ghettoVCB does not work in ESXi 5.1
Hi there I have a problem with ghettoVCB. When i try to backup a virtual machine it fails with following output: /ghettoVCB # ./ghettoVCB.sh -f vms_to_backup -g ghettoVCB.confLogging output to...
View Articlemultiple networks in single vswitch.
hi, i have around 4 esx4.1 hosts, each has it's own network, recently due to my requirement i had to migrate one or two vms to another host, may be due to resources and other reasons, but there should...
View ArticleESXi 5 Storage DRS
We are implementing Storage DRS for a two host vSphere 5 (HP Image 5.0.0 623860). This is connecting to a P2000 FC MSA. To conserve space we were considering thin-provisoning the OS C: vmdks. Research...
View ArticlevSphere web client OSX plugin
hi, when will the firefox or safari or chrome plugin for the web client to view the remote console of a vm for OSX be available? The new web client looks great and a perfect sollution for us as a mac...
View ArticleCan't connect to guest - Server 2012 - on ESXi
I have my first ESXi installation working and I installed server 2012. I enabled remote access and it told me it made the firewall modifications. I can't ping the server nor can I remote access it....
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Intergrating Esxi 5.1 With Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory
Trying to intergrate esxi 5.1 with Active Directory, my domain is everytime I enter it I get. DNS is set correctly
View ArticleBooting ESXi from USB performance
Hello, I've read a few times that once booted most of ESXi is loaded into memory so the performance of the boot media is not so important once it's up and running. Would this be fair to say? Has anyone...
View ArticleGetting smashed on vCenter 5.1 SSO Install
VMWare Experts, Getting smashed on the vCenter 5.1 SSO Install and was wondering if I could get some assistance. This is what I've done so far: 1.) Execute the "rsaIMSLiteMSSQLSetupTables.sql" 2.)...
View ArticleWhere to config email recipients for alarms, DRS advice, etc
With V5 vCenter and ESXi, where in the configuration do I designate what email addresses should receive alerts, alarms, DRS recommendations etc? Can I set default recipients at the vCenter level? ie a...
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ESXi 5.1.0 Installer Crashes with Python Backtrace
This was going to be a question but now it has turned into a heads up for anyone who encounters the same issue. While trying to install ESXi 5.1 I would regularly get as far as "Select a disk to...
View ArticlevSphere Client keeps refreshing
We are using an VMware ESXi 5.0.0 (Build 504890) and a vSphere Client 5.0.0 (Build 455964). We can access the consoles of our VMs through the vSphere Client - however, approximately after about 5-10...
View ArticleCan CDP and LLDP be enabled on a vDS simultaneously
My ESXi 5.1 host got connected to 2 different type of switch, one is Cisco supporting CDP now and and the other only support LLDP. I have no priviledge to access Cisco switch.Only one vDS was created ....
View Articlecan't access iSCSI target from second ESX box
I have successfully connected to an iSCSI target running on Windows Server 2012 from one ESX 5.1 box and created a datastore. Unfortnately, I can't get a second ESX 5.1 box to connect to the same iSCSI...
View Articlecannot see second iscsi datastore
my iscsi datastore is not being seen even after scanning is iscsi hba. When i go to add datastore, it does not show up. but when i go to View: Devices, I see the volume there any idea?
View ArticleESX5.0 be2net 4.2.327 driver stable on HP BL460C G7 blades? Panic seen
Hi All, We have ESX5.0 installed on a couple of HP BL460C G7 blade servers. Having faced issues during VMotion and having gone through the community discussions/recommendations, we upgraded the nic...
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HP Offline Bundle/Installation Media fills /root
Hi Community We have two ESXi Hosts wich runs on HP DL380 G7 Servers. We used the HP Installation Media.Now we are running VDI Clients on this Servers. But they freezes sometimes. that error we get in...
View ArticleESX 5- VM Disk and Lun Setup
HI All, I have 5 TB SAN Storage ( HP 4000 LeftHand Two Nodes (24 Disks Raid 5) and I got following VM's High I/O VM's: 1 x Exchange Server required 700GB VM ( 4 Databases) 1 x SQL Server -300 GB...
View Articleesxi host integrated to AD not authentication via AD
Not sure how this has happened. Last week I joined both of my esxi 5.0 hosts to AD domain. Was able to login to them using AD administrator account. Went away for long weekend, looking back at my lab...
View ArticlevCenter Server is not working After p2v
Hi, I have installed vCenter server 5.1 in one physical machine. Using vCenter converter I am taking backup of my vCenter server. It is working ok. But after p2v when I start my virtual machine,...
View ArticleDisk consolidation fails after removing snapshots
Hi, I had a few snapshots attached to a VM which I removed using Delete All. I then saw the warning message about "Virtual machine disks consolidation is needed". So I selected the consolidate option...
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