ESXi 4 or ESXi 5.1
Hello, We have 5 new server (HP DL360 Gen 8, with 32 Gb) and we are thinking about the Vmware esxi version. Wich version do you advise us? And Why? Thank you very much. David
View ArticleBrowse VA Marketplace Not Accessible from the vSphere Client
Browse VA. Marketplace Not Accessible from the vSphere Client. Getting the Message Page Not Found. But accessing it directly via web browser from www.vmware.com/appliances is working. Anyone any idea...
View ArticleVMs happen indirect suspended
hi , In our environment ,I encountered a problem VMs happen indirect supended when I doing something on VMs. For example I use “ping” command ,at first ，it is ok， average about 30 seconds，it...
View ArticleDell MD3220 and ALUA
Hi All, We have new Dell MD3220, we're connecting via SAS with vSphere 5.1. The firmware on the MD3220 is 07.84.44.60.ESXi 5.1 should use the VMW_SATP_ALUA with this storage device, but I have...
View ArticleCan not simultaneously power on multiple VMs.. vim-cmd issue?
Hello all you good people. I am facing an issue powering multiple VMs on simultaneously beyond some limit. I have script which I use to power on my VMs. The script is supposed to take a list &...
View ArticleSQL Server Best Practices
Hi,I have several SQL Servers that I need to consolidate and upgrade to 2012. I can't find a Vmware ESXi 5.1 best practice guide for SQL Server 2012, can someone point me in the right direction? I'm...
View Articledropped packets on guest vm
what is this ? are there any problem ? 50331663 is a database vm
View Articleesxi 5 time zome
my esxi time is 11.28 - 13.03.2013 when i connected to my host with putty , time is 9.28 - 13.03.2013 esxi ntp server is ad server 2008 r2 . i changed my ntp server but result is the same. what is...
View Articlecreation time for creating .vmdk file of a certain size
Is there any way to predict the creation time for creating .vmdk file of a certain size?
View ArticlevSphere Web Client and Mac OS X
Hmm... with the release of 5.1, they seem to be encouraging everybody to move to the web client. But it seems that Mac OS X is still not supported. What's the plan to support Mac OS X? I really...
View ArticleHigh Guest CPU Utilization on vSphere 5.1
We're currently running a vCenter farm with 4.1 vSphere hosts. I'm setting up a fresh 5.1 farm in our test environment. To test out some guests in the new farm, I've mounted up the NFS stores that are...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 whitebox - freeze issues
Hello friends! Have just built an ESXi whitebox.Specs:CPU: AMD FX 6100Mobo: Gigabyte GA-78LMT USB3RAM: Corsair Value Series 2*8GB 1333 MHz 1.5VPSU: Corsair CX 430V3 Will try to keep myself short.The...
View Articlessh & ESXi shell no startin automatically
Hi all I have to brother systems running the latest version of ESXi 5.1 (1xxxxxx)On the second server only SSH and ESXi shell do not start automatically at boot despite me having setting this in the...
View ArticleVMWare Tools not starting in Ubuntu guest
I have an Ubuntu guest which I have just migrated to ESXi 5.1 from VMWare Server 2.0. I upgraded vmware tools on the guest which appeared to run fine without any errors, however, while the vSphere...
View ArticleJoining ESXi to the domain
If I join ESXi hosts to an AD domain, and choose not to use lockdown mode, will I still be able to use all my regular login credentials housed on the ESXi server?
View ArticleVMware ESXi 5.1 and HDD USB/PenDRIVE
Hi, i need to connect an hard disk usb or pendrive to service console of esxi 5.1, because i need to transfer a large amount of data. I found this kb...
View ArticleIs it possible to convert thick Lazy zeroed to Eager zeroed online
Hi, All I tried to clone from windows 2008 template with 50GB OS disk which is Eager zeroed disk type. Cloning went well and I tried to extend the OS disk size from 50GB to 80GB before first OS start...
View ArticleMigration VCenter Server 5.0U1to VCSA 5.1
Hello Is there the any wayto migrate a VCenter Server (2008R264BIT) to the new VCenter Appliance 5.1 ? Thanks a lot
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Pink screen of death + network loss on the entire switch
Hey guys We experienced some WEIRD error yesterday in one of our servers (LENOVO 7518A15 (BIOS 9HKT43AUS) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz / 4 GB RAM / 500 GB HDD / ESXi 5.1.0 797733), I'll...
View Articleesxi 5.0 gpxe deployment - fatal error: 10 (out of resources)
We're trying to deploy esxi 5.0 with gpxe but we're running into an error when the installer is trying to load a module. The error we're getting is "fatal error: 10 (out of resources)" and this happens...
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