ESXi 5.1 MS Clustering PVSCSI
Hi Does ESXi 5.1 support MS Clustering with PVSCSI ? I know Paravirtual SCSI Adapters are not supported with vSphere 4, Have not found much information on 5.1 Thanks
View ArticlePCI passthrough (NIC) dropping clients
Hi all, I had ESXi 5.0 working for 5 days with an old 3Com 10/100 PCI NIC passed through to a SCO Linux VM (the same NIC that it was using when it was a physical machine). Then on the 5th day it...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Clone: @&!*@*@(msg.fileio.generic)Error
Hi, We have a C# script cloning all our virtual machines to a backup store using PowerCLI (for .NET). We are using the latest 5.1 release of the PowerCLI client. Setup: vCenter 5.1, one ESXi 5.1 node...
View ArticleI am using Esxi and got 4 machines onto that. now i want to shift only one...
Suppose i got four virtual machines onto Esxi. Now from those machines i want to give one machine to my client so that he can manage it in there own way( instllation of OS,etc ). like in Vspehre all...
View ArticleESXi 5u1 to 5.1 and VM version 9
Hi everyone, I have a "little issue". I successfully upgrade my ESXi 5 to 5.1 but I didn't find any sign of that: "New virtual hardware. New virtual hardware. VSphere 5.1 introduces a new generation...
View ArticlevMotion without shared storage
Hello.Does anybody tried to use vMotion without shared storage (via webclient) based on a Essentials Plus license??? My option is still greyed out in the dialog.... ESXi hosts are on 5.1 and in the...
View ArticleUsb dongle pass to guest on vmware 5
Hi all, just trying to find out whether it is possible to pass a usb dongle witch software key to a guest machine from the 5.1 host. Thank you.
View ArticleVHD to OVA
Is there a way to convert VHD to OVA....using VM converter?? pls let me know...
View ArticleESX v4 on disc, ESXi v5 on USB - can this be ?
Hello all. I have a x3850 machine with a ESX v 4.0.0 on the disc, but would like to test ESXi v5.1 without disturbing the existing VMs. Can I burn the flash USB with ESX v 5.1 and start the existing...
View Articlesnmp traps every 5 min
Hi all, i have installed esxi5 on my dell poweredge2950 and enable the snmp traps.Our snmp manger tool recieving now every 5 min this traps:vmwProductSpecific.90.0.401 [1] vmwProductSpecific.30.3.0...
View ArticleThunderbolt storage support (ESXi)
I think this may have been answered, but is there any way to support thunderbolt drives (or thunderbolt raid) ? I'm thinking about the mac mini as a home lab box, but would want DAS rather than iscsi...
View ArticleVmware Tools Scripts Problem
I kept some batch file as the vmware tools scripts in the vmware tools folder under the program files i linked that with vm operation like poweron from the notification area icon from the scripts tab...
View ArticleHow can I reset a cluster to remove datastores (iSCSI)
Hi, I'm automating some storage testing involving an ESXi 5 cluster, vCenter, and an iSCSI storage array. At the end of each test run, the ESXi cluster and the storage array are fairly messy -- tons of...
View ArticleProblem getting a license to ESXI 5.1
Hello everyone,After I registered the product: esxi 5.1 and download it I do not get on a website the license number! I do not have a license for Free Esxi5.1 ... what do we do to get the license...
View ArticleHow do I copy vmx,vmdks or vmware.logs of active VMs ?
I need to copy vmx-files, vmdk-descriptor-files and vmware.logs via ssh. While doing so I noticed that sometimes - not always - these files are locked when the VM is running.At the moment I skip those...
View ArticleESXi5 NTP not syncing, configuration issue?
I configured NTP to sycn against a local server, tcpdump shows req and reply from the NTP server tcpdump-uw: listening on vmk0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes03:52:36.296738 IP (tos...
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Error whenI trying to set the license number
Hi! vspher client 5.1 ---- configuration----licensed feathures----Edit error : Call "PropertyCollector.RetrieveContents" for object "ha-property-collector" on ..... Here's a picture
View ArticleVmWare Tools Video Driver, Win8 and Dual Screen Issue
Hi, Runing Esxi5.1, Just did a fresh install of a Win8 VM and installed VMWare Tools and edited the VM Settings to have 2 displays with 128MB Video Memory. Within Win8, I configured the desktop to use...
View ArticleESXi5 - Exchange 2010 SP1 - DAG/MSCS
Was wondering if anyone can provide feedback/comments/gotchas regarding running Exchange 2010 SP1 DAG/MSCS on ESXi5? I'm specifially interested in HA/DRS/Vmotion since those were the unsupported...
View ArticleDisk requests vs Virtual Disk requests, what is the IOPS?
I'm looking at performance problems we had with our Microsoft CM server on Windows 2008 (plain, not R2).Throwing in a lot of mechanical disks didn't help. In the end I just put in six SSD's running...
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