ESXi 5.1 Host system stopped responding
Hello, I am running an ESXi Hostsystem at a german provider (Hetzner) with just 3 VM guests at the moment. Since the beginning i had troubles because ESXi stopped responding: * Guest systems not...
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ESXi 5.1.0 with Perc 5/i (battery is not installed yet). ESXi is boot from a CF card. I have a RAID1 with two 1TB disc (system disc where I have located the VM`s). I installed ESXi and created four...
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ESXi5 on Xserve - won't install
got anRC version of ESXi5 and excited to test the new OSX stuff pulled an Xserve out of a box and booted it up... ...it wouldnt finish loading the installer got as far as loading all the modules then...
View Articlemkdir Operation note permitted /vmfs/volumes
Hello. First I'm young french man, and I just start in professional computering.So I'm a learner and sorry if my questions are ridiculous, moreover, sorry for my bad english, I'm not very good for...
View ArticleVmware cloud solution for running two VMware images - Need help
Hi, I am trying to find the best VMware server storage/cloud product/solution for hosting two VMware images/servers: Image 1: Historian image storing data, running on Microsoft Windows 2008 Server R2...
View ArticleA specified parameter was not correct. spec.indentity
Hello, is there a known change after VMware tools version 8.6.0 on W2K8R2 regarding customization?If I update my template, it always fails with "A specified parameter was not correct. spec.indentity"...
View ArticleIs NVidia Tesla M2075 compatible with ESXi 5.1?
Hi, We have troubles with a NVidia Tesla M2075 graphic card. In ESXi 5.0 U2 the hardware no recognise the graphic card and show me as unknow devices. We are try using passtrough utility but nothing...
View ArticleVirtual machine unable to ping Exchange cas array with wnlb
Hi, I have some v. machines that are unable to ping the exchange 2010 cas array, the strange thing is that another machine in the same esxi host and same vlan is able to ping it, the machines have the...
View Articleesx host 1 can't ping esx host 2 but can ping other devices
I have a networking issue I can't seem to get to the bottom of. I have 2 esxi 5 hosts. Each have dual NIC's that are teamed and load balancing configuration is set for route based on IP hash. The...
View Articlenic drivers
Hi Admins, I just patched one of my ESX 5.1 servers (DL 360 G8) with the latest patch from vmware (1021289)The servers was originaly installed with an HP Custom Image iso (HP-ESXi-5.1.0-standard-iso...
View ArticleSnapshot removal stuck
Hi gang, I am in need of some help. I am using a backup software (name omitted) that works very well 99.9% of the time but on ocasion during its request to delete snapshot of a VM the process will...
View ArticlevStorage APIs for array integration being used ?
Hello, Is the 'Hardware Acceleration' colum in vSphere client a fair indication of whether this feature is being used on a host. I realize there are certain restrictions like VMFS/NFS not...
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 ArticleESXi 5.0.0 (469512) does not boot after adding extra logical raid volume
Hi, We have a Proliant ML350 G6 with two datastores on RAID1 volume. (One datastore on 300GB RAID1 volume, and the other on 146GB disks.)One datastore has about no space left so we ordered two extra...
View ArticleProblems with vSphere web client
We have a few different ESXi 5.1 clusters in place and recently began givng some new users access to power on/off their VMs as needed. In the past we've had users install the traditional client, but...
View ArticleEssentials License Upgrade Problem with Ram
We currently jsut upgraded to the vSphere 5 Essentials License. According to the License vRAM per CPU entitlement is 32GB We currently have 64GB Physical Ram in the Host, but when we tried to change...
View Articlewhile installing esxi server it is not showing 'select a disk' screen
while installing esxi server it is not showing 'select a disk' screen. what should i do?
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Ping issues
Ok, so let me give you some info about our setup first: vCenter Server version 5.1Our cluster consists of 6 ESXi hosts, 5 of which are ESXi 5.0 and we currently have 1 that is 5.1. Each host has a...
View ArticleIscsi storage, which initiator to use for production?
Wondering which method is the best for production environment? VMware software Iscsi adapter? Independant hardware adapter? dependant hardware adapter? We just recently ran into a couple of issues...
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