SuperMicro with SMC2008 ESX 5.1 compatibel
Hi Guys, is there anybody, who has installed successfully ESX 5.1 on a SuperMicro Server ( Tower ) with a SMC2008-IR ( LSI MegaRaid ) Controller on a X8DT6-F Mainboard.The Server has only 4 300GB SAS...
View ArticleVMFS issue / corruption ?
Hello I'm having some issue with a file in my VMFS datastore: /vmfs/volumes/51d6fc9e-9a548661-4054-00301bbd0b99/OpenERP7 # ls -l-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2751508480 Jul 6 12:28...
View ArticleBest Practise - Which SCSI Controller for Windows 2012
Hi, We are building a new environment for Windows 2012 servers and was wanting to know what the best practise is for the SCSI controller for Windows 2012 servers. Ive had a look on the net but i cant...
View ArticleAsus x79 Pro SATA controller Passthrough
Hi, i am setting up a home lab and i have a funny behavior i want to ask if someone knows how do deal with. I have an Asus X79 Pro motherboard with an onboard SATA controller that i would like to...
View ArticleIometer testing of LUN's in ESXi 5
Hi, I would like to setup a couple of virtual machines across our ESXi hosts, each virtual machine with multiple disks on different LUNs. I would then like to run iometer with settings for sustained IO...
View ArticleESXi boots after install but Drops to BIOS next reboot
Hi Running ai7-4770k processes on a Asus z87-pro mother board with UFEL turned off.Have added a single new network card. ESXI5.1 seems to install ok and when is does its own first reboot after the...
View ArticleSNMP ESXi 5 problem
Hi, I'm trying to monitor several things of out ESXis through SNMP. I've enabled the snmp agent with: #vicfg-snmp --server 1.2.3.4 --username root --password 1234 --communities public#vicfg-snmp...
View ArticleCPU Latency
I am trying to find a definition of Latency (measured in Percent) as found in the CPU chart options in ESXi 5.0. The "counter description" suggests "the percent of time the VM is unable to run because...
View ArticleProblem with etherchannel on a Cisco 2960S
Hello everybody, I need to make a etherchannel because a don't have a lot of ethernet card. This is my configuration and a some "show command" to help you to identify, I hope so, my problem. C2960S#sh...
View Articlelicencia free perpetua
Buenos Dias:Estoy iniciándome en el mundo de vmware.He instalado la versión free de Esxi 5.1 pero me dice que tengo 60 Dias y me da una licencia para registrar el producto.después de esos 60 es...
View Articleunattended/silent install VMware Tools
Greetings, When trying to do a silent install on a VM using the info in http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2000399 I'm not getting any...
View ArticleCan I turn on Firewall Logging in vSphere 5.1 update 1?
Looking around on the web I have been unable to find any information on turning on firewall logs in ESXi. It seems like it is not possible to enable logging of the firewall rules in the product. From a...
View ArticleESX 5.1 VM Console refresh is slower than ESX5.0
We noticed that ESX5.1 VM Console refresh is slower than ESX5.0 and 4.1? Is VMware aware of this or do any of you know if there is a solution? I am surprised that VMware didn't fix the issue yet? Due...
View ArticleChanging VMware infrastructure from 4.x to 5.x
Hi, I have Six HP ProLiant DL585 G5 server in VMware environment with VMware ESX 4.1.0 build-988178. And additional to that I have purchased 2 New server of same hardware having ESXi 5.xNow I am...
View ArticleHow can i let a ESXi VM use my fibre channel SAN Volume as Shared Storage for...
Does anyone know how to let a ESXi VM guest use an fibre channel SAN volume as a shared storage volume (for a microsoft failover cluster) for multiple VM's? The ESXi machines (2) already use the Fibre...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and HP ProLiant DL380 G5 - Xeon DualCore 5160 | 2x 3,0 GHz
Hi!I've an opportunity to buy an HP ProLiant DL380 G5 with:N. 1 Xeon DualCore 5160 | 2x 3,0 GHz2 x 72 Gb SAS HD - 10k HotplugSmart Array P4008 GB DDR2 RAMHas anyone succesfully installed ESXi 5.1 or al...
View ArticleManagement Network ESX5i Vsphere 5 and port group load balancing.
http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/04/09/kens-view-on-service-console-redundancy-and-my-take/ Can anyone advise please on above setup on the latest version of Vmware 5.1 is is best still to seperate the...
View ArticleESXi 5 vmnic stops passing traffic
After running backups for several hours a vmnic just stops passing network traffic. The problem has been isolated down by connecting one vmnic to a vswitch. The virtual server being backed up has a...
View ArticleESXi 5 vmnic stops passing traffic - HP DL380p Gen8 - HCL fine
Hi All, This one is very similar to this post. Really hoping the coummunity might be able to provide some direction on some networking issues I've been getting since the ESXi 5 upgrade for my site....
View ArticleESXTOP question
Hi,Does anyone know what the * is when looking at the networking section on the ESXTOP output? 817633:cp-test-vm-bvmnic1* vSwitch1 817589:cp-test-vm-avmnic0* vSwitch1 818478:cp-test-vm-c vmnic1...
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