Lion VM run slow on Macmini+ESXi 5.1
Hi all, I installed ESXi 5.1 on a late 2012 Macmini (4GB+1TB+core i7), but the virtual machines run quite slow and have no sound: - WindowServer 2008: no sound, screen size is OK: 1280x800- MacOS X...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - can't boot new VM from OS disc
I'm trying to boot off a Server 2012 DVD to install a new VM. I am using the host DVD-RW drive. I can attach the drive to an existing VM and browse the DVD (it's not the drive) and I tested the...
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Autostarting vm's on NAS does not work
Hi all, New to vmware, and learning a lot, so please be kind Ran into the following issue:- setup ESXi 5 with NO local storage- ESXi boots from USB stick- all vm's etc are on NAS via NFS share When...
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Impossible to connect disk/lun with esxi 5.1 on nas
Hello, sorry for my english but I'm french... I have a problem with my esxi 5.1.... When I try to add storage, I have this message ====> HostDatastoreSystem.QueryVmfsDatastoreCreateOptions" for...
View ArticleI can´t ping on VMware Server
Hi, i´m from Brazil. I use a server with VMware ESi 5.0.0 in my work.In this server we have 5 virtual operational sistems. In this week I changed the class of IP in my getway server (PFsense). Old...
View Article10GBE or FC?
Is 10GBE backbone for 3 hosts 1 SAN storage enough for managing 40 vms with oracle databases? If not, why?
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Hangs after a few hours to a few days of running
Hi, i am hoping someone can help with the crurrent issue I am faced with The build machine we are using for ESXi 5.1 is as following Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 motherboardAMD FX-8350 (Eight Core) CPU32GB...
View ArticleDatastore Free Size incorrect
I have IBM-System X 3755 M3 server and installed on it ESXi 5.1 server, there is 4 disks each one 300 GB and I make it as RAID 5 to become the Datastore for ESXi server is 830 GB. - I created 7...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and Slow NFS speeds
I can't seem to come to any sort of conclusion on what's going on here. I have successfully connected two separate ESXi 5.1 boxes with an NFS share on a FreeNAS box. The connection is easily...
View ArticleiSCSI Discovery
Hi. I am wondering if it is possible to avoid iSCSI target autodiscovery. I have two NICs (iSCSI Dependent NICs) configured as iSCSI initiators.The NICs were manually configured with two targets in...
View ArticleNo hardware sensors for Intel ST1200BTS
I'm running ESXi 5.1 (free) on an Intel ST1200BTS. For the most part, everything works great. But I cannot get any information from any of the hardware sensors, so no thermal readings, etc., etc. In...
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no nics shown as attached
one of my hosts in vsphere is not showing any physical nics attached to the vswitch. When I go to manage adapters it shows no nics attached. however I am still connected to the host via vmk0. any idea...
View ArticleTemplate Creation
HI, I need to create few Template for my business. Where do i copy the sysprep ? or How do i do it? Windows 7 Template: Windows 2008 R2 Template: Windows 2003 R2 Template: Windows XP SP3 Template: AS
View ArticlePrivate vlan on Cisco 3750E with router not pvlan-aware
Hello I want to use private-vlan to block traffic between customers public IP addresses.I have the DVSwitch private-vlan going OK, but I cannot communicate with the gateway Primary vlan is 904 ,...
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vMotion question after partial ESX hosts upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 in Cluster
Dear all I have a question about vMotion after the I have upgrade one host from 5.0 to 5.1 in a cluster which has two hosts and hope the expert here can give me some advices. Before I upgrade one of...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 & DELL R720 Network Connectivity Loss
Ok there have been a lot of threads about trying to get the Dell R720 working with the Broadcom 5720 daughter card. You can inject the drivers post build or you use the DELL recovery cd...
View ArticleVmware Platform Security
Can anyone tell me the Softwares those are available for the Vmware Platform Security?
View ArticleAbysmal Upload Speed in ESXi 5.1
I have been reading thread all over the Internet for two days and every discussion of this gets into the weeds and goes nowhere... and usually ends with "use Veeam", which doesn't seem to really work...
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Tcp connection troubles on ubuntu after vmware conversion
Hi, We had an old vmware server on a 2008 server, this has 3 virtual machines. One I installed and two that were installed before i was here.We converted these a few weeks ago to esxi 5.0. Since then...
View ArticleStrange ghost network
Hi. After I upgrade vCenter/ESXi from 4.1 to 5.0, some strange networks appear.Please check the attachments. Some VM contains some inactive networks, which are not listed in the property windows of...
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