ESXi 5.1 on a Adaptec 6405
Hi there...I'm having trouble installing ESXi on this RAID card. It's not seeing any discs at all. Are there no drivers in ESXi 5.1 for this card?Are there any SIMPLE instructions to get the drivers...
View ArticleCan't See Storage on BladeCenter S
Hi There, I have a HS23 blade with an embedded ESXi 5.0 USB stick and I am having problems adding storage in the vSphere Client. The BladeCenter chassis has redundant SAS RAID modules. Using the IBM...
View ArticleVsphere 5.1: Virtual Machine not sharing Host RAM
Hi,I am using Licensed Vsphere 5.1 (Upgraded from Vsphere 4)I am facing a problem after upgrade, Virtual machines are not sharing RAMLike if i have two machine with 2 GB RAM then total RAM Usage on...
View Articlethe object or item referred to could not be found power on virtual machine
i cannot start some vms. and its giving me this error the object or item referred to could not be found power on virtual machine
View ArticleVMFS5 max heap size?
Hi all, Does anyone know what the max heap size for VMFS5 is or if it shares the maximum for VMFS3?I've found this KB article:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1004424 but I'm not sure if it is just for VMFS3...
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connecting two vswitches
Hey All ; We are having an intermittent connectivity issue from one site to another. And we have been able to isolate the issue( we think) to the vswitches setup in vsphere. So as the diagram below...
View ArticleHP P4300 storage
Is there any documentation about the best way and the best practice to configure an HP P4300 cluster to host vShpere V 5 datastores connected via iSCSI?Regardsmarius
View Articleyet another esxi5 vs esxi4 memory limits confusion
If the memory limit of the free esxi5.1 are 32gb, meaning that I cannot boot a host that has 32gb or more of ram, what are the limits of 4.1 U3 ? Is 4.1 u3 better, or less restrictive than 5.1 re:...
View ArticleHow many paths should be Active for ALUA Storage Array ?
Hi, We have enabled ALUA in CX4-240. Then we restart those ESXi 5 Hosts. To our suprise, 2 of them have 4 Active Paths - 2 Active + 2 Active (I/O). On the other hand, one of them gets 2 Active Path -...
View ArticleShould we use FIX or RR for ALUA Storage Array ?
We just enabled ALUA on CX4-240 Storage Array. After restarting ESXi Hosts, the Path Policy is set to Fixed. Should we change it to Round Robin ? Your advice is sought. Thanks
View ArticleVersion 9 virtual hardware for free?
Hi All, I might be just confused by vSphere component licensing, but is there a way to create a Version 9 VM without forking out cash for a vCenter Server license? Here's my understanding of the...
View Article40GB Infiniband for backend SAN to ESXi 5.1 Blades
Hi all, I'm writing today to discuss my proposed SAN and network design for an upcoming project. I'm looking for any suggestions and info in regards to this design. The key technologies that I hope...
View ArticleIP Address for ESXi Hosts are incorrect in Unisphere Manager ?
For unknown reason, the IP addresses of those ESXi 5 Hosts connected to CX4-240 Storage Array has been changed to the IP Address of VMkernel Port for vMotion. In this way, we are not able to update...
View ArticleLicense Question 4.x to 5.x
Hellomaybe this is a stupid questions, but I'm not VMware expert.Customer have Valid and active maintenance i believe for ESXi vSphere 4 Ent. License.Current all Phisical Server are installed with...
View ArticleHost Connection Failure: VMs, Datastores Inaccessible (greyed Out)
Hello Everybody, I have 1 ESXi 5.1 host which is throwing Alarm: Host Connection Failure. Al SNMP Trap for entity was sent. I have 10 ESXi 5.1 servers all amanged by 1 VCenter 5.1 server.8 ESXi Servers...
View ArticleghettoVCB does not work in ESXi 5.1
Hi there I have a problem with ghettoVCB. When i try to backup a virtual machine it fails with following output: /ghettoVCB # ./ghettoVCB.sh -f vms_to_backup -g ghettoVCB.confLogging output to...
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Poor performance on 3 Host Cluster with Dell MD3220i SAN
Hello together. My Name is Ralph, i am 24 years old and i am coming from Kerpen near Cologne, Germany so sorry in advance for my language skills We currently have kind of a performance problem on a...
View ArticleDPM Behaviour
DPM Checks 40 Mins Load History to power off an esxi host and 5 Min Load History to Power it back on. Is that possible to change this behaviour?
View Articleany api to get the boot device information in esxi
i am writing an C application to be run as esxcli plugin/cim provider in the esxi itself, where i need to know the device id, from where the system is booted. any api(s) and library is available so...
View ArticleLocal storage performance issues?
Hi All, I've been asked to comment and assist on a project team's build (which has already passed design stage and kit purchased etc). For various reasons ESXi5.0.0 is to be utilised standalone to...
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