MAC Mini ESXi Attempting to copy Broadcom Driver
All, I am attempting to copy a Broadcom driver on from my MAC Mini Super Driver in ESXi VMare but unable to do so. I am performing the following commands: ~# "cp /vmfs/volumes/mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0...
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I am trying to "convert" an existing DVS port-group to PVLAN. I change the existing portgroup to a different vlan during the change.Then I go to the private vlan config under the DVS itself and try to...
View ArticleVM boots into EFI environment after crash
Hi everyone, I am breaking my head on something which seems like a bug to me. Some weeks ago, the ESXi host I was running some VMs on crashed (power faillure) and after powering back up and starting...
View ArticleP2V Question
We currently have a physical file server setup like this: WIndows 2008R2iSCSI storage on a EMC VNXe of 4.5 TB. Dual bound NICS.Dual bound LAN NICS.The local server drive for the SAN storage consists of...
View Articleinvalid host after registering vmx file
I am getting a invalid vm after removing andf registering the vmx file on a cluster that the vm has always been sitting on. I tried creating a brand new vmx file byt creating a vm from scratch and...
View ArticleWhat does a snapshot of independent disks take?
Hi, I am trying to figure out what can be captured in a snapshot if all my disks are independent persistent disks. I have a machine with 3 disks, they are all marked as independent and persistent. I...
View ArticleBest practices for an NFS datastore
I need to create a datastore on a NAS and to connect it to some ESXi 5.0 hosts as a NFS datastore.It will be used to host less used VMs.What are the best practices to create and connect a NFS datastore...
View ArticleNIC Driver Install on ESXi 5.1 host
Hello All, I want to install a new driver for the "Emulex Corporation NC551i Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Adapter" on ESXi hosts. Currently the NIC has the driver that was shipped with the HP Customized...
View ArticleOddities with two PCI cards using passthrough with a host
I have a Mac Pro with both a UL5D and a RocketRAID 2722. I have attached both of them with PCI pass through to a host. For some reason, depending on how the system feels that day, when I boot the...
View ArticleESXi5.1 doesn't understand OVF by VMWare OVF tools...
Hello I am trying to deploy an OVF (created with VMware provided OVF Tool 3.0.1) to an ESX5.1 server. However the process fails because the "OVF package uses a feature that is not supported when...
View ArticleEsxi5.0 to 5.1 Live Vmotion
Hi Guys, I have two Esxi host, one running 5.1 the other running 5.0 both R710 but the CPU models are different. and Unfortunately the one that is running 5.0 the CPU does not support AES-NI feature...
View ArticleSNMP Traps in Vmware
Can anyone tell me that these SNMP Traps in Vmware is Read Only or Read & Write?
View ArticlevSphere Web client Reliability?
How much this vSphere Web Client is reliable as compared to vSphere Client? Because this web client is flash based and there is an error that flash is crashed number of times. Anyone any views on this?
View ArticleCDP - can we extract trunked VLANs as well?
greetings folks -- right now from vmware-vim-cmd hostsvc/net/query_networkhint one can extract the VLAN configuration of switch ports (cisco) ..but if the port allows for multiple VLANs in trunked...
View Article'cron' issue on SLES for VMWare
Hi All, I have installed SLES for VMWare.Configured 'cron' job for a user. The crontab entry is as below, 45 8 * * * /bin/df >> /oracle/SID/jm.txt 2>&145 9 * * * /bin/df >>...
View ArticleFunction to wait till Ping command returns success
Need to write function in which i need to wait till ping commands returns success for specific amount of time..plz help me.
View ArticleMaximums: Combination 10Gbit and 1Gb ports
Hi, We have some servers with a internal quad 10Gb Nic port. We also added two dual port 1 Gb nics. At this moment we do not have a 10Gbit network available and also the chipset is very buggy. HP...
View ArticleVsphere Esxi5.1- Blocking due to no free buffers in vmkernel.log
Does anybody know whhat these error messages mean? 2013-02-24T13:39:00.014Z cpu6:5075)BC: 3115: Blocking due to no free buffers. nDirty = 65 nWaiters = 12013-02-24T13:39:00.014Z cpu0:4473)BC: 3115:...
View ArticleESXI Monitor VM
Dear All,i was wondering if there is a kind of apps or tools on the ESXI to monitor the Hardware of my VM,in case something wrong to send email to the admin
View ArticleEsxi 5 - Upgrade VMware tools from windows tray disabled?
Hi - I notice that Windows server admins cant upgrade VMware tools from windows tray directly, as it is disabled. I found a workaround suggesting power off VM and editing the VMX file. We manage a lot...
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