ESXi 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 ArticleESXi 5 Webserver/Webaccess client
Hi all, I have a home lab with a trial key for esxi5, can I get the webserver to provide for the webaccess client? Or do I need I need to purchase a license? I can't find a way to install the...
View ArticleHost does not have persistent storage
Helloesxi 5.1 build 914609 install on USB drive.server have a adaptec 3805 raid controler(bios update for latest version)connect to esxi, then add datastore, its ok.after reboot server esxi lost...
View ArticlevCenter Stored Procedures - cleanup_events_tasks_proc
Can this stored procedure be run without stopping the vcenter server service? and also where are the scheduling times for stored procedures defined?
View ArticlePatching an HP Custom ESXi 5.0 Image
We are running vSphere ESXi 5.0 on Proliant servers. The servers were recently deployed using the HP Custom Image. vSphere Updates manager was just installed and we wanted to be sure it is getting the...
View ArticleThe vSphere client could not connect to You do not have permission
I've added a local non root user but can't login through the vSphere client as anything other than root. Interstingly the user isn't in the authorization XML file. I'm not using SSO and I get an odd...
View Articlevmfs3 datastore not recognized in ESXi 5
Hello,i am working on migration between two farm but i got a problem. If i try to expose vmfs3 datastore to esxi 5 it is not recognized.If i try to add storage i see the lun but system recognize it as...
View ArticleScheduling a task to migrate a VM
Given a vSphere 5 infrastructure without the Storage vMotion license, I planned to create 3 scheduled tasks to be executed during thje night:Task 1 shuts down a VMTask 2 migrates the powered down VM to...
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Poor CPU performance of virtual machine
Hellowe have a an esxi 5 server. Theres only one virtual machine running. it's A SBS 2008. The server is running slow, it seems to depend on the CPU (XEON 5502 2 cores with hyperthreading) utlisation....
View ArticleForcing the unmount of an NFS datastore
After the replacement of a NAS with a bigger one I still see the NFS datastore pointing to the old NAS and the new datastore pointing to the new NAS.As the old datastore does not exist anymore, how can...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 Host Configuration Backup Problem Using vicfg-cfgbackup.pl
I am trying to use vicfg-cfgbackup.pl to backup the configurations of two new hosts running ESXi 5.0 U2. The command is returning this error: "Restore failed: A general system error occurred: Internal...
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Remove and then re-add VMDirectPath Hardware?
So my questino is fairly straight forward. First - I know this is completely unsupported, etc. This is my home/personal setup - I don't need or expect any support. Its for fun Anyhow, i have a 5.1 esxi...
View ArticlePhysical Parallel Port No Longer Supported in ESXi 5.x?!
We have a very, very antiquated system running some old software (from about the year 2000) that requires a parallel port dongle to validate the license. It seems that version 5.x of ESXi is no longer...
View Articlelisting non-stateless VIBs in an imageprofile
I have honestly never felt so helpless... I have an image profile, it has non stateless VIBs in it, I want to take them out of it... can I fiure out how to list them??? no. If anyone could please tell...
View ArticleNFS mounting on ESXi 5
Hi. This should be pretty straightforward... /etc/fstab exists on ESXi 5. If you mount an NFS filesystem from a remote server, that is not listed in the fstab file, I think the following should work: #...
View ArticleDoes ESXI 5.1 support intel RAID?
Hello, when I try to install esxi 5.1 on my server (It's a supermicro X9SCL/X9SCM motherboard) I configured a RAID1 (2 disks) and a RAID5 (4 disks). I can see all 6 disks but they are not in RAID mode....
View ArticleESXi Layout, NIC Assignment, and Switch Config
After a lot of researching and imput from people I think I have a decent looking layout for our new virtual enviroment (see attached image for layout). I have 3 EXSi Host each containing 6 physical...
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How to Convert old NT 4.0 VM to work in ESXi 5.1?
Apparently the current Standalone Converter doesn't support NT 4. We are trying to convert an old (and still running ) NT 4.0 VM running on an old VMware Server, 1.x to run on a new ESXi 5.1 host....
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 upgrade gone horribly, horribly wrong leads to mystery password
OK, so, I work in a test lab. We now have multiple 5.1 hosts that we are using for testing. We have had a vCenter 5.0 server in place for a little while, but were not able to manage 5.1 hosts from...
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