Which kinds of pci device will be added into hidden list
Except device owned by VM passthrough, is there any other pci device will be added into hidden list?
View ArticleChange SC ip without downtime
We have 4 esxi5 hosts and we have been asked to modify the SC ip's from a 10.x to a 192.x and no routing exists between these subnets. The vmotion subnet is separate and will not change. My plan...
View Articlerhel based VMs with e1000 have strange ping countdown.
We have hundreds of redhat based servers (oracle linux to be exact) that have this strange issue. When we ping from one server to another the out put looks something like this. # ping 10.46.10.10PING...
View ArticleESXi 5 iSCSI SQL Server Disk Configuration
I know there are a few threads on this but I can't seem to find a definitive answer in terms of best disk setup. My current hardware is 2 VMHosts with 3 Shared 1GB iSCSI Equallogic SAN Arrays all...
View ArticleHow can I map 24 USB softdog via belkin Hub to three host ?
usb over ip?anyone did this kind of thing?
View ArticleHow to install multiple RAID controllers on the same platform?
Hi,Anybody knows how to install multiple RAID controllers on ESXi5?I got 2 controllers with the same model name and install sucessfully if I only use one of them individually.But if simultaneously...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - Health Status Unknown
Upgraded an Intel S5520HC Serverboard based system from ESXi 5.0 U1 to 5.1. Configuration; Hardware; Health Status from vSphere Client in 5.0 U1 always showed data - typically "Normal". Using vSphere...
View ArticleOpenSUSE 11.4 Tools Install Failure
Hi, I'm having some challenges configuring VMware Tools on my OpenSUSE 11.4 guest. I've just upgraded my ESXi server from 5.0 to 5.1. The upgrade of the server went flawlessly, but the problems...
View ArticleTP-Link TG-3468 NIC compatibility to VMware ESXi 5.1
Hi,I am trying to install ESXi 5.1 on my home server, with mobo ASUS P8Z68-V Pro and CPU Intel i5-3550.The onboard NIC on that mobo (Intel® 82579) appears to be unsupported, so I am looking into buying...
View ArticleVeem replication with free esxi
hi, i have 2 free esxi host on production site and 2 free esxi hosts on recovery site. i want to know whether i can use veem or any other replication software to replicate my VMs from production site...
View ArticleCisco vWLC UDI change
Hello Experts, Can you please advise me on situations that will cause the VM to have UDI info changed: - Upgrade ESX ?- Reboot VM ?- Take snapshot and move to a different host? Appreciate your help. Ayman
View ArticleVM boot even if device is missing
HI I am trying to find out something and I have not been able to find an answer so not sure if it is possible What we have setup in our enviroment is the vm will automaticall restart when the host is...
View ArticleFile transfer from windows host to ESXi Server
Can alnyone tell me the process for transfering a file from a network share to the ESXi Server? I need to update the raid controller bios. the informaiton I have found so far says to use the following...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 installation network card problem
I am trying to evaluate the software, but I do not have a valid network card. I was wondering if there was a list of supported NICs so I could purchase one.
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Windows 2008 Server to Server File Copy - SLOW
Hardware - Cisco UCS with Nexus SwitchingStorage - Clustered NetApp (3220 with flashcache) with multipath iSCSI backendVMware - ESX 5.1NIC Driver - VMXNET3OS - Windows 2008 R2 fully patched I know this...
View ArticleAdvantage/disadvantage to using iSCSI initiator from client or from Esxi server?
I use iSCSI to provide storage for Windows sever backup. As of now, I have the Windows server connect via its own built in iSCSI initiator. Is there any reason to instead have the esxi host connect to...
View ArticleHave you enabled Host cache?
I read good things on enabling and questions on what is host cache is but I have not see any feedback after enabling.On the same subject whats the best way to judge the need to enable host cache? Off...
View ArticleRe: Live Migraton of VM between Clusters
Hello guys, I have a quick question regarding Live migration of vm between two clusters without any shared storage in vSphere 5.0. The scenario is Moving a vm from one cluster to another location...
View ArticleBest practices - networking - Four 10 GB NICs
We're moving to 5.1 this month (side-by-side migration, not an upgrade), with new hosts, and this is a good time to revisit our networking practices. We're using Dell blades, with four 10 GB NICs in...
View ArticleServer Clustering with Esxi ( a.k.a. a wad of terminology that is confusing)
I've been using Esxi for about four years and have it running at four sites. All sites are simple, nothing complicated setups and pale in comparrison to what most of y'all deal with. With that said,...
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