ESXi Lab Setup Problem...
Hi guysI am hoping someone might be able to help out with what seems like a really basic network problem when setting up my vSphere lab. I'm really not a totally novice with this stuff, but I have...
View ArticleSlow vSphere 5.1 Host boot after adding local storage
I have just added some local storage to 3 of our identical HP servers. The first 2 had the stoage added when running 5.0 and had no problems and boot up fine. Then we added a new SAN that needed...
View ArticleTrying to upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 I get this error "vmware cannot create a...
My environment is I'm running vmware off of an SD card. It says I need 370 MB free but I don't have enough space. I'm using Update manager from VSphere and this is where the error occurs. Any thoughts?
View ArticleESXi 5.1 freeze on boot (more then 60 minutes)
Hi All! I'm updating my ESXi 4.1 servers to version 5.1. Every host is connecting to several FC datastores (without iSCSI at all). And the boot process is very slow - usually 60-90 minutes. I have...
View ArticleVirtual Hardware
Hi, recently upgraded to ESX5.1 and just wanted to know in which order upgrade the VMs?First VMware Tools or Virtual Hardware? Thanks for some answers.
View ArticleESXi5 Switch Configuration
Good Afternoon, I would just like to clarify the best way to configure the management and vmotion networks in ESXi5. Basically, is it okay to create a virtual switch as below: vSwitch0: 2 Physical NICs...
View ArticleUse case scenario of Thick eager zeroed and Thick Lazy zeroed
Anyone who can tell me the Use case scenario of Thick eager zeroed and Thick Lazy zeroed?
View ArticleEsxi 5.0 U2 - Port group PNics Rebalance Command?
Hi, i have 20 VMs on a single Port Group. On this Port Group are connected 6 Phisical Nics. The VMs are up from a long time, and as far I can see the "Balancing" between Virtual Nics and Phisical Nics...
View ArticleBasic question about ESXi lab
Hello, I've installed ESXi a couple of times in the past and now want to set up a lab.As far as I can tell there is no way to use the ESXi host itself to actually control one of the vms on the host, is...
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Esxi 5.0 U2 - iScsi Hardware Initiator Multipath? (SOLVED)
Hi, i have a Broadcom BCM5709 iScsi Card with TOE. Is listed in "Storage Adapters", and i see 4 iSCSI Storage Adapters I try to configure Multipath with a single Initiator, so i first created the 2...
View ArticleDifference Between Virtual Datacenter and Software defined datacenter
what is Difference Between Virtual Datacenter and Software defined datacenter?
View ArticleRDM access fm Xp Pro VM
Hello, I have a ML110 G5 with esx1 5.1 I wanted to add a 2 TB disk and I followed the instruction of the link: http://blog.davidwarburton.net/2010/10/25/rdm-mapping-of-local-sata-storage-for-esxi/...
View ArticleSupported express card/pcmcia card NICs?
Does anyone know how I can find out if any express card NICs are supported? Can't see how I can search for this on HCL. Need to add some more supported NICs to a laptop. Thanks.
View ArticleAbout VMware 5.0 legacy mode and UEFI mode
Hi Everyone, Does someone know how VMware decide to install Legacy mode or UEFI mode?Since no matter Legacy ODD or UEFI ODD we choice to boot to install VMware, it always install UEFI VMware.It’s...
View ArticleSoftware iSCSI HBA, NetApp, and NIC failover (*crash*)
Hello - I am vSphere newbie and reading thru all documentation. Ran into crash situation on ESXi 5.1 host yesterday: 1. NetApp storage on backend direct-connect to SAN switch. NetApp filer heads setup...
View ArticleHP Flex 10 - Received Dropped Packets
VMware Community, We are having a strange issue, which so far VMware/HP support has not been able to solve. We have an environment where we are using 2 x 10GBps and 2 x 9Gbps adapters on a single DVS....
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Can connect a CD with pass-thru, but installation fails.
Hi, Our Windows group is trying to install SQL Server on one of our VMs with a CD connected from their workstation. They can browse the CD from the VM, so it is in fact connected, but they get...
View ArticleCan't hot remove virtual disk from running VM after adding passthrough device
I have a VM with 2 virtual disks under ESXi 5.1.When the VM is running I can hot remove disk 2 in the VM settings dialog.However, the remove button is greyed out when the VM is running as soon as I add...
View Articlevmxnet3 trouble in OpenSolaris
Due to a new Intel X-540 10GbE network adapter in my lab system I started to do some performance measuring.The numbers I got for various setups were a little confusing in the first instance but finally...
View ArticleIs the ESXi 5.1 Emulex BE2Net driver downgrade required when NOT using FCoE?
I posted this on the HP blade forum, but got no responses. Hopefully, I'll have better luck here.. We have a number of HP BL465c G7 blades running ESXi 5.0. They have the NC551i Emulex based flex-10...
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