1, Powered on VM take snapshop takes more than 5 minutes
Hi guys, I have several HP BL460c Gen8 server with ESXi 5.1 U1 installed, and the servers were managed by vCenter Server 5.1. The problem is when i taking snapshot on a powered on VM, it takes more...
View ArticlePurpose of VMware Tools in a Linux guest?
Are there any advantages to installing VMware tools in a Linux headless/command line only VM? The only things I can see it adding would be sharing its IP address info. Are there any features I am...
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