I can´t ping on VMware Server
Hi, i´m from Brazil. I use a server with VMware ESi 5.0.0 in my work.In this server we have 5 virtual operational sistems. In this week I changed the class of IP in my getway server (PFsense). Old...
View ArticlePrivate vlan on Cisco 3750E with router not pvlan-aware
Hello I want to use private-vlan to block traffic between customers public IP addresses.I have the DVSwitch private-vlan going OK, but I cannot communicate with the gateway Primary vlan is 904 ,...
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vMotion question after partial ESX hosts upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 in Cluster
Dear all I have a question about vMotion after the I have upgrade one host from 5.0 to 5.1 in a cluster which has two hosts and hope the expert here can give me some advices. Before I upgrade one of...
View ArticleVmware Platform Security
Can anyone tell me the Softwares those are available for the Vmware Platform Security?
View ArticleESXi5.1 doesn't understand OVF by VMWare OVF tools...
Hello I am trying to deploy an OVF (created with VMware provided OVF Tool 3.0.1) to an ESX5.1 server. However the process fails because the "OVF package uses a feature that is not supported when...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 & DELL R720 Network Connectivity Loss
Ok there have been a lot of threads about trying to get the Dell R720 working with the Broadcom 5720 daughter card. You can inject the drivers post build or you use the DELL recovery cd...
View ArticleAbysmal Upload Speed in ESXi 5.1
I have been reading thread all over the Internet for two days and every discussion of this gets into the weeds and goes nowhere... and usually ends with "use Veeam", which doesn't seem to really work...
View ArticleStrange ghost network
Hi. After I upgrade vCenter/ESXi from 4.1 to 5.0, some strange networks appear.Please check the attachments. Some VM contains some inactive networks, which are not listed in the property windows of...
View ArticleMAC Mini ESXi Attempting to copy Broadcom Driver
All, I am attempting to copy a Broadcom driver on from my MAC Mini Super Driver in ESXi VMare but unable to do so. I am performing the following commands: ~# "cp /vmfs/volumes/mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0...
View ArticleUnable to add private vlan
I am trying to "convert" an existing DVS port-group to PVLAN. I change the existing portgroup to a different vlan during the change.Then I go to the private vlan config under the DVS itself and try to...
View ArticleVM boots into EFI environment after crash
Hi everyone, I am breaking my head on something which seems like a bug to me. Some weeks ago, the ESXi host I was running some VMs on crashed (power faillure) and after powering back up and starting...
View Articleinvalid host after registering vmx file
I am getting a invalid vm after removing andf registering the vmx file on a cluster that the vm has always been sitting on. I tried creating a brand new vmx file byt creating a vm from scratch and...
View ArticleWhat does a snapshot of independent disks take?
Hi, I am trying to figure out what can be captured in a snapshot if all my disks are independent persistent disks. I have a machine with 3 disks, they are all marked as independent and persistent. I...
View ArticleBest practices for an NFS datastore
I need to create a datastore on a NAS and to connect it to some ESXi 5.0 hosts as a NFS datastore.It will be used to host less used VMs.What are the best practices to create and connect a NFS datastore...
View ArticleOddities with two PCI cards using passthrough with a host
I have a Mac Pro with both a UL5D and a RocketRAID 2722. I have attached both of them with PCI pass through to a host. For some reason, depending on how the system feels that day, when I boot the...
View ArticleEsxi5.0 to 5.1 Live Vmotion
Hi Guys, I have two Esxi host, one running 5.1 the other running 5.0 both R710 but the CPU models are different. and Unfortunately the one that is running 5.0 the CPU does not support AES-NI feature...
View ArticleSNMP Traps in Vmware
Can anyone tell me that these SNMP Traps in Vmware is Read Only or Read & Write?
View ArticlevSphere Web client Reliability?
How much this vSphere Web Client is reliable as compared to vSphere Client? Because this web client is flash based and there is an error that flash is crashed number of times. Anyone any views on this?
View ArticleCDP - can we extract trunked VLANs as well?
greetings folks -- right now from vmware-vim-cmd hostsvc/net/query_networkhint one can extract the VLAN configuration of switch ports (cisco) ..but if the port allows for multiple VLANs in trunked...
View Article'cron' issue on SLES for VMWare
Hi All, I have installed SLES for VMWare.Configured 'cron' job for a user. The crontab entry is as below, 45 8 * * * /bin/df >> /oracle/SID/jm.txt 2>&145 9 * * * /bin/df >>...
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