Is it possible to copy settings (networking, user/pass, storage paths etc.)...
Basically, I have an ESX v3.5 host that I need to upgrade to ESXi v5.1, but that needs to be done in a way that can be rolled back without too much hassle but I'm wondering if any setting/config files...
View ArticleUnable to set a static ip for ESXi
Hi everyoneThis is my first post and i am a complete newb to vmware and esxi.I purchased a HP Microserver N40l to learn about vmware as a lot of people seem to be doing with this server and address my...
View ArticleVmware CPU Sizing
Hi, I have a current Vmware environment running on slightly older blades. My environment hosts around 100 virtual machines that have grown over a period of time. I'm now looking to condense these vms...
View ArticleHow do I set up ESXi 5.1 and FreeBSD to use VMXNET 3?
I've installed the tools, but how do you get FreeBSD to work with the new VMXNET 3? When I do the drop down in settings, the latest one shown there is VMXNET 2. What I did find was to change...
View ArticleVM Ping/ARP issue
We are having a problem with some of our virtual machines intermittently losing communication with each other, and I’m at a loss as to the source. We have about 250 VM’s running on about 20 HP BL465C...
View Articledv port groups in vcenter 5.0
Hello, I would like to get the list of dv-portgroups from vCenter 5.0 which is associated to a particular dv switch. Can anybody guide me how we can get it.Also is there anyway to get a list of the...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 NLB is not working on Esxi 5.1 (Unicast & Muticast)..
Hi, We are under progress to deploy Exchange 2010 on Esxi 5.1, HUB/CAS roles will be in NLB mode.NLB is getting created successfully on VMs but after reboot, nodes will be unreachable in NLB console "...
View ArticlevShield Edge
While provisioing a vShield enabled vDC I see that the VM's deployed inside that vApp is getting an IP range of 172.xxx. How these VM's are getting this private range. Is it assigned from vSM or...
View ArticlePurple Screen Error on ESXi 5
We received a purple screen error on our esxi 5. After checking on google we found this error is common in ESXi 4 and fixed in ESXi 4.1. refer below....
View Articleip conflict while adding second network card to windows 2008R2 VM in esxi 5.1...
Hi we are using vmware vshpere 5.1 on hp proliant DL580g7 , we using windows 2008 R2 guest ... we want to create sql clusters , while adding second network card to any of the Windows Guest os its shows...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - Connect to localhost failed: Connection failure
Hi, One of mine ESXi 5.1 hosts is disconnected in vCenter. I'am unable to reconnect the host. When restarting services.sh, i get on serveral services this error:Connect to localhost failed: Connection...
View Articlecpu %used value
i have one guest on esxi 5.0 and i use esxtop. sometimes i see every 3 seconds high values on esxtop about %used column. this is database server %used = 6.3 - 30.7 - 55.0 etc.. is there any problem...
View ArticleAdvice needed on Dell™ PowerEdge™ Express Flash PCIe SSD
Hi all, We are looking into buying servers with Dell™ PowerEdge™ Express Flash PCIe SSD drives.As far as I can see these drives can be used as IO acceleration devices under Hyper-V. Does anybody know...
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 ArticleIOPS value
we have esxi 5.0 and 5 guest os. i want to learn guest os iops value. i have ds 3512 raid 5 storage. IBM 300GB 15K 6Gbps SAS x 5 now i want to learn one guest's iops value and then i want to check...
View ArticleRunning vSphere on host machine?
Is it possible to run vSphere on my host machine to log into itself? I have VMware ESXi 5.0.0 Release Build 469512
View Articlerunning 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 Articlechoose nonpersistent
when i edit disk or when i creat a vm guest os . i choose nonpersistent disk . i see these errorA general system error occurred. The system returned on error. Communication with the virtual machine may...
View ArticleNTFS volume added as esxi datastore and data are no longer visible
Hello,I have a NTFS volume with important data and files.I try to add this volume to ESXI as datastore VMFS 5, but now this volume is VMFS type and data contained is no longer visibile. How can I do to...
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