how vMotion works?
I have got question. By Technology, if one cluster is created for HA and one physical host is down then VMs of that host goes to other available physical host. My question is when that physical host...
View ArticleESXi 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 ArticleHow to shrink a vmdk in ESXi 5?
Hi, I have a server with ESXi with DAS. We have no SAN and little to none space avaliable.One of the VMs has a thin provisioned disk that as space avaliable that I need to recover. How can I do that?...
View ArticleNetwork Health Monitor Status Unknown
While using the new vSphere 5.1 Web Client, I have got a vCenter 5.1 with Distributed Network Switches. I have enabled "VLAN and MTU health check" and "Teaming and failover health check". However, when...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Host doesn't update used memory
We have three servers in this cluster. vCenter Server version 5.1.0 Build 799731vSphere Client version 5.1.0 Build 786111 The servers are running ESXi-5.1.0-799733-standard When I look at the host...
View ArticleBoot ESXi in USB
Hi All, My ESXi server setup to boot in RAID 0 and now RAID failed ( Drives need to replace). I got VM's are in RAID 5. So what is the quickest way to run this VM's? Can ESXi run from USB? then i can...
View ArticleIs the ESX multi vCPU /page sharing bug still present in ESXi 5?
Hi I've recently upgraded to ESXi 5 from ESX4.0 With ESX4.0, we used to have to disable page sharing for multi CPU VMs due to a bug that causes these VMs to take over 5 minutes to reboot if page...
View ArticleSetup DMZ
Hi All, How do i setup secure and reliable DMZ zone to run few web servers, i got 2 x ESXi 5 Ent with 1 x Vcentre AS
View ArticleLinux mount command in ESXi
Hello Today i tried to mount a nfs under ssh. When i wanted to use the Linux mount command, it told me:-sh: mount: not foundIs there an alternative to this command in ESXi?
View ArticleESXi 5.1 + HP Management HomePage
Hello,with esxi 4.1 there was possibility to run the HP management Homepage on a VM. What is needed to run this with ESXI 5.1? Thx
View ArticleESXi 5.0 Update2 (IBM Customized Image)
Good Morning all, Does anyone know where I can get an IBM Customized image ISO for ESXi 5.0 Update 2. I have located the HP version of this but I'm struggling to find the IBM version. Many thanks
View ArticleCannot re-add ESXi 5.1 host to version 4.1 dvSwitch
I recently upgraded vCenter to version 5.1 from version 4.1, the 4.1 environment contained two dvSwitches. Upon the successful upgrade to vCenter 5.1, I proceeded to upgrade the hosts from 4.1 to 5.1....
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ESX5 on a Supermicro X8DTU-6+
Hello, I understand this server is still not on the HCL, and to make things clear we are just using this for our Lab at the moment and using it as a learning platform for Vsphere 5, the system was...
View Articlemount vmfs (esx 4.1) on centos 6
hi i'm running openfiler with 500 GB and connected via iscsi as vmfs datastore, i'm using it as backup solutions, now i want to upload / download template and etc ... to my nfs server to this iscsi...
View ArticleESXi 5.0.0-768111 PSOD crash
Hello all, I have ESXi 5.0.0-768111 with HP offline bundle installed on a HP ProLiant DL360 G7 that crashes with PSOD every now and then; I attached the error I get, hope it is readable. Unfortunately...
View ArticleDHCP problem in Virtual Machine
Hi, I am having an issue where virtual machine is not getting the IP from DHCP server. It is working fine when using the static IP address.This is my test environment. I have 1 Domain Controller where...
View ArticleSeeking Storage Reclamation Guidance
I have been tasked with estimating the total reclaimable space consumed by vSphere across 2 of our arrays. We are upgrading to vSphere 5.0 in the coming week or two, and I'd love to get some feedback...
View ArticleNPIV support for fcoe?
Hi Guys, NPIV supports on FC as we create multiple VPORT on physical HBA. I just want to know, will NPIV work on FCOE or CNA interface. can we create multiple VPORT on CNA interface/FCOE regardsVinay
View ArticleInvalid Virtual Machines
Last Thursday our datacenter had a major power outage. We were able to bring everything back online however there are a handful of VMs which are showing up as invalid with no wayt to power them on. We...
View ArticleWhat are the log files to look in a PSOD of ESXi 5.0
What are the log files to look in a PSOD of ESXi 5.0
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