Continous problems with vSphere client 5.1
Hi all, I have continous problems using vSphere client 5.1 agains an ESXi 5.1 free hypervisor. Every time that I can try to "Open console", same error appears: "The VMRC Console has disconnected .....
View ArticleESXi 5u1 to 5.1 and VM version 9
Hi everyone, I have a "little issue". I successfully upgrade my ESXi 5 to 5.1 but I didn't find any sign of that: "Newvirtual hardware. New virtual hardware. VSphere 5.1 introduces a new generation of...
View Article2 2k8r2 VMs on same host- slow network. different hosts, FAST!
Hi all-troubleshooting a network performance issue.2 VMs, patched 2k8r2 4cpu, 4gig, no firewall. e1000 nic.standard switches, 1 uplink nic (1gig). Testing with iperf -P 4, I get the following-2 VMs on...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 on R510 scsi errors
Hello, People.I installed ESXi 5.1 on a Dell R510 last week.I used a 8Gb USB drive for ESXi installation and local RAID50 on PERC700 with 9 2.5Tb SATA disks.The array hasn't finished rebuilding for the...
View Articleclearpart kickstart install on san drive
what do I need to put on my kickstart file to install esxi on the san drive. there are no local drives attached. this was the line to install on local drive clearpart --firstdisk=local --overwritevmfs
View ArticleIntermitted network connection problem to Server 2008 VM running on vSphere...
HiI am very new to VMware and was forced to use it to get a critical server up and running after a hardware failure. The problem I have is that the network connection between client computers and the...
View Articleopenwsmand not reachable till restart solves problem a few days
Hello everybody, our ESXi hosts are monitored by Dell Openmange Essentials, which uses openwsmand.The Problem is, that openwsmand from time to time isn't reachable. (Conection was tested with Dell...
View ArticleSoftware Update issues in OSX
I have had issues updating OSX 10.8.1 on my VMs to 10.8.2. The automated software update doesn't work because the VM's don't advertise as a specified piece of Apple Hardware. I attempted to manuall...
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deleted folder on ESXi 5 through ssh but I still see the folders
Hi,I deleted the folders using SSH but I still see the folders on the SSH and through the ESXI 5 client.when I try to delete the folder through the SSH I get: rm: cannot remove 'Folder': Directory not...
View ArticleBest way to move a VM to new hardware
I've got a SBS 2011 VM running on ESXi 5. The hardware is not adequate and the performance is slow. I want to move the SBS 2011 VM to new hardware. After installling ESXi on the new hardware, what...
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Couldn't shrink vmdk with converter
I've red a lot of posts on how shrink a vmdk, but I don't know how to proceed. I have a 450GB vmdk containing only 40GB, ESXi 5.0 U2 and 2 datastore (500GB + 250GB). So this is what i've done: i've...
View ArticleWindows 2008 r2 installation extremy slow
I have the following setup:esxi 5 with a centos(Linux) VM and a OSless windows server VM provisioned. My hardware is the following:1 x AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W...
View ArticleAnyone able to run a /bin/bash script on esxi5 ?
I have some HP firmware update to perform. The downloaded HP CP.scexe script says ESXi5 support but when I run it I get alerts/errors. Checking I found that the firmware updates from HP that do work...
View ArticleStorage gone after installing raid vib driver.
I have an esxi 5.0 host with an adaptec 5405 raid controller in it. it was a standard esxi installation without installing any additional drivers.the raid array was found and i installed the vmfs on...
View ArticleSSO logins failing since 5.1 upgrade
Anyone else seeing vCenter AD credenitals fail after upgrading to 5.1? We have had to request the windows AD group to re-jigger their AD groups to regain access. Also, we had to add DOM\ to our usual...
View Articleesxi 5.1 cannot ping vmkernel anymore
Is this by design? did vmware disable the pinging of vmkernel interfaces on iscsi and vmotion ips? my iscsi and vmotion ips are on different vlans than my mgmt. however I can ping my management but...
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No more space for virtual disk error message - VM will not run - ESXi 5.1 -...
I'm running the application Openfiler as a VM on [datastore 1] plenty of disk space free.[datastore 2] used by Openfiler to store files is the problem. It has run out fo space with the following...
View Articleesxi 5.x upon importing a vm , vm won't start acpi.sys error.
I have an ovf that I'm importing with vshpere client verion 5.0.0 build 455964 and vmware esxi version 5.0.0 build 469512. the importing of vm is successful but when I start the vm , I get an error...
View ArticleESXi Management not working Cisco LAG
I am setting up a 3 host ESXi cluster with an Essentials + license. I am using a pair of stacked Cisco SG500-28 switches for switching redundancy. Each host has 8 NICs. 4 to each switch. I have...
View Articlehow to crossover connect 2 multi-NIC ESXi 5 servers with static IPs?
Is it possible to connect two multi-NIC ESXi 5 servers together with a crossover cable? Here is my scenario. I have two ESXi servers with 2 NICs each. I want to connect one port from each box to the...
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