Setting up SSO through the vCenter Virtual Appliance instead of Windows
I'm confused about how to go about setting up SSO. I currently have a ESSX 5.1 host running the vCenter Virtual Appliance. I want to add more in the future but I need to get SSO configured first. The...
View Articleadditional NIC interface connected to second router is not getting IP
Hi I have an esxi5 running on hp micro server with two physical NIC cards which is visible on esxi as vmnic0 and vmnic1. Originally I was using vmnic0 as a main network as management interface and also...
View ArticleLSI-9210-8i (LSI SAS 2008) very unstable writes and purple screen
Hello! I have a serious stability problem and I am not able to figure out how to solve it.I have a IBM ServerRaid M1015 (oem version of a LSI-9220-8i) which I have reflashed with LSIs own software...
View ArticleXP Pro will not format during install.
Hello all, I have been struggling with this issue for 2 months now and finally am totally out of ideas. We have a single host, IBM x3650 M4 2x Xeon E5-26200's. ESXi 5.1u1 (IBM build) 32gb (soon to be...
View ArticleBug in vSphere client (Windows GUI) with Display/Font size on Windows 7
Windows 7 has a default display/font size of 125% (Control Panel, Display, Medium - 125% (Default)). With ESXi 5 and vSphere Client Version 5.1.0 Build 1064113 there is a bug that causes text and panes...
View ArticleDemo only VMware vSphere Operations Management
Is there a spot where I can just trial VMware vSphere without the Operations Managment. Just looking for a base host for some servers. Thanks.Gary
View ArticleVMware esxi 5.0 host server will not display on LCD monitor
A couple of days ago, my VMware 5.0 esxi host stopped displaying on the LCD monitor. I am getting an out of range error which indicates that the resolution or refresh rate is not correct. I have not...
View ArticleESXi and Intel Flexpriority (Disabled by default in newest 5.1 update)
VMware released a update 22.05.2013 (ESXi510-201305001) which by the looks of it will lower performance by default. My question is by how much...?What kind of Virtual Machine workload usually benefits...
View ArticleIntel vPro processor and virtualization
HiI am planning purchase to install vmware esxi5 on intel core2duo vPro processor. Is vPro processor virtualization compatible? any whitepaper link? ThanksRaofu
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Access lab from production network using rdp server 2 nics(1 connected to...
Hi all,I have a copied of my prod DC and a few servers onto esx5 host which i have created an isolated vswitch(no nic assigned). In addition all lab vms on the isolated vswitch has no default...
View Articleslow NFS transfer speeds
Hi everyone, My scenario:FreeNAS with:-one CIFS directory-one NFS directory Esxi 5.1 with:-2 hosts-windows machines and linux machines I have added the NFS directory as a new Datastore on both hosts...
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Lowest supported VMFS Version on ESXi 5.x?
Hi I've got a customer whos vSphere environment I want to upgrade to version 5.1. The hosts are currently running ESXi 4.1 and have two datastores attached. These are both on VMFS Version 3.31. Now I...
View ArticleDisk Latency ESXi 5.1.0 799733 HP-ML350 G6
Hello, We Deployed an HP ML350 G6 Server with ESXi 5.1.0 799733 and a P410i Raid Controller. The media I used was the Official Media from VMware and not a "Customised" HP Image.Since this server has...
View Articledatastore can not be mounted from virtualbox
I installed ESX5.1 in vmware player.And I tried to boot that VMDK file by virtualbox because virtualbox has snapshot feature. I could boot ESX5.1 but I could not mount datastore. Is there any way to...
View ArticleESXi 5 not allowing me to bind to LDAP
I have several ESXi hosts and I'm trying to get them to join AD so I can roll out administrative permissions through AD groups. I have joined the servers to the domain and that part worked as...
View ArticleHow to increase RAM memory to guest OS?
I have 48GB of RAM memory installed on the physical server. How do I increase the amount of RAM memory to each guest OS?
View ArticleProblem with VT-d
I have an HP ML110 G7 and i want to passthrought the onboard Storage Controller to an VM (OmniOs), but then i get there error messanges. After i get the messanges i need th restart the server to start...
View ArticleIO issues VMs in one host
hi guys I have a cluster made of 2 ESXi servers running build 1065491 for a month monitoring has reported me some issues with VMs - ping has been lost - After that I found that VMs reporting losing...
View ArticleCan't login via AD after power loss
Okay, seems pretty straight forward. I've never had an issue like this so I'm hoping someone can point me in the proper direction.Scenario - ESXi 5 server using Active Directory for authentication....
View ArticleIntel-VT Features and VMware Support of those Features?
Hello Everyone, Intel published a helpful article in 2010 about the various virtualization technology (Intel VT) features offered, and which processor families supported those individual...
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