Migrating VMs from a non-EVC cluster to an EVC cluster
Hello all, I've walked into an environment that has a single cluster of 9 hosts without EVC turned on: HostProcessor FamilyProcessorESX(i) VersionHost1PenrynXeon E54504.0.0 Update 2Host2PenrynXeon...
View ArticleiSCSI Problem
I recently misconfigured my NAS when adding additional storage, and I need to move my iSCSI targets from the current pool over to a new pool temporarily while I reconfigure the original pool. This is...
View Articleunable to Collect Logs Errror:Unable to connect to the Remote Server
I am trying to collect Diagnostic information requested from VMWARE and I am getting an error message HOST Status Error XX.XX.XX.xx...
View ArticleESXi 5 Hard Drives Issue
Hello all,Sorry for the stupid question but I am not sure what I am doing wrong. I have a server with 2 500GB SATA SSD drives. The hard drive controller is set to AHCI and in BIOS I see 2 hard...
View Articlepurple screen with one server esxi in cluster HA
Hello, First of all, I am pleased to join this community. This is my first post with a little problem I cannot solve.I do not understand.I have 2 identical servers esxi in a HA cluster. It's two DELL...
View ArticleProblems with vSphere web client
We have a few different ESXi 5.1 clusters in place and recently began givng some new users access to power on/off their VMs as needed. In the past we've had users install the traditional client, but...
View ArticleVM Inaccessible
After RAID was rebuilt (lost 2 disks) we are experiencing issues with seeing some of the VMs in the vCenter console. Two out of 5 show up. Wondering if there is a way to recover the other ones. I can...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Host system stopped responding
Hello, I am running an ESXi Hostsystem at a german provider (Hetzner) with just 3 VM guests at the moment. Since the beginning i had troubles because ESXi stopped responding: * Guest systems not...
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ESXi5 on Xserve - won't install
got anRC version of ESXi5 and excited to test the new OSX stuff pulled an Xserve out of a box and booted it up... ...it wouldnt finish loading the installer got as far as loading all the modules then...
View Articlemkdir Operation note permitted /vmfs/volumes
Hello. First I'm young french man, and I just start in professional computering.So I'm a learner and sorry if my questions are ridiculous, moreover, sorry for my bad english, I'm not very good for...
View ArticleA specified parameter was not correct. spec.indentity
Hello, is there a known change after VMware tools version 8.6.0 on W2K8R2 regarding customization?If I update my template, it always fails with "A specified parameter was not correct. spec.indentity"...
View ArticleIs NVidia Tesla M2075 compatible with ESXi 5.1?
Hi, We have troubles with a NVidia Tesla M2075 graphic card. In ESXi 5.0 U2 the hardware no recognise the graphic card and show me as unknow devices. We are try using passtrough utility but nothing...
View ArticleVirtual machine unable to ping Exchange cas array with wnlb
Hi, I have some v. machines that are unable to ping the exchange 2010 cas array, the strange thing is that another machine in the same esxi host and same vlan is able to ping it, the machines have the...
View Articleesx host 1 can't ping esx host 2 but can ping other devices
I have a networking issue I can't seem to get to the bottom of. I have 2 esxi 5 hosts. Each have dual NIC's that are teamed and load balancing configuration is set for route based on IP hash. The...
View Articlenic drivers
Hi Admins, I just patched one of my ESX 5.1 servers (DL 360 G8) with the latest patch from vmware (1021289)The servers was originaly installed with an HP Custom Image iso (HP-ESXi-5.1.0-standard-iso...
View ArticleSnapshot removal stuck
Hi gang, I am in need of some help. I am using a backup software (name omitted) that works very well 99.9% of the time but on ocasion during its request to delete snapshot of a VM the process will...
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 ArticleVSphere 5.0 "Lost connectivity to storage device" even though it's detached
Hello, I have a VSphere 5.0 cluster with several hosts. I have an operation that runs every few hours that detaches and reattaches a set of RDM LUNs to some of the VMs in the cluster. I've followed...
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Unable to create data store esxi 5.1.0
Hi all, I am new to vmware esxi. So pardon me for may be a lame question.?! I installed esxi 5.1.0 on my server DELL T110 II the specifications are Server type: DELL Power Edge T110 IICPU: intel xeon...
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