vCPU Hot Plug - Do you enable it on Windows Server 2012 R2 templates?
I'm considering implementing vCPU hot plug on my Windows Server 2012 R2 template. In the past, there were some issues with vCPU hot plug but it seems to be much improved with 2012 R2 and ESXi 5.5. I'm...
View ArticleHA Newbie
I realize this has been talked about quite a bit, but I still have some confusion on the topic of HA and how hosts respond to outages. At a basic level I understand you have a master and a slave...
View Articlewhat to do with new new uplinks on our hosts
I have a distributed switch across four hosts that's using 2 uplinks per host. Each of the two vmnics are in an etherchannel on our cisco switches creating a 2 gig aggregate link. the distributed...
View Articleperforming upgrade on clusters part of SRM.
Hi Everyone, We are planning to upgrade our ESXi,5.0.0,1311175 to ESXi5.5 ,1746018 but that Cluster is part of SRM. Do we need to take any due diligence while performing upgrade on clusters...
View Articleduplicate management
I removed a host from one vcenter and tried to attach it to another but got this message. any idea?
View ArticleError, some other host already uses address
hi everyone i created new virtual machines (centos6) on vmware esx5 but i have problem in a specific vlan (20). when i want to start or restart an interface it shows me "Error, some other host...
View ArticleVMware tools causing Microsoft Office 2013 products to hang on Windows 8
I've noticed some issues regarding the installation and use of Office 2013 (specifically, Word 2013, and Excel 2013) after and before installation of VMware tools 9.0.5 and higher versions. Issues:If I...
View ArticleError downloading client support files for vSphere client and ESX5.1
Hi, I am relating to this post:Error downloading client support files for vSphere 5.0 client The matrix given underVMware Product Interoperability Matrixestoday is different (vSphere 5.5 does support...
View ArticleSQL Cluster Group - Active node affected when restarting passive node
I have a SQL cluster group on windows 2012 and esxi 5.5 and find that the active node is affected when I restart my passive node. It Initially caused an active node restart due to disks becoming...
View ArticleESXi Workstation - one for sale
Dear community members, we are a company in Bremen, Germany and ordered some ESXi compatible workstations from Dell. Unfortunately we now don't need them all, so we have at least one for sale. The...
View ArticleHow to assign the IP to the VM / vApp from the IP Pool?
Hi , I am new to the Vsphere ( v5.5). I have to assign the IP to the VM / vApp from the IP Pool. I have created the IP pool and assigned to the Vapp (with Transient/ Fixed ) but still I did not get...
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ESXi 5.5 Free for Commercial ? Internal shared disk? is HA free ?
Hello guys.I have little time and i am little stressed so i am writing on forum.Ii need to achive this:2 x Dell R620 Servers, Raid 10 (4 ssd).I want to make them HA cluster but WITHOUT ANY external...
View ArticleUpgrading from 5.0.0 to 5.5.0 U2 - How to's and what to look for
I am going to be upgrading our 2 ESXI servers to 5.5.0 U2. Our Vcenter Server is a Virtual Vcenter server which resides on one of the 2 ESXI hosts. Other than making sure of good backup - Does anyone...
View ArticleInstall 3dm2 and CLI in VMware ESXi 5.1 U1 Server
Hi, We have 3ware 9650SE-8LPML RAID Controller, with ESXi 5.1 U1(Build 1065491). We have managed to configure the mentioned controller with ESXi by installing the appropriate driver from your download...
View Articleesxi management agents in esxi 5.5
Hi Gurus, how many ESXI management agents are available after vsphere 5.0 ? Regards,kamlesh.
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ESXi Home Server - Build Help
Hey, I've been struggling to build an ESXi home server because of the compatibility. Here's my current build: Intel i7 4790Gigabyte Z97-HD32x 1TB Western Digital HDDs (SATA)Ballistix 16 GB DDR - 1866...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - LSI 3ware 9650SE not showing up
I've installed the VIB driver for my LSI 3ware 9650SE and after install it said it was installed okay. All it needed was a reboot, so I rebooted the machine. After the reboot, no 3ware controller...
View ArticleMigrating VMs to a new 5.5 ESXi Host on a different vCenter Server.
Hi, We are currently upgrading to vSphere 5.5 and I have questions about moving VMs from Current ESXi 5.1 host to our new 5.5 host. We are not doing an inplace upgrade, we are installing a new instance...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 to 5.5 Upgrade - Hosts not connecting
Hello, After upgrading from ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 none of our hosts/VMs have been connecting.We thought that removing the host and adding it again would help, but we run into an issue saying that a "general...
View ArticleHigh disk latency
VMware ESXi 5 cluster of 6 hosts. I am seeing a high number of the following: Device naa.60060e80105ae030056eaff30000001f performance has deteriorated. I/O latency increased from average value of 28332...
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