running licensed ESXi 5 without vCenter Server?
Hi! I have a single ESXi (free) server and now i need to got past the 32GB RAM limit. Is it possible to purchase the vSphere Essentials Bundle and just give this ESXi host a license to be able to use...
View ArticleAm I compatible?
This is going to be my first install of VMware Essentials and I'm worried about compatibility. The intended server is a Dell PowerEdge T420 with 2 E5-2420 CPU's. Hindsight 20/20 I should have checked...
View Article"PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM Operating system not found" when trying to...
Hi, First time post!I am having trouble installing server 2008 r2 from an ISO that I downloaded from Technet. I have done checksum and the iso is okay. I have created a virtual machine using server...
View ArticleDuplicate ACK traffic being seen on one of our hosts
Hello,Noticing the above during a recent network check. Also seems the traffic is using port 8182, hosts are in a cluster. Just checking if thats normaland why its not happening on other hosts we have...
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Connect two VSphere ESXi 5.0 with crossover cable
Hello everyone! Quite a newbie in the ESXi 5.0 I have configured two VSphere ESXi 5.0 servers with two network cards on each server, the first NIC acts as a virtual switch to the Internet, and the...
View ArticleCommunication problem with APC Smart UPS
Hi, I'm, having a big problem with my APC SMT1500RMI2U.It is connected to my ESXi host via the provided Rj45->serial cable. I installed powerchute business agent on vMA following this guide:...
View ArticleWhere to download Vsphere client 5.1
Please where can i download the vsphere client - i know i can download it from the ESXI url - but the esx host is on a different country with low network. Do you guys have any direct download link at...
View ArticleDVFS issue with ESX5.1 on IBM x3850 X5
(Please forgive my submission of this issue in this forum; we do not have an active support contract and cannot submit a ticket using the normal channel.)I represent MiserWare, Inc....
View ArticleVMware server switching itself off
My VMWare ESXi 5.1 server runs on a HP Proliant NL40 microserver. It is used to run two linux and a Windows Server Essentials 2012 VM. Every now and again the HP Server switches itself off. Are there...
View ArticleStorage vmotion rename server but file names not being renamed
As it says above - sVmotions completing succesfully but not seeing the file names being renamed (have requested such).regards
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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 ArticleAfter VM Reboot - VM not showing in Host, Orphaned in vCenter
Hello All, I had a Server 2k8 running as an IIS server. While using it last night, it hung on me and I couldnt restart it. I went into vCenter and restarted from there, and the VM seemed to shutdown...
View ArticleI’m getting an error on one of my host every day at 7am stating “net app host...
I’m getting an error on one of my host every day at 7am stating “net app host discovery- details run time fault error while updating task state, status stuck at 15%
View ArticleEnlarge the size of a hard disk of a virtual machine (VM) under ESXi 5
Please i want to know How to enlarge the size of a hard disk of a virtual machine (VM) under ESXi 5(Comment agrandir la taille d’un disque dur d’une machine virtuelle (VM) sous ESXi 5)
View ArticleOdd behavior via vSphere Web Client
I deleted a previous thread related to this issue as it hadn't received any responses and I have some more details to provide. We are running ESXi 5.1 on three clusters and manage them via VCenter....
View Articlefollowing error occured while downloading the script plugin...
Hi everyone,My customer is having a plug-in issue with both hosts... Hardware plugin and Vcenter Services plug-in to be specific: vCenter Hardware StatusVMware, Inc.5.1DisabledDisplays the hardware...
View ArticlevSphere client cannot connect to vSphere Server - SSL error
Hi, I built a new VM on 2008R2. Installed ESXi 5.1 using vCenter Simple Install. Then installed the Web Client, then installed the vSphere Client. When launching the vSphere client I get an error...
View ArticleESXi Dump Collector with no firewall rule?
I'm running ESXi5.1 on multiple HP BL685c G7 blades in a cluster connected to a 5.1 vcenter server which I installed the vsphere ESXi Remote Dump service to. I configured my host profile to enable the...
View ArticleESXi 5 and MS RDS (remote desktop services) best practices?
We are running ESXi 5 and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services. In the past we had run physical servers and experienced no real performance issues. Now that we have installed VMware we are in the process...
View ArticleResource Pool Usage
If when coming across a new environment, you discover that all VMs in a cluster are in a single resource pool, created by the administrator, what is the impact of this if any? The resource pool has...
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