Migration from ESX 4.0 cluster to ESXi 5.1
Hi! I'm very new to VMware products, though I've done a bit of training and bought some books. Now I have a project dropped suddenly in my lap.. to move an existing ESX 4.0 based cluster (5 hosts, and...
View ArticleGuest Memory Usage is always less than Host Memory Usage
Hi All The question might have been asked by lot of people. But i am still pretty confused in getting a better understanding of the memory management techniques that VMware will follow. Especially with...
View ArticleE1000 NICs on ESXI 5.1
Hi All, I'm having a strange problem, I'm migration machines installed on ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1.My machines has E1000 NICs,Once I migrate them, I have no network connectivity to these machines.I have...
View ArticleFC binding with vmkernel port
Hi Guys, Please suggest, do we need to bind the FC ports with vmkernel port? and also suggest how to configure or use Fc ports for vMotion regardsVINAY
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[ warning] [vmusr:vmusr] Error in the RPC receive loop: RpcIn: Unable to send
Hi,We have a new server installation.We running a lot of servers Windows 2008r2 in the Esxi 5.1 Vmware, some times the users say me that the RDP session it freeze for 10 seconds aprox. User connect...
View ArticleP2V Woes with 5.0
Hello Everyone, I am attempting to P2V a SBS 2008 box. However, no matter what I do the P2V is very slow. The VM is almost 450 GB in size. I expected this to go very smoothly but I had nothing but...
View ArticleNew to ESXi, need advice on initial configuration
Hi, I'm new to ESXi and I have a customer who asked me to install a ESXi 5.1on one of his HP DL380 G7, installing as guest Win 2012. After some studying of the ESXi and knowing the infrastructure of...
View ArticlePlanning an ESXi Deployment on a DELL PE 2950 III for Home Office Development
Greeting to the community! I'm relatively new to ESXi, and am planning a deployment for my home office, largely to support my software development activities (both professional and hobby projects)....
View ArticleESXi 5.0.0 Network issues on VM's
We've been deploying this version on Dell T310's for a while now, however with the last 2 we've done something odd has been happening. When setting up the Server 08 R2 VM's they seem to lose their...
View ArticleSupported Hardware for VMWare Essensial for Microsoft Lab
Hello Friends, I have to prepare a Microsoft lab for my Institute where I can teach Microsoft 2012 Server / MS Exchange 2010 / SharePoint / Win7/8 etc Basicaly I wanted to buy One good server in which...
View ArticlePersona Management Size Limit
Hello there, Is there any way I can limit the persona management size for each user? Regards,
View ArticlePersistent Disk for Manual Pool
Hello, Is it possible to create a persistent disk for a manual dedicated pool? Without the use of View composer? Regards,
View Articleafter iscsi 10G migration... the vmotion slow down too much
hi all, i have an hp p4500 g2 2-nodes iscsi san which i upgrade to 10G nic and also i'm using cisco 3750x 2x10G adapter, cheaper solution than nexus 1000v and fiber san lol... also i used only copper...
View ArticleVcenter HA
Hi All, I am setting up a lab, which has two UCS C Series servers. ESXi 5.1 is installed on them. On both the UCS, one of the VM is a Vcenter machine. I am trying to achieve HA for the VMs installed on...
View ArticleAuto Deploy without Host Profiles
I'm preparing for a large amount of ESXi 5.1 deployments and considering options with a scripted deployment type vs state full auto deploy. With the auto deploy option, the ESXi servers will be...
View ArticleThin vs thick for VM dense ESXi 5.1 server using local storage?
Hi All, Just wondering if anyone could shine any light on the provisioning and performance implications of using thin disks on local SSD as well as local hardware based RAID? I've read details here and...
View ArticleFile is locked!!
Hi all, My ESXI server crashed and disk dead, but I manage rescue the data using ddrescue. when boot with new disk, below problem came up, all VM active during crash are not able to turn on because is...
View Articleproblema file not found esxi 5
Buongiorno a tutti, ho un problema tedioso con un host esxi 5. avevo due vm su un host, una delle due si blocca e si spegne per mancanza di spazio. sposto questa vm su un nas (300 gb). accedo al...
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Missing "Network Configuration" tab in 5.1 Software iSCSI Initiator?
I just upgraded a host from 4.1 to 5.1. The host had twin iSCSI VMKernels under 4.1 and was connecting to a bunch of iSCSI LUNs using Round Robin Multipath. Post-upgrade the iSCSI volumes are seen, are...
View ArticleESXI 5.1: Host stops unexpectedly
Hi everyone, I recently built a system to run ESXi and host a bunch of virtual servers. The ESXi host seems to run very well, but about once every 24 hours it appears as if it loses its ability to use...
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