Any reason why Virtual Iron tools needs to be disabled?
I know in the KB article, it says to remove VS Tools first; but I've already done some conversions of VMs in Virtual Iron that still had the VS Tools enabled, and they've worked fine post-conversion....
View Articlesuspend VM
when suspend button gets clicked, how does guest OS know suspend event is triggered? is there vmtools script? but I tried with my guest OS without vmtools installed, suspend button still works. thank...
View ArticleHost profiles issue
Hi I need to use Host Profiles for my SQL cluster that's contains 2 hosts.I got this Failure Against Host Profile for one of my host: Host state doesn't match specification: device 'datastore'...
View ArticleNot able to register web client 5.1 to vCenter 5.1
Getting this error message. Please check the screenshot
View ArticleRookie unable to get HP storageworks MSA60 to be seen
Hi, I've installed ESXi 5 on a HP DL380 G5 that has a Storageworks MSA60 with 9 300gb sas drives directly connected to it via a smart array P800 controller. Using Vsphere 5.1 I can see the P800...
View ArticleLog file location of dvSwitch configuration changes
Hi Yesterday we had an issue with our main distributed switch being changed inadvertently, and it took out the majority of our VM connectivity. I have performed a full log extraction from the vCenter...
View ArticleBacking up all data on ESXi 5.1 server
Hello, I have a server set up running ESXi5.1 that has two hard drives installed.Originally i wanted these HDD's RAIDed but my RAID setup is not compatible with ESXi 5.1, so instead I just want to back...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Black Screen when opening VM console
Hello All, I installed a new ESXi 5.1 server and it is a member of a cluster of 2 ESXi Servers.One is 5.0 and the new one is 5.1 When i power on a VM on the 5.0 it works fine, after it boots and i...
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 ArticleShared Folders issue with OS X VM on ESXi 5.1
I've got an OS X guest VM running on ESXi 5.1, running on an Xserve. When I execute an "ls -l /Volumes" command, I get: ls -l /Volumes/ls: VMware Shared Folders: Input/output errortotal 8lrwxr-xr-x 1...
View ArticleCloned 2 servers but now the original servers are not part of the domain
I have 2 servers that I cloned, and I'm sure they are full clones-my first major attempt at this. Yesterday I was able to log into them fine but today I can only log in locally as if they are no longer...
View ArticleVmware webclient question.
Hi , Can we register one web client server in multiple SSO server.? regardsSurya
View Articleanother arcconf question
hi all i have successfully installed the latest adaptec driver and also cim on my esxi 5.0 server.remote arcconf from windows works fine. is it possible to use arcconf on esxi locally (without...
View ArticleConfiguring SSO in HA Mode ~~ ESXi 5.1
Hi All, I am trying to deploy additional node for SSO Server in HA mode. I am following below article...
View ArticlePerformance, Management and Recoverability of Datastores
Hi All, We are in the process of restructuring our datastores to take advantage of SRM. We have 60 vm's that have iscsi attached volumes ranging from 20gb to over 3tb. I am stuck on deciding whether to...
View ArticleHow do I remove an iSCSI Software Adapter in vSphere 5.1?
I was going to post this in vSphere community but I could not start a discussion so I am placing it here and I am sure the moderators will move to the appropriate community. I have added the iSCSI...
View ArticlePost-VM Migration Issues
We current have an ESXI 5.0 setup and two Dell R710's that are the hosts. This morning we wanted to migrate one of our servers to a different host and also change the data store location. The process...
View ArticleVMware ESXi 5 - vCPU limitations
Hi, I notice the Essentials Kit has an 8-way cpu limitation. With Essentials Kit, if I have 2 x 8 core CPUs for the VM host, can I assign 12 cpus to a VM guest or will the VM guest be limited to 8...
View ArticleHow are you validating network on new ESXi hosts?
As we have no visibility into our corporate ITs networking configuration, we must trust that they have completely configured everything end to end successfully for any given port. We use, what I...
View ArticleEsxi 5 update 1/HP DL380g6 with bnx2 driver doesn't load all network ports
Hi,I have a HP DL360 G6 with 4 physical Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 1000Base-T network interfaces.But Esxi v5.0.0 U1 build 623860 only gives me 2 ports: ~ # esxcli network nic list Name...
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