ESXi 5.0 and older Emulex FC
Just a warning about upgrading or testing ESXi 5.0 on (older) servers with Emulex LP10000-S.(This FC card is not on the HCL list for both Vmware 4 and 5). I have two servers with this working fine...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Host loses network connectivity after startup
Hello, community! I decided to experiment and installed ESXi 5.1.0a onto a USB stick and ran it from my HP ProBook 4540s laptop. It installed successfully so I assume that the NIC drivers are present...
View ArticleHow do set up LUNs?
HiWe are in a project of migrating from vSphere 4.1 to vSphere 5.1 and EVA 6400 to 3PAR.One thing I have been thinking of is how to create/use LUN to gain as best performance as possible AND easily...
View ArticleInstalling OMSA on ESXi 5
Anyone have any luck installing Dell OMSA on 5?When I do vihostupdate.pl it responds "This operation is NOT supported on 5.0.0 platform."
View Articlecannot connect to profile-driven storage service
Hello, I want to test the profile-driven storage features, but I'm stuck in the beginning... I was able to enable VM storage profiles for my cluster. Ever since then, when I open the vi client and log...
View Articlecreating vmfs volume in kickstart
how od I create a vmfs volume during kickstart? I have a 5gb boot frm san lun. I have clearpart --alldrives --overwritevmfs install --firstdisk --overwritevmfs part datastore1 --onfirstdisk but part...
View ArticleSolaris 11.1 - Jumbo Frames?
Has anyone successfully got jumbo frames, mtu 9000 to actually work in solaris 11.1? --------------vmxnet3 attempt:root@media5:~# dladm show-linkprop -p mtuLINK PROPERTY PERM VALUE...
View ArticleConnecting a Fibre Channel Tape Library directly to a VM
Hi, I have a customer who wants to connect his Fibre Channel Tape Library directly to a VMs cause inside this VMs he has installed the CA Brightstor Server Software. The first idea I had was...
View ArticleAdding local Dell Disk Datastore - Times out - Hangs server
I have a new Dell R620 server and PV3200 DAS. The DAS volumns are mounted on the ESXi host, though when I try and mount the disk physically in the server, I get to tjhe screen that says: Current Disk...
View Articlevt-d enabled Ivy Bridge motherboard recommendations
I'm finding it difficult to find solid information about vt-d support on IB boards and was hoping the community could confirm/deny support on the current offerings. The only manufactuer I've seen that...
View ArticleRecovering a lost partition table on a VMFS-5 volume with GPT ?
Hi I have ESXi 5 due to a resignature ( partition ), probably a iSCSI LUN that is still visible under the target , cannot be seen as datastore no more Help all data , VM's and servers are lost...( they...
View ArticleDowngrade Esxi 5.0 to 4.1
Hi I had Esxi 5.0 installed, but little that i know we actually buy Esxi4.1 license. Therefore, is there any way to downgrade the Esxi5.0 to 4.1 without losing any data including virtual machines...
View ArticleHow to setup/utilize the two NIC in the physical ESXi server...
Hi, As per the attachment, I have three VMs (two are core as serves as SharePoint / AD+SQL2008R2). I just only plugged in one NIC and it is connected to the DMZ from the FireWall. Would it be...
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ESXi 5 VLAN VST mode configuration issue
Hi, im trying to configure 2 vlans 1600 and 1601 for 2 vmsit works fine in VGT mode on portgroup with VLAN ID 4095 here is the config: But i think it would be much better to use VST mode because i have...
View Articlename resolution failed from console
Hi guys, I've noticed a strange issue from the ESXi phisical console: if I want to test the management network in a fresh installation, I logon to the console, go to the "Test Management Network" and...
View ArticleConverting HP UX system to VM
We have a VERY old HP UX system (version 10). We still use it as a production server and are afraid of a hardware failure. What is the process to convert something like this to a VM? I am using ESXi...
View ArticlevMotion Fails At 14%
Hi Everyone, Having a bit of a strange issue with vMotion today. It's been working in my lab for months, and was still working fine after I upgraded to 5.1 last week. Now, today, for whatever reason,...
View Articleesxi v5 with onboard NIC PowerEdge t420
Please spare me how I shouldn't be using the oboard NIC for anything on a server. Anyway, I'm wondering if there are some drivers I can load that would allow me to use the onboard NICs on the...
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Datastore partition table corrupt or missing on ESXi 5.1
I assume the yellow highlighting means that my partition table is jacked. partedUtil get /dev/disks/naa.600605b0008753401647ba843bf15150 364485 255 63 5855465472 Original partition was a single VMFS 3...
View Article/bootbank/boot.cfg question(s)
Let's say I have a customized .vgz file the contains some information (files) that normally wouldn't persist across reboots. I move the "customized.vgz" file to "/bootbank". Then I believe I need to...
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