performance question about multiple vms and server 2013 essentials
I have this configuration precision t3500xeon quad core 2.6624 gigs of ram4+1 ethernet This is a new build. I am planning to install pfsense, plus 2 or 3 2003 servers, plus 2 or 3 linux distros. Until...
View ArticleIP in IP tunnel performance degredation on guest OS running on VMware ESXi 5
I am migrating an application that forwards packets from one IP in IP (ipv4) tunnel to another tunnel. Running on a standard x86 server, we were able to achieve steady 300Mbps performance. However,...
View ArticleLink aggregation - am I doing it right?
Dear community, I've setup Link Aggregation to the best of my knowledge, but I have some questions I'm hoping you guru's can answer. Main problem/concern: Even though I should be having the equivalent...
View Articlevsphere client 5.1 not backwards compatible
Is the vsphere client 5.1 backwards compatible with earlier versions of esxi
View ArticleSave ESXi configuration across PXE Boot/reboot on diskless system?
Hello, I am PXE booting ESXi 5 to a diskless system, and make configuration changes that aren't kept across reboots. I can make the changes and back them up using CLI - "vicfg-cfgbackup" command....
View ArticleNew to vmware - network speed help please
Hi all, I recently joined and installed ESXi 5.1.0 Build 799733 on a custom built box purely for testing as a lot of our clients use it and i need to familiarise myself with it. Everythings gone well...
View ArticleCreating a VM from a previous snapshot
Hi All Is it possible to create an off-line VM from a previous snapshot (not necessarily the latest)?I want to keep the production VM running and bring up an offline version of it using a previous...
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Extracting a file from a snapshot
Hi All Running ESXi 5.1.0 and snapshotted a VM prior to running application repairs on it. I need to extract a file from the pre-repair snapshot if at all possible, rolling back to the snapshot is not...
View ArticleMount a VMDK with a GPT Disk
Hello, I am trying to mount a VMDK that has a GPT disk in Windows. The VMDK is actually a snapshot taken from my NetApp, and I'm trying to mount it so I can do file level recovery. I have tried the...
View ArticlePowerCLI Script to rotate root password on managed ESXi (5.0) hosts
While I borrowed a bit from previous solutions I hacked out the following which I have tested against three speparate environments. Basically this script will query against the connect vCenter server...
View Article40GB Infiniband for backend SAN to ESXi 5.1 Blades
Hi all, I'm writing today to discuss my proposed SAN and network design for an upcoming project. I'm looking for any suggestions and info in regards to this design. The key technologies that I hope...
View ArticleESXi 5 iSCSI SQL Server Disk Configuration
I know there are a few threads on this but I can't seem to find a definitive answer in terms of best disk setup. My current hardware is 2 VMHosts with 3 Shared 1GB iSCSI Equallogic SAN Arrays all...
View ArticleHow can I map 24 USB softdog via belkin Hub to three host ?
usb over ip?anyone did this kind of thing?
View ArticleHow to install multiple RAID controllers on the same platform?
Hi,Anybody knows how to install multiple RAID controllers on ESXi5?I got 2 controllers with the same model name and install sucessfully if I only use one of them individually.But if simultaneously...
View ArticleExpected Win SMB transfer speed 2 Nics MPIO RR Vmware fixed VM to VM
Hello all, I have a number of esx boxs that that point to our storage target. Its a ISCSI SSD Hybrid SAN via a 10GB connection. We are using MPIO and RR. (its all set up correclty) Each ESX host has 2...
View Articlehow to migrate a vm from vsphere 4 to vsphere 5
i have a vsphere 4 and a vsphere 5,i want to migrate a virtual macine from vsphere 4 to vsphere 5my method is export ovf template and deploy ovf template in vsphere 5,but it show "End of OVA file...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - Health Status Unknown
Upgraded an Intel S5520HC Serverboard based system from ESXi 5.0 U1 to 5.1. Configuration; Hardware; Health Status from vSphere Client in 5.0 U1 always showed data - typically "Normal". Using vSphere...
View ArticleOpenSUSE 11.4 Tools Install Failure
Hi, I'm having some challenges configuring VMware Tools on my OpenSUSE 11.4 guest. I've just upgraded my ESXi server from 5.0 to 5.1. The upgrade of the server went flawlessly, but the problems...
View ArticlePrivate VLAN on ESXi 5.1
We've had ESXi for more than a year; standard networking is fine.But for testing small vms, I'd like to be able to assign them private IPs at will (192.168.x.x) and have them communicate beyond the...
View ArticleTP-Link TG-3468 NIC compatibility to VMware ESXi 5.1
Hi,I am trying to install ESXi 5.1 on my home server, with mobo ASUS P8Z68-V Pro and CPU Intel i5-3550.The onboard NIC on that mobo (Intel® 82579) appears to be unsupported, so I am looking into buying...
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