[Home server] SATA ASM1061 controller and pass-through
Hello, I am currently planning to build a small home server using ESXi to host different virtual servers (this is my first experience in this field).One of its main usage would be as a NAS, using...
View ArticleUnable to Import an OVF File
Hi All, first time posting have read alot of articles on ESXi. Having some issues importing an OVF file into my ESXi 5.1 server. This OVF file was generated on this server, and i've FTP'd it to...
View ArticleNested esxi 5.1
if i have more than one i.e, vswitch0, vswitch1 and vswitch2.where can i set the promiscuous mode security to accept.will it be on the managment vswitch0 only or on all of the vswitch?
View ArticleHelp me some-Iscsi error
Failed to connect to the storage. Call "HostStorageSystem.AddInternetScsiStaticTargets" for object "storageSystem-215" on vCenter Server "servername.xyz.local" failed.Operation failed, diagnostics...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 RS2BL080 RWC2 - Servers could not be found
Can anyone assist please. When I selected the ESXi Host server in the list of Servers displayed in RWC2 and then attempted to log in using the ESXi Host’s administrator account (e.g. root), the...
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RDM LUNs not fully removed from VM
I have an issue where RDMs disconnected from the Guest OS (in this case, Windows 2008R2 64bit) using SnapDrive 6.3.1 are sometimes not fully removed from the virtual machine. The disk is not visible in...
View ArticlePerformance differences between ESX and HyperV
Hi all, Is there anyone out there who might be able to shed light on a VMware technical issues we are having? We have a customer that has two very similar spec servers one running VMware ESX 5i and the...
View ArticleUpgrading ESXi 5.0 to ESXi 5.1 HP Smart Array P410i Warning
HiWhen upgrading ESXi 5.0 to ESXi 5.1 I get a Warning on the " HP Smart Array P410i Controller"I used image 799733-HP-5.34.23 Cannot see why the warning occurs. Is there any problems with the image ?...
View ArticleWindows DFS-R
Hi all, at the moment i have 2 physical windows file servers using DFS-R i would like to move to ESX5 host's Budget is limited (very limited) but i have managed to get ESX licence with VSA for 3 hosts,...
View ArticleHow to identify different types of storage ?
Hi All, Is there a way using powercli script that i would be able to identify the different types of storage that is attached to each host (fiber storage, local storage, NAS, etc....) ? If you could...
View Article(solved) ESXi 5.1 log redirection to mysql database
Hi, I have a peoblem with log redirection to a mysql database with esxi 5.1Here is my situation :I have several VMware ESXi 5.1, I want to redirect all syslog events from those ESX to a mysql database...
View ArticleNetflow feature in ESXi 5 - how to enable on vswitch
Hi,I was eager to understand if i can configure netflow on my ESXi 5.I came across several posts on websites which mentioned about enabling netflow on Distributed virtual switches but could not find...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 disconnects and unresponsive with SCSILinuxAbortCommand: 1949 & 1816...
The day after upgrade to ESXi 5.1 my one host just automatically disconnects from the Vcenter server.I can ping the host and all my Virtual Machines are still online and running on it.However I cannot...
View Articlepvscsi "reset to device" errors on VMs since ESX 5.0 upgrade
I'm getting occasional pvscsi "reset to device" errors on VMs since an upgrade to ESX 5.0. Any idea why this could be happening?
View Articlepartitiontable type "unknown"
FYIESXi 5.0 may need minutes to return the command partedUtil get /device.Then it may help to boot into a ESXi 5.1 LiveCD and rewrite the partitiontable.In this case partedUtil reported the table as...
View ArticleWhich components are needed for an infiniband network for esxi 5.1?
I want to know, what components I need to build an esxi enviroment with infiniband components. When two esxi 5.1 hosts are connect to a infinband switch (mellonoc or intel qlogic) , how is th...
View ArticleESXI 5.1 and Intel i7 965
Hi, Will an intel i7 965 extreme CPU comptatible with ESXI 5.1; also, I have a EVGA X58 SLI motherboard. - Ron
View ArticleWhat vsphere client to use in Esxi 5.0 or vcenter
I have finally set up Esxi 5.0 but for all my other Vms on esxi 4 I open vsphere client 4.1 - 258902. When I have trid to open the new VM I have to open the installer and save. If this overwrites 4.1...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Installation on DELL Optiplex 7010 (Hard Drive problem)
Hi All, Can someone can help me with my problem? I'm trying to Install ESXi 5.1 on DELL Optiplex 7010.I already done new install CD with Custom driver for NIC card but it still doesn't work.ESXi accept...
View ArticleHow to reboot without Fibre-channel ?
Scenario: some dead Fibre-channel LUNs results in a ESXi 5.0 that does not react to anything but localcli. I need to remove all Fibrechannel datastores from the config and reboot. Most of the times it...
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