ESXi 5.1 losing vmx file - vCenter?
A few days ago I rebooted on of our more important virtual machines to increase RAM size. But after shutting down I was unable to edit the VM, cryptic error message "File not found" (without telling me...
View ArticleFailed to create snapshot (backup or manual snap task) linux rhel 5.4
Hi, I am getting this error when creating a VDR backup (normally created task) or manual snaphot (unchecked "Snapshot the virtual machine's memory", checked "Quiesce guest file system needs vmware...
View ArticleNTP Server options
We are using a test ESXi 5.1 environment that consists of 3 hosts with vCenter running as a VM (Win2008).Our environment has no internet connectivity and there are no servers on the network other than...
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ESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working
Hello! I bought one of the new MacMinis, which were presented yesteraday, plugged two 8GiB DD3-1600 modules in (OsX reported 16GiB of memory, as the models before) and tried to install ESXi 5.1 Build...
View ArticleCreate new VM with 2003
Hi @,i want to create a new VM with win 2003, i would like to use a controller SAS,but during the installation of win it require me the driver, what is need to use?For XP i used the driver LSI SAS 3000...
View ArticleCannot allocate all memory
Hello, I am having this problem just this morning: I installed ESXi 5.1 on a host machine which has 4GB of memory. The host console screen indicated 4GiB of memory after installation But when I use...
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ESXi 5.1: vmsvc warning guestinfo RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4...
Hi, we have two RHEL6.3 VMs which need 15 minutes to boot!The problem happens when starting the network interfaces in vmsvc. Host: ESXi 5.1, latest 5.1 tools from repo installed, two vmxnet3 interfaces...
View ArticleESXi patching guide
Hi, anyone can enlighten me where I can locate an WSXi patchinbg guide which details the steps to properly perform a security patch for ESXi? Thanks alot..
View ArticleESXI 5.0 or 5.1 suport for DLink DFE-580TX 4 ports card
Hello,I would like to add this card to my ESXI 5.0. I know that sometimes there si possible to create customize driver which can be put to ESXI. Is anybody know how to do this customize driver or maybe...
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 ArticleVspere Web Client external "connection timed out"
Hi all Im receiving connection timed out error message from the vsphere Web Client, when trying to access the console of a virtual machine, On the internal network it works fine but if I access the...
View ArticleHostd Error
Hi , Can any one tell me what the below error indicate . The content is from Hostd file from ESXi 5.1 Server. Thanks in Advance !!.....
View ArticleBad performance , CPU hits 98% constantly
We're having a HP Proliant ML350 G6 with 2 XEON 5650 cpus.Previously we ran ESX 4.x and couldn't assign more then 4 cores to a VM.Since a few month's we're using accounting software from Accountview ,...
View ArticleVSphere 5.0 "Lost connectivity to storage device" even though it's detached
Hello, I have a VSphere 5.0 cluster with several hosts. I have an operation that runs every few hours that detaches and reattaches a set of RDM LUNs to some of the VMs in the cluster. I've followed...
View Articleiscsi with freenas 8.3
I have freenas 8.3I have configured iscsi and attempted to connect to using using my MAC and the connection was successful. When I attempt to connect to it using vmware esxi 5. I put the IP address...
View ArticlePatching an HP Custom ESXi 5.0 Image
We are running vSphere ESXi 5.0 on Proliant servers. The servers were recently deployed using the HP Custom Image. vSphere Updates manager was just installed and we wanted to be sure it is getting the...
View ArticleESXi 5 and IBM BladeCenter HS21 - IBM hangs us out to dry?
We have a lot of HS21's. One of our ESXi 4.1 clusters is made up of HS21's in a BladeCenter E. The HS21 can be outfitted with 8 cores (we use 2 Xeon quad-core E54XX), 64GB RAM and 8 network/fibre...
View ArticleXeon E5430 supported?
Hi folks, i have some IBM blades HS21XM32GigsDual Xeon E5430 CPU.Vsphere4.1 runs in a smooth production cluster with EVC set at Xeon 45nm Core2, Vmotions going good with freshly added XS22 blades all...
View ArticleHP Proliant online RAID migration from VMWare ACU CLI command line
Hello, I am looking for information about command line RAID Migration from version RAID 50 to RAID 5 on VMWare 5.0.0 Update 2 host console (versions without vCenter administrations). I need migrate...
View Articlesftp from esxi 4.1 to Esxi 5.0?
I want to transfer files from host a (esxi 4.1) to a host b (5.0) using sftp. I've tried using scp but nothing appears to happen after getting prompted for a password. I've verified the sftp server is...
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