Cannot access disk S.M.A.R.T data
I've just upgraded a whitebox lab server from 5.0U1 to 5.1U1 today with the hope of accessing S.M.A.R.T. data for some directly attached SSDs (no RAID card). Unfortunately all I get is:# esxcli storage...
View Articleis it possible to remove iso by editing vmx/vmsn file?
I have a few VMs with a bunch of snapshots (taken with and without the memory) that unfortunately reference an ISO on a datastore which I want to remove. Previously I had to fix this by going to each...
View Articlesecond Management Network for Backup over 10Gb Ethernet
Hi, we have the following configurations: vSwitch0: 2x 1Gb/s pNics for Management TrafficvSwitch1: 2x 10GB/s pNics for VM Network and Vmotion Now we have also a 10Gb/s pNIC in our backup server...
View ArticleCan an iSCSI SAN coexist with an FC SAN on the same host?
Our production enviroment currently consists of 4 esxi 5.1 hosts connected to an expensive FibreChannel SAN. We would like to purchase a more cost effective iSCSI SAN and use is mostly for low...
View ArticleHow to change an iSCSI LUN SATP Configuration
Guys, I am looking for a CLI on ESX5.1 that can be used for changing the SATP configuration (on the fly) of an ISCSI LUN. I need to do a tests and would like to change a single iSCSI LUN from...
View ArticleSyslog Collector
Hello-Lately a few of our ESXi 5.0.0 hosts have been crashing unexpectedly. In trying to troubleshoot the issues I was told by VMware that since our hosts do not have persistent storage the log files...
View ArticleIssues with VM deployed from an OVF
HI, I have a linux 64-bit VM running on ESXi 5.1.0, I took an OVF of it to deploy it on another ESX (ESXi 5.0.0). The deployment goes fine though with the warnings (as attached). When I power on the VM...
View ArticleHi, I have 10 Cores on my ESX so how many cores can i assign to a single VM...
Hi, I have 10 Cores on my ESX so how many cores can i assign to a single VM running on the host ?
View ArticleVMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) customized for IBM hardware
I am having trouble finding a document, a guide or a whitepaper on this "IBM Customization". I am looking for information about what the image includes and what features/benefits I get by using it. At...
View ArticleStress on one datastore impacts performance on another
I have an ESXi 5.1 environment set up for experiment purpose. It has two Datastores: One on a 4TB local disk, another on iSCSI pointing to a FreeNAS target which has a pair of mirrored 2TB drives. All...
View ArticleUnable take VMDK snapshot
Dear All, I unable take VMDK snapshot error 'VssSyncStart' operation failed Regards
View ArticleRAM speed limit?
Hi all! We've ran some RAM tests to compare the results:with OS installed directly on serverwith OS installed on a guest vm in ESXi which is installed on serverThe result is that RAM speed in guest is...
View ArticleReclaim NFS-datastore space
Hello,i am using esxi 5.1 with NFS.I have moved all my vms to another datastore. Still there is 80% used on my "empty" NFS-datastore. What can i do to "reclaim" my storage-space? (see attachment) Thx
View ArticleVideo Card help
I have a server with 10 VM's that are hosted by ESXi 5. I access these VM's through vmware client from a secondary computer. Is it the case that my secondary computers graphics resources are being...
View ArticleInstall 3dm2 and CLI in VMware ESXi 5.1 U1 Server
Hi, We have 3ware 9650SE-8LPML RAID Controller, with ESXi 5.1 U1(Build 1065491). We have managed to configure the mentioned controller with ESXi by installing the appropriate driver from your download...
View ArticleSupported hardware information for ESXi5.5
Hi All, Am planning my hardware order for esxi5.5 .Could you please let us know the supported hardware for the same?Also esxi5.5 beta version is available for download? regards,ranjith
View ArticleHigh guest CPU when a guest is on a particular host
Hello forum, I have a unusual problem and am looking for some more help. I have a cases open with VMware and HP and HP is engaging Microsoft to troubleshoot this issue. Symptoms - On random...
View ArticleWARNING: Uplink: 3075: releasing cap 0x0!
Hello, Can someone please help me determine what this error means. I upgraded the firmware and driver on my 10GB Emulex cards and I now see this error in my vmkwarning.log file. Please note that the...
View ArticleCPU Hot Add does not work with 2012DC
Hi, i have an VM Win2012DC with CPU/Memory HotAdd enabled. This VM has virtual Hardware 9. When i add additional CPUs to this VM, i see in the Device Manager the added CPUs but the System see only the...
View ArticleMultiple monitors with vSphere
Hi there, Does the latest version of vSphere provide the facility to view vSphere hosted VMs on multiple monitors (i.e. dual screen arrangements)? Thanks, Glen
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