vSphere 5.1 Replication
I am working on a solution for one of my customer and evaluting SRM 5.1 with Vsphere Replication 5.1 against array based replication. Would like to know 1.) How many ESX servers can I protect using...
View Articlecpu1:4156 WARNING: PageRetire: 659: Number of user private MPNs selected for...
Hello All, I am starting to see some MPN warnings in my vmkwarning.log on one of my hosts. Has anyone else experienced these; I am thinking it could translate into a bad memory chip or some hardware...
View ArticleMultiple Gateways
Hi All , Is it possible to add an addional gateway to VM kernel port . Requirement is we want to segrigate the management vlan traffic and the iscsi traffice . Say for managmenet - use vlan 99 and...
View ArticleDll Error -
Hi All , After upgrading the virtual hardware from 7 to 09 we are getitng the following error on this virtual Guest . The Procedure entry point GuestApp_openURL could not be located in the dynamic...
View ArticleUCS iSCSI Boot related question- use iscsibootvSwitch for Datastores as well?
VMware - ESXi 5.0H/W - Cisco UCS BladesStg - NetApp (iSCSI) I just got iscsi Boot working for our ESXi hosts (running on Cisco UCS Blades). It works great but I have a "best practice" question now. I...
View ArticleHow to do delete RDM (physical mode) mapping file via ESXCLI
I made a big booboo! I deleted a virtual machine from disk but for got to remove the RDM mapping before I did that. Now I can no longer see the RDMs when I'm trying to map them to a new vm. I'm sure...
View ArticleNeed help with QLE220 HBAs urgently
Hi all. I have 3 Dell R810 servers with QLE220 HBAs.The problem with the HBAs is that the ESXi 5.1 cannot recognize them.The first thing you'll answer is that those HBAs are not officially on the HCL,...
View ArticlevSphere Replication Traffic
vSphere Replication Traffic is sent over which vmkernel port?
View Article"No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to install...
Hello all!I am trying to install Dell's OpenManage Server Administrator using ESXCLI. I have downloaded the "OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-542907.VIB-ESX50i_A02.zip" file and copied it to an iscsi...
View ArticleHow do I copy VMDK files off Esxi file system?
Hello, I have HDD with ESXi install which is not bootable, I'd like to copy just VMDK files off those HDDs to external HDD. What is the easiest way to do that? I envisioned something like booting...
View ArticleIs it possible boot Linux guest os from SAN?
Hi, ALl Because I was asked to install RHEL5 guest os on our ESXi5.0 as follows. I know /dev/mapper/mpath(xx)means Linux MultiplePath but I think booting ESXi, Physical Linux/Windows Server from SAN is...
View ArticleTwo ESXi Hosts with all Live Servers.
Hi guys I have a requirement to simulate an Enterprise level network as far as possible, with two ESXi5 Hosts & on those I want to install all OS like Linux(CentOS, Debian), UNIX(Solaris,...
View ArticleESXi 5 Disable MSI-X or Multiqueue on the QLogic Driver
We believe we have run into the issue described in KB Article 2014323. The resolution directs us to disable MSI-X on the Qlogic cards. Does anyone know the performance impact by disabling MSI-X?Thanks
View ArticleESXi Manufacturer/Model String Corrupt -> Can't add to vCenter
I previously installed ESXi 5.0u1 on a Supermicro X9SCL. In the summary tab, the Manufacturer and Model always displayed corrupt: http://i.imgur.com/CMe9v.png I have since upgraded to ESXi 5.1 and the...
View ArticleESXi v5.0 to v5.1 - Upgrade or Install - what and why?
I am an ESXi novice in charge of three Dell Poweredge servers with two to six VMs on each host. Each host has two datastores and boot from a USB memory stick using hard drive emulation. I am updating...
View ArticleDriver for Intel X540-AT2 and Intel Corporation 4-Port SATA/SAS Controller
Hello together, i'm currently evaluating VMWare vSphere for our company and got stuck on the installation of two devices in an ESXi 5.1 host running on an Intel S2600GZ server board, where both are...
View ArticleShrink VMDK on ESXi 5, vmkfstools -K doesn't do the trick
Hey guys, I'm trying to reclaim space back on VM's with thinprovisioned disks. I've use sdelete inside the guest (Win 2003) which wrote 0's across all the free space, then I switched the VM off, ssh...
View ArticleSEVERE BUG: vSphere client 5.1.0 - captures entire host OS screen
I'm running vSphere client 5.1.0 installed on a Windows Server 2008R2 (x64) OS running inside Parallels on a Mac Pro system. When I connect to a vSphere server, then select a running SUSE Linux VM,...
View ArticleAndroid Tablet Access
I currently run the free ESXi 5.0 at home, and thinking of buying the Nexus 10 Tablet.. What do I need to install on the tablet and/or the ESXi server that will let me 1) Access the vSphere client2)...
View ArticleSetting up a virtual network
Hi All, Sorry if this question's been asked a million times but, as a newbie to ESXi, I'm having a few problems configuring my virtual network. Any pointers in the right direction or links to...
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