Cannot boot/install VMs from ISO images
In this new VMWare 5.1 host server, I have created 2 VMs -- one for Win 2008-R2 and one for 2003-R2. Neither of VM guest OS can be installed. The VMs cannot see the DVD drive. I have modified/verified...
View Articlei7-4770K Haswell core - ESXi5.1 hang on "initializing IOV"
Hi All, Just trying to install ESXi5.1 Upate 1 on new i7-4770k with Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP motherboard. The install hangs on "initializing IOV". Any idea's? Many Thanks, George
View ArticleResource Allocation to Virtual Machines vs. Physical.
Hi All, Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. For our product I have a hardware specification and trying to figure out a comparable set of attributes (memory, vCpus) for a VM. From what I...
View ArticlevSphere CLI error
Hi OS: ESXi 5.0U1 IBM Customization Build 623860Host: Nested ESXivSphere CLI version: 5.0.0.3459 I tried to update the package called IBM CIM Providers for VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.0u1 which is...
View ArticleVLANs supported for MSCS cluster network?
I am setting up an MSCSbetween two vSpherehosts. We are using VLANs with dvSwitches. The VMware MSCSbest practice guide states: "Two physical network adapters dedicated to theMSCScluster and to the...
View ArticleHost not seeing all iSCSI targets
Dear All, I have 4 Hosts which are connected to a Dell MD3000i box. There are two iSCSI subnets 192.168.130 and 192.168.131. The iSCSI box has two controller with two network ports for each controller....
View Articleunexpected shutdown of VM - DRS
Hi , One of the VM has been shutdown( powered off) unexpectedly . Following logs are found in events logs . The event has occurred when the DRS tried to move the VM to other host in the Cluster. An...
View ArticleThinClient - PCOIP
Galera estou com problemas para conectar meu PCOIP para utilizar um Maquina virtual.Alguem se habilita a me ajudar?Fico no aguardo ...Abs
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ESXi 5.1 799733 PSOD sadface
So we have been running along just fine for months, then all of a sudden 2 of the hosts went PSOD yesterday. We restarted the hosts, and another PSOD happened today on one of them. Its been very...
View ArticleFujitsu TX140 S1p Logical volume
Hi All, I've got a Fujitsu TX140 S1p server. I have created a logical volume (RAID 1). The controller is onboard LSI MegaRAID. When I run the ESXi 5.1 installer it detects the two physical drives (2 x...
View ArticleHow to get vc.uuid from guest OS (Linux)?
Hi, I'm running ESXi 5.1 and have a guest Linux VM.From within guest OS (Linux), how can I get vc.uuid of the VM? I've tried dmidecode, but it only output uuid.bios . Thanks
View ArticleAtheros 8161 Driver for esxi 5.1
Dear all, Is there any one know the driver for esxi 5.1? I got installed esxi 5.1 that it was not recognize by the system. Please let me know any alternative make it works. Thanks
View ArticleParameters in .ovf template?
Hi, I'm working on automaticly deploy VMs using .ovf template.There is one management server in the datacenter.How can the new VMs find the management server?Should I store the IP of the server in .ovf...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Free License
I just installed ESXi 5.1. Every time I start the Client I get the warning that my trial will end in 60 days... I tried to register for the free license but I just got an error saying that the key...
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Permissions? Template options are greyed out
I have granted a security group the following permissions, we are unable to deploy any templates as the options are greyed out, an admin is able to deploy no problem. There are several hosts...
View ArticleHow To Remove an Abandoned Datastore?
Hi There! I am the IT Systems Administrator for my organization where we have HP P6300 storage connected to our ESXi5 cluster. Usually, if we require a new Vdisk for any VM, we create a new vdisk in...
View ArticleRestrict the size of VMware Snapshot
Hi All, I have a specific requirement to restrict the size of the snapshot. I am running esxi 5.1 GA environment. The VM's are on hardware 9. Can I somehow stop the snapshot from growing; is there a...
View ArticleError al acceder a la vista "Storage Views" en ESXI 5.1
Hola, Al intentar acceder a la vista de "Storage Views" de cualquiera de los 2 ESXI que tengo en mi entorno y gestionada con Virtual Center me aparece el siguiente error: "This server '172.26.0.4"...
View ArticlevmStatsProvider - Event ID 256 / 258
Has anyone seen these event log entries on virtual windows servers - they seem to be floooding the application logs. Where do they come from, what do they mean and can I stop them from being logged...
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