UI on ESXi5
Hello All, Is UI is available on ESXi 5 or not? I have restarted all the services(there is no service command in esxi), and enabled ssh,shell access. Enabled web-based also in security profile,but...
View ArticleMicrosoft NLB hang after upgrade ESX 5.0
Hi All, I am new to vmwareWe upgrade all our ESX from 4.1 to 5.0 at Feb, after that, many Microsoft NLB multicast will hang, before upgrade, we had used around 2 year without any issue.After upgrade,...
View ArticleChange the MAC address of a NIC on ESXi 5.1 host
Hello, That may be a stupid question, but I am struggling to find the answer. In ESXi5.1, I need to change the MAC address of the physical NIC (I had to use that MAC for a VM, because some licensing...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 freeze on boot (more then 60 minutes)
Hi All! I'm updating my ESXi 4.1 servers to version 5.1. Every host is connecting to several FC datastores (without iSCSI at all). And the boot process is very slow - usually 60-90 minutes. I have...
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Cloning to NFS share
Hi,I'm using ESXi5.0 build 1117897.I've got a Synology Diskstation connected that provides an NFS share.Cloning a VM to DAS or LUN works.Accessing the NFS share via Vcenter and copying large files...
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Vmware tools generates Windows events: Event ID: 1000
We use Windows server 2003 R2 and ESXi 5.1. We use Vmware tools 9.0.5 build 1065307. In our event logs we sometimes see this message: Event Type:ErrorEvent Source:VMware ToolsEvent Category:NoneEvent...
View ArticleESXi 5 not allowing me to bind to LDAP
I have several ESXi hosts and I'm trying to get them to join AD so I can roll out administrative permissions through AD groups. I have joined the servers to the domain and that part worked as...
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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 ArticlevCenter 5.0 to vCenter 5.1
Hiwe are planning to upgrade vcenter from 5.0 to 5.1 in our production environment.i am worried about how to start what are the steps need to follow ,pre check ,after check ,what are the data base...
View Articlevsphere 5.1 jumbo frame with xp/windows 7
hi all, i'm testing jumbo frame with vsphere 5.1, on the red hat 5/6 and windows 2008 server, all good after turning on the jumbo frame from vmxnet3 driver (can ping each other with ping -s 9000...
View Articledvswitch traffic shaping ingress/egress when to turn it on
hi all, i have link aggregiate compatible (vsphere 5.0), lacp vsphere 5.1 and hp 4500-g2 10G nic on a jumbo frame enable on a cisco 3750x. when do i need to enable traffic shaping? why the default...
View ArticleVMware Compatibility Guide.
Can anyone tell me how to use this guide. I'm trying to find out which Data Protection we can use. I can get compatibility on ESXi 5.1.u1 bu then not get compatibility on SQL Express.
View ArticleSlow responding console view in Esxi 5.1
Hi, I am using Esxi5.1 and vsphere client 5.1.0 to run 5 VM's (Win2k8r2 x64), each allocated 8GB Ram, 128MB Video Ram, 2 virtual CPU's. If I try to switch between the VMs and use the console view tab,...
View ArticleESXi management network becomes unresponsive after connection from vSphere...
After a fresh install of esxi 5.1 I set a static ip to the management network. I can ping both from the esxi host to my desktop and from my desktop to the esxi host. Once I start a connection from...
View ArticleTrying to create cluster in a box on ESXi 5.1
I already have a Windows 2012 cluster on my VMWare ESXi 5.1 home rig. I am attempting to do the same thing for Windows 2008 R2. I have built two Win2008R2 VMs to become nodes in a cluster. I created a...
View ArticleAttempted to installed 5.1u1, all vibs skipped.
Hi everyone! This is just as the title says. I uploaded update-from-esxi5.1-5.1_update01 to my local datastore, then logged in via SSH and ran the "esxcli software vin install -d "[path].zip"" command....
View ArticleNetwork Speed from Software iSCSI to the SPs
Should the network speed be the same from the NICs on the ESXi hosts through the switch to the storage? I currently have 1GB NICs on the ESXi hosts going to the Nexus switches then 10GB from the Nexus...
View ArticleWant to slow down boot of Windows VM to enter safemode...how?
Hello all. We have had a situation where a virtual Windows domain controller started to produce a BSOD at boot time. We then wanted to go into safe mode at boot time to check files and do repairs. BUT...
View Articlecan not successfully mount
Hello all,We got an annoying problem and need your help. We created four virtual machines(one linux, three WindowsXP). It always failed to mount WindowsXP from linux...We use the commands below as...
View ArticleCannot add VMFS datastore to ESXi host
Hello all, I have an issue with 1 FC LUN that can be seen as a device through multiple paths on all 10 hosts in a cluster but it only appear as a VMFS datastore on 6 of the hosts. Other LUNs from the...
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