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New ISCSI Device Being Assigned to Exisiting ISCSI Device
Hey All - Got an interesting problem here. As the title states, whenever I try to add an ISCSI Device, instead of mapping it to it's new device, vCenter adds it as a path to another device. This...
View ArticleVM Compatibility ESXi 5.1 and later (VM version 9) trouble with network
I'm having and ESXi host with 10 VM's on it, all connected to the same portgroup on the virtual switch. In order to enable VHV I created the last to machines with compatibility ESXi 5.1 and later (VM...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 syslogs and QRadar
I'm trying to have one of my hosts send syslogs to QRadar, however the instructions I find online are slightly different and seem to be for ESXi 4.1. That said it seems the settings I need to change...
View ArticleHow to make hard disk available for diffferent guest OS?
I have a HP DL380 G7 with a RAID 1 on two 2TB hard disks. In the vSphere Client, when setting up the virtual machine, how do I allocate some of this disk space to my virtual machine so it shows up as...
View ArticleHow to virtualize an existing Windows Server?
I have an existing physical server that's running Windows Server 2008. This machine is getting old and we like to toss it away but before we do, instead of reinstalling the Windows server OS and...
View ArticleESXi and DMZ
Hi,i have a question about how to operate a ESXi Host in a DMZ.To know more, we wan´t to build some VM´s that have to placed in our DMZ. We do not wan´t to use VLAN´s on our present vCenter and...
View ArticleIs it possible??
Hi Team, Is there any way to find the esx host ip using virtual machines IP or virtual machines? without login to the esx? because i have N number of esx its very difficult to find which vm is...
View ArticleESXi PciPassthrough with Dell R620 and H710 Perc controller
Hi VMware gurus out there,I've read most of the discussions around the pros and cons of pcipassthrough for storage but have a strange one for you.ESXi 5.1 (dell customised), all firmware, bios, etc up...
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 Articlecreate host profile failed
when I create the host profile by vsphere client, it failed and below is the error message: Error: Unexpected language: . anyone encounterd the error before?
View ArticleUpdrading from 4.1 to 5.1
Is it possible to upgrade an IBM Server x3530 M4 running VMware ESXi 4.1 to VMware ESXi 5.1 (meets all ESXi 5.1 requirements). We are using local storage for datastore usage. If it is, please send...
View Articlevsphere login creds not working
Hi, For some reason my login creds in vsphere are not being accpeted. is there a way to reset your password via console or something like that?
View ArticleHow to find a VM through MAC only
WE have a VM machine, only know the MAC and host name is gone. How to find this VM machine by MAC only? Please help.
View ArticleNIC Teaming causing ESXi to re-transmit ethernet frames received.
I have a HP Proliant DL380 G5 running ESXi 5.1.0 connected to a Cisco 3750 Switch Stack. While performing a tcpdump on an unrelated host I discovered that it was being bombarded with ethernet frames...
View ArticlevCenter Single Sign On master password
Hi guys i do not remember admin@system-domain password i wondring how to reset admin's account password i tried to reset password by rsautil command line but i dont remember master password. Anyway to...
View ArticleCan upgrade vSphere License form OEM to Open License
If we have vSphere Enterprise OEM License. Can upgrade to vSphere Enterprise Plus License ?
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What does this core dump screen mean?
I have had this ESXi 5.1 server crash on me at least 8 times over the last 3 days. It's a SuperMicro X8DTU-F board (in a SuperMicro 6016P server). I have reseated everything, upgraded to the latest...
View ArticleVmWare Client not going full screen on second monitor
Hi, I have a dual screen setup on my PC which I connect to my ESXi 5.1 server using the vmware client. The client will go full screen happily on my primary monitor, but if I try it on my second monitor...
View ArticleVM Sizing on ESXi
Hi All, What are the best practices followed in real time VM sizing?Per core how many VM's are recommended? For Ex- Have an IBM HS 23 Blade...Which has following configs *Dual 6 core Xenon CPU with...
View ArticleVmotion and NTP drift
Hello; Long time lurker here and first time posting. I have a couple of clusters that are beefy 128GB of ram each 16+ cores per host and 3 servers per cluster and a few different clusters in different...
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