Windows Cluster RDM or VMFS?
In the VMWare Knowledge Base article (http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1037959#consid), it mentions about windows clustering and the...
View ArticleProvisioning vcpu's question
I have a cluster of 12 host. Each host has 2 proc. sockets, 6 cores per socket, 24 Logical procs. I am running ESXi 5.0. This cluster is currently housing 225 VM's (vdi desktops presented by...
View ArticleSSH view RAID configuration command ESXi 5
I have several ESXi 5 servers that have failed HDDs. I want to confirm that the drives are in a RAID configuration before I hot swap the drives as these are critical production servers and can't be...
View ArticleHow to reserve part of memory from RAM [ ESXi]
I am using ESXi5.0. Actually the system having 16GB RAM (physical memory). I would like to reserve 4GB memory from my RAM. So that , 12GB out of 16GB will use by vmkernel and rest of 4GB reserved by...
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Can VM Port Group migrate to from one vSwitch to another vSwitch?
Can VM Port Group from 1 vSwitch automatic migrate to another vSwitch if the nic went down on the vSwitch? let say:vSwitch1 have 2 vmnic and have VM Port Group call "production Network"vSwitch2 have 1...
View ArticleHow do I move a VM from Workstation v9.x to ESXi v5.1?
Hello all. I am having problems moving a VM from Workstation v9.x to ESXi v5.1. I have tried numerous ways to accomplish this and run into the same apparent issue every way I go. If I 'move' the VM...
View ArticleUnable to run more than one Linux vm
I am working with a Dell PE1900 server.6 gig ram dual dual core procs and 64bit.When I try to run more than one linux image they both lockup and the Vshere Client will lockup.the only way put is to...
View ArticleESXI v5.1 free - question about updating
Hi, I would like to update my free esxi 5.1 server, but am a bit unsure, could anyone please confirm this is correct way to do this? Also is the patch 2001 including the patch 1001??I have downloaded...
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Lost my DataStores with unreachable DNS servers
Hi everyone, 1st message on communities I discover that if my 2 DNS servers configured on my ESXi server are not reachable, after a reboot, I lost my local datastore !! Is-it normal? Lastest version...
View ArticleAll Paths vmhba1:C0:T0:Lx is Dead !
There are 3 ESXi 5.1 Hosts in a cluster. For a particluar ESXi Host (Host2), we find that the all vmhba1:C0:T0:Lx paths are dead. On the other hand, we don't get any error message from the SAN / FC...
View ArticleVMware Tools Heartbeat Failure during Snapshot Removal ?
We are using vSphere 5.1 with vRanger 6 for backup. For a particular VM with VMDK file of size around 600GB, we find that we get the "vSphere HA VM monitoring error" whenever the vRanger completed and...
View ArticleFaulting application vmtoolsd.exe (2008 R2 64 Terminal Server)
I would love to know if anybody has a fix for this one. I've been getting the below error randomly on various terminal users sessions and can't seem to get it fixed. The only issue seems to be the...
View ArticleLUN sizing and max VMs per LUN
Consider a fiber channel SAN (EMC CLARiiON for example), and the limits around SCSI reservations, queue limits etc. per LUN. What are you guys doing with regards to the number of VMs you are placing...
View ArticleServer 2012 Downgrade licensing
Hi, I found out recently that i have been handling the licenses of windows server vm's wrong. So im trying to get a better understanding of things I think i have a better handle of things with the...
View Articlesnapshots_
Is it possible to take snapshots or clones of a Virtual machines on a low performance disk(NL SAS or SATA) even if the VMDK of the virtual machine in on high performance FC disks?
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - Health Status Unknown
Upgraded an Intel S5520HC Serverboard based system from ESXi 5.0 U1 to 5.1. Configuration; Hardware; Health Status from vSphere Client in 5.0 U1 always showed data - typically "Normal". Using vSphere...
View ArticleIs the ESXi 5.1 Emulex BE2Net driver downgrade required when NOT using FCoE?
I posted this on the HP blade forum, but got no responses. Hopefully, I'll have better luck here.. We have a number of HP BL465c G7 blades running ESXi 5.0. They have the NC551i Emulex based flex-10...
View Articleesxi host unable to access other host's datastore vCenter.
hi, i created vmware setup on vmware workstation for my practice, as i don't want to take chance with my office network. Every thing is fine, problem was when i try to clone or migrate machienes...
View Articleesxi host unable to access other host's datastore vCenter.
hi, i created vmware setup on vmware workstation for my practice, as i don't want to take chance with my office network. Every thing is fine, problem was when i try to clone or migrate machienes...
View ArticlesVmotion throughput on 10 GB iscsi NW
Hi, I was wondering what is the maximum throughput you can get for sVmotion on 10 GB network. I can see up to 100 to 150 MB/sec on 2*10 GBiscsi network on VNX . Is this it the max? Also most of...
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