Datastore browsing very slow when multiple Esxi 5 hosts connected
I have a problem with browsing datastores being extremely slow when I have more than one host connected. The issue was present on v5 and remains after all hosts and vCenter server upgraded to 5.1. I...
View ArticleMy Guest OS slide local time every days
hi everyone My system information Vmware Version : VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.1.0-799733 Build (when i downloaded in the dell web site) Hardware Model : dell R720 Model issue : My Guest OS(Redhat 6.2...
View ArticleEFI Network boot and WDS
Hi, I use MDT 2012 U1 and WDS 2012 to deploy my new VM.I use ESXi 5.1 Yesterday I deployed VM with firmware BIOS. Just classic.It worked fine. Now I try to deploy Win 2012 on VM with EFI Firmware.If my...
View ArticleRDMs & vSphere replication
Dear all, i have to support a migration project from site to site and i have to move VMs configured with RDMs in physical comp mode.My idea was to use vSphere replication and i was wondering if there...
View ArticleVM naming convention.
Hi What should be the exact format for nameing a VM for better convinience, standardization & managibility in the datastore? for instance if i am creating a VM to install Windows Server 2003...
View Articlestorage performans average latency
i want to learn storage DAVG/cmd: ? - KAVG/cmd: ? - GAVG/cmd: ACTV - QUED tec ... average latency What does the average values for vmware ? just want to learn average value Thanks for...
View ArticleIncreasing the Size of storage LUN
We have an esxi host with 4.5 TB of local disk. I had read to only make datastores max 2 TB. We are at the point we need to use the remaining 2.5 TB. I need to know the best way to accomplish...
View ArticleSolution for Portable Clones
I hope I am asking this in the right place, but let me know if it's not. My question requires some background, and I apologize if this becomes a lengthy wall of text. I work at a mid-sized process...
View ArticleTop 10 VMs in terms of resource usage
Hi, is there a way I can find top 10 VMs in my entire environment ? I have multiple clusters and I was thinking how can I find top 10 VMs which are heavily utilized ? Thanks
View ArticleRX-DRP RX-ERR packets
I'm getting RX-DRP and RX-ERR packets on all devices on my ZyXEL 1510-16 1Gbps switch. I put just two laptops on the switch. I booted ESXi 5/5.1 (USB bootable) and I get RX-DRP/RX-ERR packets when I...
View ArticleCannot consolidate disks
Cannot consolidate disks - unable to access <unspecified file> is locked How to I clean up the disk and get locks removed
View ArticleESX 5.1 detected one half of my RAM
Dear Community, I just built a new system to host multiple vm's: AMD FX 8320 (8 core), 32GB RAM with 2 1TB disks. The BIOS sees all 32GB of RAM. After installing ESX 5.1, it's reporting only 16GB of...
View ArticleReceive error "could not complete network copy for file ..." when attempting...
Receive error "could not complete network copy for file ..." when attempting to deploy a VM from a template. This problem only occurs on one template.
View ArticleConfiguring MSCS "incompatible device backing specified for device '2' "
Im having problems configuring a MSCS, cluster across physical hosts. When i add the second rdm disk vsphere shows the error "incompatible device backing specified for device '2' ". Have ESXi 5.0,...
View ArticleBoot ESXi from USB: can't install syslinux 3.86
Hi all!I'm install ESXi on my machine.I do follow documentation of vSphere installation.In oder make a boot USB I using syslinux.In documentation need syslinux 3.86.I downloaded syslinux 3.86 source to...
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ESXI 5.1 how to support more than 2TB (with raid controller)
First I setup the RAID 5 disks from raid controller and then from esxi I mapped the drives to a VM, when I add hard disk to this VM I can add 2TB virtual drive. Now I want to try the passthrough...
View ArticleESXi 5 iSCSI bug still here in 5.1?
Hi everybody, I have deployed ESXi 5.1 on an HP P2000 G3 iSCSI array (see my post on this at http://communities.vmware.com/thread/402472?start=0&tstart=0). So far I have had no issues, but recently...
View ArticleVMware Remote Console not running
Hey folks, just started using Remote Desktop Manager which can work with VMRC. So I installed the VMRC 5.1 SDK + newest VMware Player. ESXi is running 5.1.Whatever I'm doing, it's not running and...
View ArticleWhat is 'Enum - VirtualMachineGuestOsIdentifier' s for all verisons of...
What is 'Enum - VirtualMachineGuestOsIdentifier' s for all verisons of 'Windows server 2012' guest os?
View ArticleVSphere HA Shows Unprotected
VMware vCenter Server 5.0 build 455964 – All of my vm’s are protected by HA except for my email server.
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