don't auto start VM in VMware
Hi guys. Please help me. Not start automatically virtual machines. The settings are all included. Tell me where to dig, what logs to look at? Tested for this article...
View ArticleVM backed up several months earlier
Hi,I am running IBM x3650 7979 with VMware ESXi 5.0 (no update) and I have a VM that run MySQL. Months ago I've coppied to another datastore (nfs from iOmega) for reason that I run out of space....
View ArticleConnect ESX 5.1 to Clariion CX500
Hi, Just upgraded a couple of our ESXi 4.1 test hosts to ESXi 5.1, and the Clariion CX500 they were connected toprior to the upgrade can no longer see the hosts... The ESXi servers are using Emulex...
View ArticleBUSYBOX supports "LD_PRELOAD". Does anyone know...
where LD_PRELOAD is inialized? It currently appears empty. If it needed to be set, would it be initialzed in "/etc/vmware/config"? Thx.
View ArticleSNMP trap in vSphere
Hi Guys, Just want to know in detail about SNMP trap in vSphere and how to configure a new vSphere for monitoring. what would be the best practice to configure SNMP (on ESX/ESXi host or vSphere center...
View Articlecannot start vcenter after migrating database to sql standard server
cannot start vcenter after migrating database to sql standard server
View Articlehow to increase the size of the Vcenter Database
how to increase the size of the Vcenter Database
View ArticleCan't ping between virtual servers on same host
I have an ESXi 5 host with 3 virtual copies of Windows Server 2008R2 running on them. The ESXi host is connected to my switch, which has the Windows 2008 R2 DC for my test network and my management...
View ArticlePowering on a virtual machine fails with the error: Failed to extend swap...
Powering on a virtual machine fails with the error: Failed to extend swap file from 0 KB to xxxx KB The KB is not working
View ArticleDifference between CPU Usage from Vcentre end and OS end - RHEL5
Hi, One of the VM went unresposnive of RHEL5, while checking we found that CPU utilzation from Vcentre was 100%. In the same ref. we have rebooted it, while later on checking sar -A we found that it...
View ArticleEssentials License Upgrade Problem with Ram
We currently jsut upgraded to the vSphere 5 Essentials License. According to the License vRAM per CPU entitlement is 32GB We currently have 64GB Physical Ram in the Host, but when we tried to change...
View ArticleUpdate Manger - Oracle database user privileges
Hi, I will connect a vCenter and a Update Manager to a production Oracle database. This database is in production for other software and now it will be used to support VMware databases too. In VMware...
View Articleesxcli system syslog reload
I have quite a few ESXi servers. I am just getting started with centralized logging using Splunk. I have done much research on this issue; if you make any change to syslog configuration values OR if...
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Need Design Help with ESXi5 + HP C7000 and GbE2c Interconnects
Need some help with designing my new ESXi environment. I have a C7000 Blade enclosure with 6 GbE2c switches in bays (1+2) (5+6) (7+8). I have G8 half height blades with 2 onboard nic(mapped to switches...
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Marvell 88E8056 PCIe on ESXi 5
Hi, I'm pretty new to VMWare and started to test ESXi 5. I've got a couple of onboard Marvell 88E8056 NIC's which is not detected. I've done a search for the topic, and I do find a lot of information...
View ArticleMonitoring a condition with alarms...
I have a dilemma that I am hoping to monitor within vSphere alarms: I have a VM that is running an application that seem to loose connectivity every Monday morning. My questions is what kind and how...
View Articlestopping iscsi i/o
Is there a way to stop I/O to an iSCSI storage server and then reconnect to those LUN's without powering off and on the ESXi hosts? We need to do maintenance on the storage server but starting up the...
View Articlehow many vnics for 1000v
how many vnics should I be assigning for the 1000v? should i use 2 vnics (10GB) each on the UCS as what best practice is recomending? What about iscsi? does those need o be on separate vnics?
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ESX5.1 immature: Converter and VMwareTools problems
I probably made a huge mistake in upgrading an ESX5.0 host to 5.1 as I encounter several problems:- Standalone converter 5.0 crashes as soon as the ESX5.1 host is selected as target (it was running...
View ArticleVirtual machine system requirements
Hi, Im new to VMware spicifically in creating virtual machines. Im planning to create and run 20 virtual machines in 1 server running ESXi 5.x, I would like to know the best system rquirement that will...
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