HP 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....
View ArticleTrying to Use converter to push an existing VMX and VMDK file into out...
Trying to Use converter to push an existing VMX and VMDK file into out environment. Have tried converter 4.3 and 5.0, keeps crashing or timing out. Conversion is going to a vCenter 5.1 server with ESXI...
View ArticleVsphere 5 design documentation for 16 Host
Hi Im looking for Design documentation templates (with vmware best practices) for new project of Vsphere 5 in our environment The below information could help to assist me better: We bought vmware 5...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client and Mac OS X
Hmm... with the release of 5.1, they seem to be encouraging everybody to move to the web client. But it seems that Mac OS X is still not supported. What's the plan to support Mac OS X? I really...
View ArticleJumbo frames at the OS level?
Quick question, I understand jumbo frames need to be enabled end-to-end, but do I need to change it at the OS level too? I mean do I go into the NIC's advanced properties and configure the Jumbo packet...
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Stopping SSH on ESXi 5.1 produces error
Getting this error message when trying to stop the SSH service on newly upgraded ESXi 5 hosts: Even though the error appears SSH is actually stopped on the host. vCenter never seems to be properly...
View ArticleViewing output from vscsiStats
I'm attempting to view the output from the following commands: vscsiStats -l vscsiStats -s -w 1145 vscsiStats -w 1145 -p all -c /temp/stats.txt However I am not getting any output to the file. Also...
View Articleinvalid datastore format error.
I was doing a svmotion of a vm that is shutdown but received an error at the end Relocate virtual machineEXTDC0Invalid datastore format...
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Problem Networking with Crossover Cable from ESXi 5.1 to NAS Server
Hello everyone! My first post, but I've been lurking and gaining knowledge and practical advice from the forum. The past few days and nights have been dedicated to becoming intimate with VMware ESXi...
View ArticleRunning a vmware workstation 9 image on ESXi 5.1
Hi, I have a Win Server 2008 vmware image that I'm able to run on a 64bit Ubuntu PC running vmplayer. According to vmplayer it's a workstation 9 image. I also have vm workstation 8 32bit running on a...
View ArticleUpgrading ESXi 4.1 to 5.1 - Permission denied error
I am unable to upgrade an ESXi 4.1 installation to 5.1. I boot from the 5.1 setup CD, and the setup program sees my existing installation and datastores. I select the option to upgrade and preserve...
View ArticlevCenter Monitoring
vCenter Monitoring Which Services are required to monitor for vCenter server by monitoring tool.
View Articleesxi 5.0 install black screen after cd loads
I have burned the ISO download twice now, thinking it might have been a bad burn, and attempted to install ESXI on a PowerEdge 2650 ( (2) Xeon 3.2ghz, with 16GB memory). It finds the cd fine and will...
View ArticleESX and ESXI monitoring
I have setup of ESX 4 and ESXI 5 servers in my Environment. I have got the request to monitor the ESX and ESXI servers from a tool. Now the team which is going to monitor the ESX and ESXI servers don’t...
View ArticleUsing host profiles to add a default gateway / static route for a vmkernel port
In this article it says you can add a static route for vmkernel ports using host profiles: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2001426 For example, if you have management traffic and NFS traffic on separate vlans...
View ArticleSingle-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) compatible devices
Hi,I cant find any supported Single-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) device in Compatibility list for ESXi 5.1. Any information regarding this?
View ArticleMigrate MS cluster (using RDM's) to physical MS cluster
I have a 2 node MS cluster using 2008 R2 with attached RDM's in VMware ESXi 5, and I am going to migrate them to new physical servers. I have never done a migration like this, but I was thinking of...
View ArticleProblems installing passthrough video card in guest OS
I've got a Centos 6.4 VM in ESX5 that I've added via passthrough an NVidia GTX 640. Everything seems to load fine when booting normally, but if I try to switch to runlevel 3 to install the drivers, I...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 hosts randomly disconnects from vCenter
Hi.After installing vSphere vCenter and ESXi 5.1 (with latest patches), we are starting to see hosts disconnecting randomly from vCenter.We have different server models but so far, we have only seeing...
View ArticleThe vsphere web client cannot connect to the vcenter single sign on server,...
After upgrading to 5.1, I have been running into this error a lot. For some reason, the SSO service seems to stop working after about a week and requires a reboot to get it back online. Does anyone...
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