extremely high cpu ready ms
On the realtime chart over a period of 20 seconds I am seeing over 100,000ms cpu ready time. Approximately 70 view workstations all single vcpu. I am trying to understand how this is working in the...
View Articleacronis image
Hi I have acronis image and (server 2008 r2 image ) i want to install it on esxi 5 . how to make it ? thanks
View ArticleSnapshot RDMs
Am I right in thinking that when you snapshot a VM with a mixture of VMDKs but also has RDMs attached to it that everything including the RDMs is snapped and all delta changes are logged for all the...
View ArticlevSphere client cannot connect to vSphere Server - SSL error
Hi, I built a new VM on 2008R2. Installed ESXi 5.1 using vCenter Simple Install. Then installed the Web Client, then installed the vSphere Client. When launching the vSphere client I get an error...
View Articlevideo resolution for ubuntu client
Hi,I have successfully installed an Ubuntu Desktop system on ESXi 5. When connecting via vnc, I get a video resolution of 1024x768 and cannot change it to a higher solution.Same is the case when I...
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Esxi 5 crash
Hi, I have a cluster with two node Esxi5, vcenter vsphere, datastore etc.This morning I found one node in panic error (purple screen) I restarted it and I solved.There was ahardware orsoftware...
View ArticlePurple screen error
Hi, I have a random purple screen problem on a server. I tested memory and CPU stability with memtest86 and prime without errors. I also changed the power supply and disabled the passthroughts. The...
View ArticleMemory management and Linux disk caching
I know that hypervisors have a few methods of handling memory needs(maybe better named concurrency solving) for VMs hosted. I'm talking about situation where you allocate more vRAM to VMs than you have...
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Marvell 88E8059 PCIe Driver
Hi, I just acquired a new motherboard but unfortunately it has a marvell 88E8059 NIC So VMware doesn't recognize the NIC and so I can't install VMware ESXI 5.1... The motherboard is a Sapphire pure...
View Articleexamples of management traffic and how much bandwidth to dedicate
Can anyone provide a list (and doc if possible) of the management traffic examples? I know it's used to configure vmware through vsphere client or web client, but what else? I'm thinking maybe cloning...
View ArticleLimitations of Windows Failover Clustering on ESXi clusters
If I am using Windows Failover Clustering in a VMware HA / DRS cluster, with two WSFC VMs on two separate ESXi hosts using Physical Compatability Mode RDMs: 1. Can I put my hosts in maintenanance mode...
View ArticleESXi 5.1.0 VM backward compatible with ESXi4.x
All I have a Windows VM built on ESX5.1 that I need to import to a server running EXVi 4.x (at this point I am not sure exactly what version) is this even possible? Is ESX 5 backward compatible with...
View ArticleSupported storage for Windows failover cluster 2012 on ESX 5.1?
While validating cluster configuration for 2012 failover cluster, We are seeing a warning for the test "validate storage spaces persistent reservation"Microsoft has clarified a month back that this...
View ArticleUpgrading ESXi 5.0 to 5.1
Dear All, I'm trying to upgrade Poweredge Server with the Dell customized iso. I'm receiving this error (attached file) after 24% of upgrading process. I know there is a KB article 2007163. However my...
View Articlemaintenance mode > reboot > network nolonger works.
I have been using ESXi 5.1.0 (Build 799733) on a Home Desktop/Server for six months now, and I have upped and down the system many times. Recently I was going to have a planned outage and decided to...
View ArticleDifinitive disk.terminateVMOnPDLDefault
Hi Running ESXi 5.1 Update 1: Looking for the definitive way of formatting the disk.terminateVMOnPDLDefault entry in the settings file. The VMWare KB simply says set it to true. Helpful. A number of...
View ArticleManagement network redundancy: Two IPs
I'm doing some planning, for management network redundancy. I'll have a separate NICs and vSwitches for iscsi and vmotion. So this vSwitch and pair of NICs is only for management (and NFS). Should I...
View ArticleWhere to add Win Server 2012 Datacenter Key in VMware
Hi All, We have 1 ESXi 5 server with 2 CPU's, we have purchased Windows Server 2012 data center edition 2CPU license. As per the page no 7 of below article in you can use Windows Server 2012 data...
View ArticleESX5では差分ディスクは利用可能でしょうか？
VMware初心者です。Hyper-Vでは差分ディスクというのがありますが、ESX5とかでも差分ディスクにあたるものはあるのでしょうか？
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