Migration to host x.x.x.x failed with error Already disconnected (195887150).
I am getting this timeout error in vcenter when doing a vmotion of a vm. any idea what this is? this is on esxi 5.1 914609 Migration to host x.x.x.x failed with error Already disconnected (195887150)....
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Dear , I have a problem in manage vmware system storage, i use ESX 5.0 host and IBM storage attact directly to it and was mounted, my VM was created with 200GB HDD (thin provisioning). Some recent...
View ArticleImport vmdk file from VMWare Player to vSphere possible ?
Hi Community Is it possible to import vmdk file from VMWare Player to vSphere. I tried already to by import on datastore and create a new VM and with the VM Converter. - create a new VM with vmdk file...
View ArticleIBM DS3500 and ALUA
Hi All, We have a client who has a new IBM DS3512 (1746) SAN, we're connecting via iSCSI with vSphere 5.0 U1. The firmware on the DS3512 is 07.84.44.00. According to this article and IBM's...
View ArticleVMware ESXi 5.1 + VM's not responding and getting hung frequently
Hello VMware Admins, This is my first post for an issue that have faced recently, after upgrading our VMware farm from VMware ESXi 4.1 to 5.1 in a HP DL 380P Gen 8 Hardware, most of the Virtual...
View ArticleBroadcom 57810 CNA
I have a Project where the customer has purchased Broadcom 57810 dual 10GB SFP+ CNA adaptors. When ESXi is installed how many NICs will it see by default through one of these and how do I set up the...
View ArticleHypervisor question
i just started learing VMware Vsphere.. So far i have learned workstation installation . I have a question about HYPERVISOR.Q: Is VMware Workstaion has Type 2 Hypervisor and ESX and ESxi have Type 1 ?
View ArticleESXi support for HP R3000 XR battery backup
I have an older HP R3000 XR battery backup. Does anyone have any idea if there is a plugin for ESXi free? I don't have a network management card - only a serial connection. Otherwise I'm assuming I...
View ArticleSlow write perf-only in vmware
I have a rack of dell 2950's that are all cooperating using ESXI5.1 connected to an ISCSI lun on another 2950 running FreeNAS with 6x2TB 7200RPM Seagates. I just added another 2950 with a LSI 9240 that...
View ArticleCom port redirector for ESXi5
HelloI need to redirect the com port from a Windows 2008 VM to a serial device. Has anyone been successful doing this and what have you used? I have purchased a Lantronix EDS4100 device to provide the...
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Intergrating Esxi 5.1 With Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory
Trying to intergrate esxi 5.1 with Active Directory, my domain is everytime I enter it I get. DNS is set correctly
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esxi5 VM won't start after running out of data drive space
Running esxi5.0.1 with the latest patches. VM is running windows 2008 Server standard, C: = 80GB, D:=200GB Both THIN Provisioned (why is water under the bridge). Anyway, there were two snapshots on...
View ArticleCPU Ready Time
I'm trying to understand why I am seeing high CPU ready time. I have a host with 32 physical processors (no HT). I have 8 VMs each with 4 vCPUs so a total of 32 vCPUs. From time to time I see very...
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AutoDeploy - Filename: tramp Could not chain image: Operation not supported
Trying to setup AutoDeploy with vSphere 5.1 on my Dell T310's utilizing the documentation for the Auto Deploy Proof of Concept Setup from the Install and Setup guide. Using Windows DHCP, specified the...
View ArticleGuest network customization via API/script ?
I've been poking around the various myriad APIs and SDKs for about a week, and I can't find the answer to a simple issue: When I clone a template/VM via the GUI or Web client, it gives me the option to...
View ArticleUSB Passthrough cannot connect any longer "Device was not found".
The set up is a Dell R610 with ESXi 5 and a Seagate USB External drive connected locally. I was able to use USB passthrough to connect the drive to an Linux VM, but that OS failed to recognize it so I...
View ArticleLinux vm had a LUN 2 paths to LUN one was missing , then rebooted ESXi and...
Hello There was a VM working fine then i found unable to view or reboot or do anything to so rebooted ESXi and all vms were showing after I tried to power on that vm with no luck and got a message that...
View ArticleDisk reads performance
Hi, I have 4 esxi on Hp servers, with HP A5800 switchces and 2 Lefthand P4500G2 storages with raid5 + 10. On virtual machine I have this values of bench. hdparm -tT /dev/sda /dev/sda: Timing cached...
View ArticleCan't open console of virtual machine
Currently I using vSphere Client 5.0.0 build 623373 I try to open console of virtual machine on this host.But I always got error message/ An internal error occurred in vSphere Client.Detail: Exception...
View ArticleMgmt network ping test fails.....
I have 2 esxi 5 U2 hosts just spun up. I set the management IP & DNS etc... So when I go to do the "Test Management Network" thing from the console, the ping test for pinging the DNS name fails....
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