vSphere webclient issue with console - connection timeout
community memebers.i am trying to troublehsoot a problem in my web client where everytime i try to open the VM Console, it comes back to me with the attached error. i looked into the logs and found the...
View ArticleESXI 5 and VM start up
Dear All,can i configure the VM to start automatically with the ESXI,i have 4 VM running in my test pc, and i am test power failler and i want if the host starts all the 4 VM starts too!can i configure...
View Articleupgrade from 5.0 U 1 to 5.0 U 2 using Update manager
upgrade from 5.0 U 1 to 5.0 U 2 using Update manager Any suggestion for Crisp documentation
View ArticleMethods to "reserve a virtual machine"
I'm currently managing about 100+ virtual machines across various ESXi hosts for our development team. I'm curious if possible to have one developer exclusively reserve a virtual machine and others...
View ArticleNeed to check whether ESXi is installed
Hey i've done PXE boot of ESXi on specified bare metal.Now i need to check through powershell/powerCLI function whether it is installed or not?How cn i do this..?
View ArticleDuplicate (DUP) ping requests (and replies)
Hi there, I'm writing to describe a strange problem. Here are the facts:- hosts are all ESXi 5.1 (upgraded from 5.0) and are part of larger cluster- source guests and target guest are part of the same...
View ArticleHomelab with whiteboxes
Hi, I'm about to build my personal homelab. Does anyone tested a similar configuration with ESXi 5.1? I know this works with version 5.0 (at least the motherboards and processors) but I want to make...
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ESXi 5 Doesn't Like My LSI MegaRAID
Hi, I have an LSI MegaRAID SATA 300-8XLP PCI-E controller. This worked perfectly in ESXI 4 and 4.1. I just tried upgrading to 5.0, and the device is shown in the Storage Adapters list, and correctly...
View ArticleHow to Upgrade Dell MEM 1.1.0 to 1.1.2 in vSphere 5.0 using Update Manager.
Hello, I would like to know step by stpe How to Upgrade Dell MEM 1.1.0 to 1.1.2 in vSphere 5.0 using Update Manager. I have read few PDFs which say Update manager will only install the Dell MEM and...
View ArticleNetwork card automatic disconnection: error 1321
Hello, Yesterday I encountered a problem with a Windows VM. The network card was disconnected and when I wanted to reconnect it, it automatically was disconnected. In the vmkernel log there is this...
View ArticleESXi3.5 hosts copy to ESXi5.1
Hello, I have ESXi 3.5 and 4.1 machines with multiple VM's. I have a new server and would like to take advantage of VMFS5. If I do this will I be able to copy the VM's on my older systems to my new...
View ArticleVMWare standalone converter query
Hi, I am in the process of migrating our VM infrastructure from HyperV over to VMWare vSphere 5.1. I have converted the majority of our current systems successfully and they are working fine under...
View ArticleRedhat 5.8 Guest showing unusual load average
Folks, We have our applications running on a redhat 5.8 guest OS on ESXi 5.0The load average reported by linux is around 5 times what is seen with the same OS and application running on a rackmount...
View Articlestorage configuration booting to SAN
I am replacing my VMware host and have a question on the best practice to setup the local storage. Currently I have three Dell servers with embedded vmware 4.1. My new host have 4 300GB SAS 15k drives....
View ArticleHost memory usage Warning
An ESXi 5.x host member of a vSphere 5.x infrastructure and used in a lab area to host VMs used to test applications reports an Host memory usage Warning. Memory usage is about 118 GB with 131 GB...
View ArticleEmulex 10 Gb multichannel problem
Hello I have a problem with IBM PureFlex blade system Emulex 10Gb NIC OCl11120-F-X, which works fine in single mode, but when I tried configure FCoE with multichannels, it just disconnects from...
View ArticlevSphere Replication Traffic
vSphere Replication Traffic is sent over which vmkernel port?
View ArticleStop "ESXi shell for the host has been enabled" message from displaying
Is there a way to turn of the "ESXi shell for the host has been enabled" message that shows in the summary tab of an ESXi host, so that it isn't always listed as a "configuration issue" with an...
View ArticleHigh Guest CPU Utilization on vSphere 5.1
We're currently running a vCenter farm with 4.1 vSphere hosts. I'm setting up a fresh 5.1 farm in our test environment. To test out some guests in the new farm, I've mounted up the NFS stores that are...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 with Windows 2012 guest networking issues
Having some weirdness with a new guest server. I'll try to summarize what I've seen and what we've tried to do to fix it. Issue: We set up the new server as a minor file server using Windows 2012....
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