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Storage Controller Warning in ESX5.1
Hi all VMware experts, Our company have aquired a new HP DL380p Gen8 Server. We installed ESX 5.1 with it using the Custom ESX5.1 cd (HP) downloaded from vmware.com.But we have realised warnings on...
View ArticleIntermitent network disconnect in VM using E1000E NIC
Hi, We just installed three new Windows Server 2012 and one new Windows 8 VMs on ESXi 5.1. On those VMs, we get a lot of errors in the System Event log about network disconnects. According to the logs,...
View ArticleUnstabel storage (Perc 5i)
ESXi 5.1.0 with Perc 5/i (battery is not installed yet). ESXi is boot from a CF card. I have a RAID1 with two 1TB disc (system disc where I have located the VM`s). I installed ESXi and created four...
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 ArticleUnable to mount datastore
I can see both of my LUNs, but only one of the datastores. LUN02-TestEnvironmentIf I use the CLI, I can only see the production datastore LUN01-ProdEnvironment. Whats odder is I can't seem to mount...
View ArticleEsxi Issue - Multiple vmdk files, no snap shots & provisioned>actual space
Hi Guys, I have 2 virtual machines (ESXi v5.0) and each was initially assigned 750gb of a 1.8tb hdd/array. The server has been re-built and the machines re-imported twice. Upon converting large sized...
View ArticleVMware starter - Which version
Hi, We are a small company using 3 main computers which we want to use as VMs. - 1 SBS 2008 server (12GB memory)- 1 Win2008 R2 server for web apps, mysql, Jira and Confluence (4GB memory)- 1 Win8...
View ArticleSolaris 11.1 - Jumbo Frames?
Has anyone successfully got jumbo frames, mtu 9000 to actually work in solaris 11.1? --------------vmxnet3 attempt:root@media5:~# dladm show-linkprop -p mtuLINK PROPERTY PERM VALUE...
View ArticleUnable to sort based on provisioned size and used space in Vsphere client 5
Hello Guys, I am unable to sort based on provisioned size and used space in Vsphere client 5 any bug ? or any workaround for this ? 1. Click on any specific datastore2. Go to Virtual machines Tab.3....
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Unable to install WDDM driver on Windows Server 2008 R2 - ESXi5.1
Hi community, I just wanted to install the recommended WDDM driver on one of my VMs that was running WinSrv2008R2 Enterprise, however it seems that it's not possible to install it properly, I get the...
View ArticleRDM greyed out with P2000G3 Sas
Hi all ,we have a configuration with 3 esxi5.1 hosts directly connected to an HP P2000G3 sas with 2 controllers .I got the RDM option greyed out while trying to add two LUN to a VM .I found the...
View Articleunable to quiesce an application
hi, i have my backup exec 2010 r3 running for one year without problem. i have my production running in Vsphere 5.0 (vcenter U1 and esx 5.0 U1) still running ok. but when i started my test esx1 5.0...
View ArticleProblem with HP P2000 G3 SAS and HP BL460c Gen8 Servers
HelloWe have 2 HP BL460c Gen8 Servers connected through 2 6GB SAS switches to an HP P2000 G3 (SFF) SAS Enclosure with dual sas controllers. We have connected a total of 4 sas cables to the enclosure (2...
View ArticleHP Smart Array P420i warning
Hi, I got a brand new DL380p gen8 Server with 8 300GB SAS disks in 2 raid 5, and installed esxi from the branded image: VMware-ESXi-5.1.0-799733-HP-5.34.23.iso on the first raid.Everything seems to be...
View ArticleWin2k3 VMs stop responding to HTTP requests
Appologies if this is not the best place for this post. I have two Windows 2003 SP2 VMs that work fine for up to a week, but then stop responding to HTTP requests. They continue to work in every other...
View ArticleVery slow shutdowns of Windows 8 guest
Maybe two months ago I built some templates for Windows 8 on Workstation 9 and set them up with ESX compatibility so they could be deployed on vSphere 5.1. Well we just upgraded to 5.1 and I'm getting...
View ArticleRDMs & vSphere replication
Dear all, i have to support a migration project from site to site and i have to move VMs configured with RDMs in physical comp mode.My idea was to use vSphere replication and i was wondering if there...
View ArticleESXi 5.0.0 (469512) does not boot after adding extra logical raid volume
Hi, We have a Proliant ML350 G6 with two datastores on RAID1 volume. (One datastore on 300GB RAID1 volume, and the other on 146GB disks.)One datastore has about no space left so we ordered two extra...
View Articleinstall Vmware Tools without Reboot
We have the need to update VMware Tools automatically without a reboot. The reboot will be done during a security patch rollout. What is the procedure for this.?
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vRAM licensing capacity alert
Hi I'm having this alert in vCenter saying "License capacity monitoring" that won't go away. When I check the Licensing report it shows that my Purchased capacity is 0.02GB vRAM?We are running both...
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