creating multpile vitual machines with a .vmdk file.
Actually I am facing problems creating multiple virtual machine with the .vmdk file. I have uploaded the .vmdk file on the datastore and created a virtual machine with that file and want to create...
View ArticleEsxi ballooning and Swapping what happens when memory pressure is no more there
We are running in to lot of problems lately with vSphere Resource Pools. We have overcommitted memory in our resource pools. let me explain with an example. Assume you have a resource pool with 3 VMs...
View ArticleUnable to increase disk Space
Hi there,I'm having troubles to increase the size of a Virtual Machine that has been converted previously from a Physical machine with VMware Converter Standalone. The matter is that all the disks are...
View ArticleHelp installing Windows 7 on VM
I have installed ESXi 5.1 on a new server and migrated my VM's from VM Workstation to the server. I access these VM's through Vsphere client. I've just created a new VM on the server using the...
View ArticleVMware ESXi 5.0 hosts unable to communicate
am having issues with the VMware in our offices .The 2 ESXi hosts do not appear to be able to communicate with each other.Both are online and can access internet and i can connect to both (i am on...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and Adaptec 6805 crash
Hello everybody I'm using VMware ESXi 5.1 (Build Number 1021289 (on previous builds of the exact same error)) with Adaptec 6805 (last driver AACRAID Driver v1.2.1-29900 for VMware).Periodically hangs...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and Web Client
I saw the great video from Chris Wahl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6E_-4dSlLY&feature=relmfu Looks though like it's only on vCenter Server? Not on the standalone free version of ESXi 5.1?
View ArticleSeperate Cluster for single and dual core VMs
Just wanted some feedback on possibly separating single core and dual core VMs into separate clusters. If, for example, I have 4 hosts hosting a mix of single and dual core vms.. would the performance...
View ArticleSolaris and ESXi Fibre Channel
Completely new to fibre channel, so please bear with me. I'm trying to connect a 2006 Mac Pro running 5.1 to a Solaris 11 machine using fibre channel. Both machines have Sun branded LPe11000 cards and...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 to 5.0 Update 2 - Best practices / backup plan
I'm planning to patch my ESX cluster (2 ESXi 5.0 hosts) to 5.0 Update 2. While there's no DRS activated (only HA), the idea is to vmotion the VM's from one server to the other, leaving one of them at...
View ArticleOracle RAC VM
Hello, I am trying to build a VM for Oracle RAC cluster. When adding the disk I suppose to see the option "Support clustering features such as Fault Tolerance".Do not see it. Missing something....
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - Disable Flow Control
Hello - Found this article on disabling flow control: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1013413 After running the following commands, an error occurs stating "Cannot set device pause parameters: Operation not...
View ArticleWindows 2008 Servers Slow
Hi, I have ESXi 5.1 installed on a USB attached to my HP Micro Server with 8GB of RAM The Micro Server has P410 raid controller with 4 2TB Drives in a Raid 5 I have created 2 VM's with Windows 2008 R2...
View ArticleESX5.1 has difference disk function like Hyper-V ?
I am begginer of Vmware.ESX5.1 has difference disk function like Hyper-V ?I would like to make template Windows2008R2 VM disk and apply additional difference disk like Hyper-V to reduce disk usage.
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 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 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 do I edit files in the /opt directory and keep after reboot?
I figured out how to edit them, but the changes disappear after immediate reboot. I read this other post about using the autobackup.sh script, but that was for '/etc' and not '/opt' directory. The...
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