Veem replication with free esxi
hi, i have 2 free esxi host on production site and 2 free esxi hosts on recovery site. i want to know whether i can use veem or any other replication software to replicate my VMs from production site...
View ArticleCisco vWLC UDI change
Hello Experts, Can you please advise me on situations that will cause the VM to have UDI info changed: - Upgrade ESX ?- Reboot VM ?- Take snapshot and move to a different host? Appreciate your help. Ayman
View ArticleVM boot even if device is missing
HI I am trying to find out something and I have not been able to find an answer so not sure if it is possible What we have setup in our enviroment is the vm will automaticall restart when the host is...
View ArticleFile transfer from windows host to ESXi Server
Can alnyone tell me the process for transfering a file from a network share to the ESXi Server? I need to update the raid controller bios. the informaiton I have found so far says to use the following...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 installation network card problem
I am trying to evaluate the software, but I do not have a valid network card. I was wondering if there was a list of supported NICs so I could purchase one.
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Windows 2008 Server to Server File Copy - SLOW
Hardware - Cisco UCS with Nexus SwitchingStorage - Clustered NetApp (3220 with flashcache) with multipath iSCSI backendVMware - ESX 5.1NIC Driver - VMXNET3OS - Windows 2008 R2 fully patched I know this...
View Articlerhel based VMs with e1000 have strange ping countdown.
We have hundreds of redhat based servers (oracle linux to be exact) that have this strange issue. When we ping from one server to another the out put looks something like this. # ping 10.46.10.10PING...
View ArticleInstall or update? CMD line for ESXi 5.1
Hi. I have 2 server on ESXi 5.1. I dont have vCenter. I want to update this servers with lastest patch. Have read this KB :...
View ArticleAdvantage/disadvantage to using iSCSI initiator from client or from Esxi server?
I use iSCSI to provide storage for Windows sever backup. As of now, I have the Windows server connect via its own built in iSCSI initiator. Is there any reason to instead have the esxi host connect to...
View ArticleHave you enabled Host cache?
I read good things on enabling and questions on what is host cache is but I have not see any feedback after enabling.On the same subject whats the best way to judge the need to enable host cache? Off...
View ArticleRe: Live Migraton of VM between Clusters
Hello guys, I have a quick question regarding Live migration of vm between two clusters without any shared storage in vSphere 5.0. The scenario is Moving a vm from one cluster to another location...
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Multipathing issue using multiple subnets and Nimble arrays
We have a requirement to use multiple subnets for multipathing because we also use XenServer. This is the first time we setup multipathing like this and may be missing a step. Our host use two physical...
View ArticleBest practices - networking - Four 10 GB NICs
We're moving to 5.1 this month (side-by-side migration, not an upgrade), with new hosts, and this is a good time to revisit our networking practices. We're using Dell blades, with four 10 GB NICs in...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 to 5.1 - post upgrade network issues
I upgraded my fully working ESXi5 to 5.1. All went perfect , no errors. when it came up I could no longer access it in any way, no ping. I did not change a thing except the vm software. I did reset...
View ArticleServer Clustering with Esxi ( a.k.a. a wad of terminology that is confusing)
I've been using Esxi for about four years and have it running at four sites. All sites are simple, nothing complicated setups and pale in comparrison to what most of y'all deal with. With that said,...
View ArticleCan't get RDS USB Redirection on Server 2008 R2 SP1 running on ESXi
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 server running on ESXi 5.1. I am trying to get RDS USB redirection to work (which I have read was brought in with R2) but cannot get it to work. Has anyone achieved...
View ArticleWindows DFS-R
Hi all, at the moment i have 2 physical windows file servers using DFS-R i would like to move to ESX5 host's Budget is limited (very limited) but i have managed to get ESX licence with VSA for 3 hosts,...
View ArticleDR site proposal
hi, guys can any body share a project proposal for vmware DR site (without SRM). It uses only VR. i need a sample project proposal. thanks
View ArticleServer 2008 Network issues: Assumed Routing Issue
Hey, I'm entirely new to ESXi and virtualisation but after going to a clients network the otherday and discovering some oddities I downloaded ESXi5 and am experiancing the same bizzare issues here....
View ArticleRAID controller HP and ESXi - RAID em Controladora HP e ESXi
Bom dia, Comunidade PortuguesTenho um projeto em vista para virtualização de servers na empresa onde trabalho.Para isso estou orçando um servidor DL380P G8 com uma controladora HP Smart Array P420i...
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