HA question
I have a question about the concept of high availability and DRS of vms. Say I have 2 esxi servers and 2 storage boxes in a lab room.In an event that something happens of one of the esxi boxes, HA...
View ArticleLearing ESXi 5... how to view o/s on a workstation
Hi Everyone, Learning how to setup vmware esxi 5.0 server at home, and all is good so fare.Iv;e got 2 images loaded and running (SuSE Linux and a Windows 7)I've downloaded the vmware view client and...
View ArticleHow do I change the location of a virtual machine disk
I recently created another storage pool on my ESXi v5.1 machine. Is there a simple way to move a virtual machine to the new pool?
View ArticleChanging Management Ports in ESXi 5.1
Is it possible to change the default management port in ESXi 5.1? For example, I want the ESXi host to listen on a port other than 443 for incoming connections from the vSphere client. I know it was...
View ArticleNeed help with ESXI 3D support
Hello to all VmWare community members! I looked through forums and guides, but I'm unable to find the information that will help me solve my problem. I've got a server (asRock extreme 9, xeon e5 ES...
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...
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Unable to delete folder of dead vm , even unable to find any process or World...
Hi I have a vm which admin tried to remove but couldnt I am searching a way to force delete or remove but cant find world id or processes running on that folder to remove i can rename but not delete...
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Combination of 10gbit and 1gbit ports
Hi, We have a number of IBM serves with 10 1gbit ports (2x quad NIC's and the 2 onboard LOM's) 8 of which are actaully in use. We are about to introduce 10gbit networking to these host via a pair of...
View Articlevmware 5.1 vs 5
hello,we have to deploy a new vmware infrastructure. I have installed ESXi / vcenter 5, entreprise plus.I need to know if we have to do an upgrade to 5.1? what are the pros and cons?Thanks
View ArticleVM latency issues after Hard drive replacement
Ihad to replace a hard drive on our VMware 5.1 essentials server yesterday after it had failed. All seemed ok and after installing Dell open manage tools I restarted the server. Now after 24 hours I...
View Articleps -eo equivalent in ESXi5.1
The ps command in ESXi 5.1 seems to be non standard and the help page isn't exactly very detailed. What would be the equivalent of a 'ps -eo comm' command on ESXi 5.1?
View ArticleConfiguring SAN for a Windows file server
We have a virtualized Windows 2008 file server. We are going to redirect “My Documents” folders of Active Directory clients to this server. Is it better to connect a SAN directly via iSCSI to this...
View ArticleUSB recommendations
Hi guys, Just wondering if anyone here can recommend a USB hub. We have started to virtulize some of our physical servers but they require a USB pen. We have been suggest the USB anywhere but heard it...
View Articlefinding Network statistics when logged in ssh on my ESXI Mng network interface
Hi,I would like to see some statistics on my ESXi Manamgnet port.I want to see if I have network errors, Discarding etc.I'm not sure how to do it when I logged in to the Managment with SSH CLiplease...
View ArticleMulticast with E1000 vs. VMXNet 3
Hello, I am troubleshooting an issue with multicast. I've noticed that if I use the VMXNet 3 driver, my guest cannot see multicast traffic. If I use the E1000 driver, the guest can see multicast...
View Articlelost VMs on local datastore after migrate from 4.1 to 5.1
After I upgraded my 2 ESXi 4.1 hosts to 5.1 using the "Force migrate ESXi,preserve VMFS datastore" option,the local datastore is still there,but VMs on local datastore lost.I think data is still...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - Health Status Unknown
Upgraded an Intel S5520HC Serverboard based system from ESXi 5.0 U1 to 5.1. Configuration; Hardware; Health Status from vSphere Client in 5.0 U1 always showed data - typically "Normal". Using vSphere...
View ArticleJumbo Frames End to End
If Only the source and destination supports jumbo frame and middle networking devices do not. Then what will happen? Destination can receive the data or not?
View ArticleESXi5 NTP not syncing, configuration issue?
I configured NTP to sycn against a local server, tcpdump shows req and reply from the NTP server tcpdump-uw: listening on vmk0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes03:52:36.296738 IP (tos...
View ArticleBest approach to modify a .VMX file
OK, so I know a .vmx file can be directly edited (power down the VM, remove from the vCenter registry, edit and then re-register). You can also use the PowerCLI to script it... BUT... do you also have...
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