Power up fails - File not found, but it's there?
I am trying to power on a copied vm in our environment, I am receiving an error as below. An error was received from the ESX host while powering on VM K2_Core.Cannot open the disk...
View ArticlevMotion Failure
Hi, Experiencing a strange issue today, DRS vMotioned a VM to another host and failed. Error was that it was unable to located the VM.vmdk file. It failed the VM back to the original host. VM is still...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1
Hiwe are running with vCenter 5.0 standard version .Now i am planning to upgrade to vCenter 5.1 ,when i tried to down load vcenter 5.1 standard ,its not available in VMware site. shall i down load any...
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Esxi 5.1 License error
So I installed ESXi 5.1 and went to the local website: I then downloaded and installed the vSphere client circled above. After launching the tool I get the eval notice: I click on that link and it...
View Articlesatp rule in kick start file
I'm trying to set an satp rule as part of our kick start file. I have confirmed the command works in the esxcli but it doesn't seem to apply during a build. This is the command. esxcli storage nmp satp...
View ArticleAuto Power On ESXi 5.0
We have ESXi host 5.0 running as a standalone host to different locations, and some time those locations experience power outage which caused the ESXi to shut down. We're managing those host from...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 high CPU
We are setup with standalone Dell R420s running ESXi 5.1 799733 (free license). We have two onboard Broadcom 5720 NICs and a Broadcom PCI card with two 5720 NICs. NetQueue is disabled: esxcli system...
View ArticleQuestion About Paths To Fiber Storage
We recently implemented a Cisco UCS and connected our VNX 5300 to it directly. Each blade is running vSphere 5.0 Update 2 and was configured to have 4 vHBAs (2 connected to the SPA (A and A2) and 2...
View ArticleESXi Free version, and setting up a secluded network
Question on ESXi 5 free version, we are looking to test SCCM 2012 in our environment, but we want it to be secluded off our primary network. We want to be able to simulate our network with it's own...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 Update 2 or ESXi 5.1 Update1 ??
Hi, I'm about to upgrade my current environment to either ESXi 5.0 update2 or ESXi 5.1 Update 1. I've been running with ESXi 5.0 update2 inside our UAT environment for several months with good success,...
View ArticleVLAN problem
Hi! I have small problem with VLAN and only one VM. I have 3 ESXi 5.1 (1117900), vCenter 5.1. I have vDS with port group, which has vlan number (for example vlan 703) 2 VM inside this port-group. all...
View ArticleVmware tools on Debian
Dear All,i have Vyatta running on ESXI 5.1 however when i try to install VMWare tools from the manager it said succecefully, all other OS having VMWare tools running besind this VMWARE on Debian (...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 VLAN problem
Ok here is my problem. I have two vlans coming into my ESXi Server 300,805. My problem is VLAN 805 is not working VLAN 300 is fine. The manangement interface works along with the machines connented...
View Articledoes anyone know how to edit/modify routing table on dvswitch virtual adapter?
hi all does anyone know how to edit/modify routing table on dvswitch virtual adapter? i tried adding ip pool with info on gateway for each subnet, it doesn't help when viewing routing table from the...
View ArticleCannot disable passthrough on ESXi 5.1 update 1 server
Hi, I have an IBM X3400 M3 server with a MegaRAID SAS Controller.As an experiment I tried to enable passthrough on the controller and then I wanted to disable it again - but I am stuck! I can disable...
View ArticleDatastore Missing?
Running ESXi 5.1.0 with local storage and had some VMs crash. Found one of the Datastores was missing. Rebooted ESXi and the Datastore is still missing and the VMs show up as "Unknown (inaccessible)"...
View ArticleVMWare ESXi 5.1 update 1 with multicast. Everyone be aware
I am not a VMWare expert and my main knowledge is in networking but I've used ESXi 5.1 update 1 enough. We have a ESXi 5.1 update 1 environment that has been having issue for almost six months now....
View ArticleESXi 5.0 Upd 1 Install Problem with LSI SAS9211-8I Controller
I am a total newbie with VMWare software and is setting one up just to see how it is. The computer has an LSI SAS9211-8i Raid controller. It is listed on the compatibility list for ESXi 5 Update 1....
View ArticleSnapshot seen after deleting it
Hi All, If I take two snapshots revert to the first one and then delete it. I still see the entry of the first snapshot in putty when I go in the VM's directory and grep for delta files. I should not...
View ArticleVMKernel Port Group
Below is the network configuration of one of our ESX 4.1 host: 1) VM Network 2) Service Console with 1 IP 3) VMKernel with 1 IP for vMotion and iSCSI, named as VMKernel_iSCI I can see there are 4 NICs...
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