bug in VMFS 5 ? - stale data in .sbc.sf
I would expect that deleting a VMFS volume and reformatting it removes all references to files that existed on the volume before the format.That assumption either is wrong ??? - or the format process...
View ArticleYour ESX/i Record uptime
Mine is on a R710 17:47:19 up 608 days, 4:12, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
View Articlewhat happens if "Error saving dvport" is logged
Hello fellow vmers, I have an intriguing issue. Last week i performed a full power cycle test for my hardware.(10 hp bl460c g7 blades) all running vsphere 5 on a vcenter server.After the PowerOn event...
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Guest VM shows 90% memory usage, doesn't match vSphere
We have a monitoring software that is alerting that a virtual server has high memory usage, when the admin of that server logs in to the Windows Server 2008 box he see's windows is reporting 90% memory...
View Articlevmotion procedure issue
Hi Would like to know below procedure is correct or not when enable the vMotion in vCenter i have two esxi Server, they are esxi A & esxi B, they have their own storage, its not sharing...
View ArticleDefault Gateway on different VMkernal
Hello, We have one physical server with 2 nic cards and running ESXi 5.1 Enterprise version. Now we need to configure one nic for Internal network (Internal) and one for DMZ zone on firewall (DMZ). The...
View ArticleHost disconnecting from vCenter
Hi, I have an issue that I run into once in a while. I've got 2 sites with 1 vCenter. The vCenter server is located at the main site. For no apparent reason after a few weeks, my 2 hosts at the...
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Trouble with Windows 7 machines after ESXi 5 upgrade
Hello, I have a problem which is making no sense to me. I have a whitebox server that I have been running ESXi on for a few years with no issues until now. I have 3x disks connected to the on-board...
View ArticleR710 update to ESXi 5.1 vsphere client freezes
I just update to 5.1 and my vsphere client freezes on connect. I have vm set to autostart and I know they not on since I cannot remote into them.
View ArticlevDP File Level Restore on Linux Fails
I am backing a vm which has Redhat Linux ES 5 and as follows... :/root# df -hFilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on/dev/mapper/vg00-root 3.9G 1.5G 2.3G 40%...
View ArticleRun command or script in Guest OS from administrative console of VSphere 5.1
Is there any command that I can use to run a script in a Guest VM Operating system from administrative console or SSH. I need to configure static IP address in Guest. Is there any other way I can...
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No Network adapters found Lenovo G570
I have inserted the disc of v sphere 5.0 it took me to installation.It abruptly says that no physical network adaptore found.Lenovo G570core I3 4 GB RAM 64 bit compatable board. FYI... Please find the...
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Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
I got a purple screen when I start up a vm with a pci device With Esxi5 was working fine. I tested it with 2 vm on different hosts ( but same hardware) i7 2600 32gb mb: dq67sw What can I try
View ArticleCan't expand Virtual Disk size
I do this type of maintenance all the time. Usually on Windows 2008 R2 servers where I can just go to the VM > Edit Settings > Hard Drive and expand it to my pleasure and then add the space to...
View ArticleServer 2012 doesn't reboot
Hi, We have a few servers running Server 2012 Standard on our ESXI 5U1 boxes.When in the OS and going to reboot the machine they don't restart, they will log you out and not let you log back in (via...
View ArticleExternal Sata (e-Sata) HDD Question
Hey Everyone, We have a customer who has a couple of external e-Sata drives that they use to backup data from their VM servers. My question is - is there a way to 'hot add' a basic e-sata disk, and...
View Articlevmware migration
Hi, I have a quick vmware migration question. We are putting in a new dell poweredge r420 server at a client site. It isreplacing a dell poweredge r310 which is running vmware 4.0. It is managedby...
View ArticleDo >2TB Physical RDM's NEED Directpath IO?
I've been struggling with this for over a week now so I could really use some advice. ESXi 5.1I need to setup three 3TB hard drives and give them direct access to a VM running FreeNAS (or other) for a...
View ArticleCX3-40f Performance on ESXi 5.1
Hi All,We are having hardware issues with our MSA G3 P2000's, so have deployed an EMC CX3-40f to offload some of our VMs onto. The EMC has been donated to us from another part of our company, so comes...
View ArticleCan I assign 1 USB device to a VM guest ?
I don't want to assign the whole USB controller to this VM, just 1 device (or 1 port if I have to). ESXI 5.0, Free hypervisor. Many thanks!
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