vCenter Server and Host version mismatch
I have a vCenter server of version 5.0.0 (build 455964) I have 5 ESX hosts, and each one of them is of a different version -Host01 - 4.1.0 (build 348481)Host02 - 5.0.0 (build 469512)Host03 - 5.0.0...
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ESXi is failing to obtain an IP from router. NIC is actually in good...
Hello all. I have ESXi5 running on ASRock Z77 Extreme 4. The install of ESXi5.1 went with out a problem but ESXi fails to obtain an IP (DHCP or Static). When assigning DHCP IP it displays an ip of...
View ArticleUniversal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
For some reason one of my VMs has developed an issue with USB devices. The USB controller is showing as an unknown device and despite removing, re-adding, and uninstalling it various times, I cannot...
View ArticleShrink VMDK on ESXi 5, vmkfstools -K doesn't do the trick
Hey guys, I'm trying to reclaim space back on VM's with thinprovisioned disks. I've use sdelete inside the guest (Win 2003) which wrote 0's across all the free space, then I switched the VM off, ssh...
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Windows7 VMs hang in "Shutting Down"
Hi, Since 1 month I am having troubles with all my Windows7 VMs. When I try to reboot them they hang on "shutting down" and they never restart. The problem happens on all my servers (ESXi 5.1-914609)...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 / 3ware 9690SA-8i
Raid controller is no longer supported? it was supported in 4.x but not in 5.x?
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Recover ESXi 5 Install - USB Failure
Hi guys, I have ESXi installed on my HP Microserver N40L. I installed the OS on a USB stick, and all the VMDK files etc are on the HDD that came with the Server. Today we lost power in the house and I...
View ArticlePowerCLI command to register VCentre with VShield manager
Hey nybdy know hw cn i register VCenter with Vshield manager using powerCLI command or REST api??
View ArticleLAG - License required or not?
Hi all, I'm still new and doing a lot of reading and would I be right in undestanding that to utilse LAG on ESXi 5.1 I would need a paid license (essentials plus). Thanks for your reply!
View ArticleESXi5 datastore not mount
Hi All, I cannot get my datastore mount after ESX server restart, below is the error msg from kernel log. 2013-03-20T19:00:42.646Z cpu0:2651)<3>ata3.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x1 SErr 0x0...
View ArticleTrying to create shared storage via iSCSI. Storage not showing on second ESXI...
I have created a iSCSI lun and gone through the process of adding it to my first ESXI host.It displays fine in storage adapters -> details and I can also add it as a datastore. When i try and do the...
View ArticleVMFS Issue, FB Inconsistecy found, (xxx,xxx) allocated in bitmap but never used
So we had a storm last night, and a server with ESXi 5.1 and local (LSI RAID Array) went down in a less than clean manner due to an UPS issue. All the VMs on the machines look OK, ran some chkdsks on...
View ArticleExchange 2010 - is thin provisioned supported or zeroeager only?
There seems to be conflicting information all over the internet. When provisioning storage for Exchange databases and logs, should the disks always be zeroeager or are thin provisioed disks supported...
View Articleperformance on ESXi
Hello all i try to get some information about performance measurement of an ESXI server.in the performance tab of the esxi are a couple of counters - for example CPU, Memory, Storage ...what i have...
View ArticleWebclient and Acitive Directory users
Hi, We've brand new 5.1 environment up and running. We'd like to give few users permissions to do basic things withone or two virtual machines like reset/poweroff/start etc. These users are added to...
View ArticleBudget Home Lab + Training
Hi Guys, I am looking to setup a budget home lab to extend my knowledge of VMware 4.1/5 and to run Windows 2012 for my studies. Sadly I don't have a computer at home and I am unable to study at work....
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Esxi 5.1 free version + Remote Shutdown through vMA 5 (UPS)
Hi, I wonder if anybody can help me with this situation: I am using Free Esxi 5.0 hipervisor with some hosts.Well, my boss needs to buy UPS and I done some tests with vMA-5.1.0.0-782391 (vSphere...
View ArticleMemory Alerts on ESXi
Last week , couple ESXI was reporting that memory module need to replace. After replacing the DIMM, i tried to update the sensors / reset the sensors / restarted the virtual center agent twice , but...
View ArticleAfter updating the NIC driver on ESX host and rebooting the host most of the...
After updating the NIC driver on ESX host and rebooting the host most of the VMs show inaccessible in vCenter. Have verified the connectivity to the datastore and the issue doesn't seem to be there....
View ArticlevStorage APIs for array integration being used ?
Hello, Is the 'Hardware Acceleration' colum in vSphere client a fair indication of whether this feature is being used on a host. I realize there are certain restrictions like VMFS/NFS not...
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