Added USB has been recognized as SCSI device in Windows 2012 VM of ESX 5.1
I plugged-in USB to ESX 5.1 and added it to Windows 2012 VM after adding a USB(EHCI + UHCI) controller.But this USB was recognized as SCSI device in the disk management user interface.Is there any fix...
View ArticleUpdate Vcenter 5.1 to 5.1.1
Hello,I want to make an update of Vcenter 5.1 to 5.1.1 and I need to start to make an update Singl Sing On (SSO), but this problem is that I do not have the administrator password of SSO: (so please if...
View ArticleClear Performance data in ESXi 5.0
Dear All, (First, apologies if this isn't in the right forum, would a moderator move this post if that is the case. Thanks) I have a misbehaving ESXi host and it is generating some really wild stats in...
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Esxi host unable to connect Vcenter server 5.1
Hi Support Team, We are trying to connect the host from Vcenter server. However it is giving the below error message. ""License not available to perform the operation. The host is licensed with VMware...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - Is the 2TB limit passed yet?
So I didn't see it in the "waht's new" section on the product page, because it should be obvious that every OS in the world can access and use volumes that are larger than 2TB. Regardless of my...
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MacMini 5,1 NIC intermittently stops responding
Hi all, I know this setup is unsupported technically but I thought I would ask the question anyway seeing as there seem to be quite a few helpful Mac folks on here Basically at random the NIC seems to...
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 ArticleNo TCP between hosts, ping works fine
I have ESXi 5 installed on a Dell C524-TY with two NIC's and have configured several Solaris 10 update 10 hosts with physical and VLAN interfaces. There are two Cisco switches between the NIC's with...
View Article10GB ethernet - NIC recommendations
Hi All, I am currently planning to upgrade our VMware network infrastructure from 1GB to 10GB and am after some recommendations on what NIC's to concider. I have a few requirements;Must be supported on...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 and MSCS (Microsoft Failover Clustering) on iSCSI SAN
I have spent the past week trying to get my test lab up and running to do a proof of concept for MSCS (Microsoft Failover Clustering) on an iSCSI SAN. However I have hit a brick wall and desperately...
View ArticleUnable to start the UI on ESXi5
Hi Everybody, This is Sankar From India. We have installed VMware ESXi 5 on Dell Poweredge 820. I am unable to open the UI and its showing 503 error.I have enabled the ssh and shell access.I didn't...
View ArticleHow can i sort VM's by high i/o in vSphere ?
Hi, I have an ESXi cluster running several hundred VM's - i'm keen to establish which VM's are generating the highest level of storage i/o Is this possible through vSphere - so they can be ranked to...
View ArticleApplication virtualization question
Hi guys, I have several servers that have multiple applications hosted on them. From what I understand I can virtualize the entire server with VM converter, but is there a way to virtualize one app at...
View ArticleBoot failure with 2 SATA disks on 5.1
I have a stable 5.1 installation on an Ivy Bridge based laptop. I have 1 SATA SSD and everything works fine. If I add a second SATA disk (in the DVD-ROM bay via a 2.5inch HDD bay converter) the system...
View ArticleProblem with Promise vTrak e610f (NMP errors)
I've been running an ESXi 4 server connected to a Promise vTrak E610f SANS connected via fiber channel and was running fine After the upgrade to ESXi 5 I've been having problems with my logs filling up...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client and Mac OS X
Hmm... with the release of 5.1, they seem to be encouraging everybody to move to the web client. But it seems that Mac OS X is still not supported. What's the plan to support Mac OS X? I really...
View ArticleCapacity Planning via PowerCLI
Hello, In regards to Capacity Planning for ESXi 5.x, I have seen various examples on capturing capacity utilizations for CPU, Memory, Number of ESXi Hosts, Number VMs, etc. at the Cluster level, and...
View ArticleVM loses connectivity after vMotion to another host in cluster
Hello all, This is my first time posting so forgive me if the question was posted to an incorrect forum. I have been trying to manually balance the loads of my VMs between my 2 hosts (for example host1...
View ArticleESXI 5.1 and network performance issues
Hi all, I have the following MoBo: https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z9PED8_WS/#specificationsAnd this quad gig port Ethernet controller: Intel E1G44ET PCI-Express Gigabit Ethernet Quad Port Server...
View Articleesxi5 hypervisor hardening
Are there any security hardening scripts handly for esxi5 hypervisor? Is the sudo available for esxi5 ? Appreciate any pointers on these Thanks
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