Snapshots and Datastore Management
Hey, I'm fairly new so bear with me. I have inherited and environment of about 50 Hosts (ESXi 5.0) and 900 VMs. I'm looking for input as to how you all manage snapshots and the space they utilize. I'm...
View Articlefirewall editing
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to add a service to the firewall. I am looking at /etc/vmware/firewall/services.xml I assume I am in the right place... looks like it accrding to google anyway. Now...
View ArticleHow to diagnose a restarted VM?
Hello good folks, Trying to shed some light on why my View server VM was restarted between 11:39 and 11:41pm last night.I've attached a screenshot of the events in question. This VM resides in a...
View ArticleDisassociate vSphere 5 Essentials license key assigned to the host
I would like to disassociate the vSphere 5 Essentials license key assigned to the host so that I can use it on a new server. I am under the impression that the license key will have to be removed from...
View ArticleESXi Clock goes way off
Hey guys, I'm having a huge issue with my ESXi server. Its running 5.1.0 build 799733 on an IBM x3250 M2. This issue just popped up out of nowhere a couple of days ago. I noticed that my clock would...
View Articlepartition before ESXi 5.0 installation, is it possible ?
I have a desktop class machine with 4GB RAM and 500GB blank HDD and i want to install ESXi 5.0. But i want to create partitions(say 3 or 2) and on 1 of those partitions i would like to install the ESXi...
View ArticleVNC to VMs under ESXi with better security
I have read http://communities.vmware.com/message/1874326 and the KB article entitled "Using a VNC Client to connect to virtual machines" (no permalinks, grrr). I want to encrypt my VNC traffic. The...
View ArticleRebooting ESXi 5.1 from the CLI without being in maintenance mode?
Greetings again. I want to be able to use esxcli system shutdown reboot --reason="something"without being in maintenance mode. Note that you *can* reboot a system without being in maintenace mode...
View ArticleLAMP Stack Storage: 10GbE iSCSI vs 10GbFC
Hi all,I am due to start a new job in the next fortnight - the short story is that these guys are running a decent-sized LAMP-backed eCommerce website (national exposure with media/TV coverage) and...
View ArticleHow much do you overcommit?
Hi, I'd like to get a feel about how much other people overcommit RAM wise?We have always been very conservative (as in no overcommitment) but I feel it is not sustainable plus some overcommitment is...
View ArticleFeb 24, 2013 12:48 PM "enter an authorized login and password for local...
Feb 24, 2013 12:48 PM I installed ESXi 5.0 on new MAC Mini/superdrive, and I am getting a prompt "Auithorization Required" "enter an authorized login and password for local host...." I enter the...
View Article"enter an authorized login and password for local host...."
I installed ESXi 5.0 on new MAC Mini/superdrive, and I am getting a prompt "Auithorization Required" "enter an authorized login and password for local host...." I enter the MAC admin account name and...
View ArticleThe initiator could not establish a network connection to the target
Whenever I rescan iscsi hba, I keep getting this message in the events tab Login to iSCSI target iqn...... on vmhba40@vmk2 failed. The iscsi initiator could not establish a network connection to the...
View ArticleHost Isolation vs Partitioned?
Hello, I am finding it a bit difficult to understand the difference between host Isolation and Host Partitioned. Can anybody explain to me what is the difference? What I understand is that if the...
View ArticleVMware Tools Error (Unity Plugin)
Hello,I have the error in Windows 2k8 R2 from VMware tools which is kinda unknown.... [ warning] [vmusr:unity] ToolsOnLoad: Unity Plugin failed to initialize. Does anybody knows what it means? I get...
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Problem with USB WiFi device assignment in ESXi 5.1
Hi,I have a USB WiFi adapter that I would like to pass through to a virtual machine.But I am not able to make this work correctly. My setup is like this:ESXi 5.1.0.799733 running on a Supermicro...
View ArticleHost Profile Update / Create Error using IBM's ESX5.1 Build...
Hi Found a problem creating Host Profiles against IBM Blades using IBMs ESXi 5.1 build ESXi-5.1.0-799733-IBM-20120919, when using this customization a auto generated standard virtual switch called...
View ArticlePCI Passthrough of µPD720201 USB 3.0 Controller w/ ESXi 5.0u2
Hello! I'm trying to "passthrough" a USB 3.0 Host Conroller PCIe Card with the NEC/Renesas µPD720201 4-Port Chip to a Windows Server 2003 guest with ESXi 5.0 update 2: - The USB controller card shows...
View Articlehost service
Hi Team, Just want to know about the impact of restarting ESX host service. will there be any impact on VM running on ESX? regardsVINAY
View ArticleIs SSO is necessary to VDP and how-to install it?
A couple of questions. Just to explain the situation. Before we used vCenter Server Appliance 5.0 and a VDR appliance to save VMs.About one month ago we upgraded our vCenter to vCenter Aplliance 5.1.At...
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