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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 ArticleProvisioned Storage larger than allocated disk size
I am using vSphere 4.1.0. I have a Windows Server 2003 guest that I provisioned for two hard disk drives, one at 80 GB and one at 250 GB, both thick. When I look at the settings this is what I see....
View ArticleCurrent virtual disk format
How do I check the current disk format for a virtual machine? I have a template I want to build it from, but I want to make sure I match the disk format of another VM. I want to check the other VM to...
View ArticleESXi5.1 doesn't understand OVF by VMWare OVF tools...
Hello I am trying to deploy an OVF (created with VMware provided OVF Tool 3.0.1) to an ESX5.1 server. However the process fails because the "OVF package uses a feature that is not supported when...
View ArticleTagging a RAID 1 drive as SSD?
I'm running two SSDs in RAID 1 on an LSI 9260-8i adapter and ESXi 5.1 lists the RAID 1 virtual drive as "Non-SSD". I know I can instruct ESXi to recognize it as an SSD, but should I? What are the...
View ArticleEMC Clariion CX3 not supported in 5.1, but will it work?
Hi all. We are preparing to move to ESXI 5.1 from 4.1U2 in the next few weeks. We have an old EMC Clariion CX3-20c that I've been using as a test box for some time. It is not our primary array...
View ArticleEsxi 5 serial port pcie
Good afternoon, I was looking for a pcie card for serial port, but I was not able to find any infos.Could anyone suggest me a compatible hardware which I could buy ? Thanks for...
View ArticleExpand 3.46 VMFS over 2TB
Hellowe have a virtualized environment with two ESX 4.1.0 (988178) hosts, and an external storage (SAS-based IBM DS3512). On the external storage we have a VMFS (version 3.46, 4MB block size) of 1.95...
View ArticleUpgrade LSI 9240-4i to LSI with BBU - what to use?
I'd like to change the LSI 9240-4i to another LSI product that has BBU. Can anyone reccomend a product for use with Esxi 5.1? Thanks! Arch
View ArticleESXi 5.1 with Emulex HBAs - Way to Manage Adapters Via Command Line?
With ESX 4 it was possible to manage Emulex HBAs from the command line using the hbacmd utility installed via the OneCommand Manager application kit. But seems there is no equivalent package yet from...
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 ArticleESXi 5.0 management down - restart from another esx?
Hi, on one of our ESX servers the management just stopped working. No ssh, console, VI working. As all the vSwitch-0 is down. I know that the fastest way'd be a reset of the server, but I have some...
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...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 - Server Specs
Hi Guys, What are your thoughts on this for a ESXi 5.1 home lab setup. I am not much into hardware yet so would appreciate feedback. 2x Intel Xeon Quad Core XEON e5405 / 2.00 GHZ , 8 cores total 8 GB...
View ArticleRAID Performance Options
Hello - I'll try to keep this as short and sweet as possible. We have 2x hypervisors hosting 4x virtual SQL Servers per physical hypervisors, so: VMHOST01 - SERVER01 VMHOST02 - SERVER05VMHOST01 -...
View ArticleVM Ping/ARP issue
We are having a problem with some of our virtual machines intermittently losing communication with each other, and I’m at a loss as to the source. We have about 250 VM’s running on about 20 HP BL465C...
View ArticleESX 5.1 + Windows 2012 Server (Not installing)
Hi, We have a vsphere 5.1 (ESXi, 5.1.0, 1021289) / vCenter 5.1 environment that was setup and updated to the latest patches with update manager. We are trying to install Windows Server 2012 standard...
View Articlehow to add single iscsi device to multiple hosts ?
my setup have 3 esxi hosts and single ISCSI SAN. i already added SAN to one esxi host. after i try to add SAN to another host . first create ISCSI HBA on host . and added ISCSI target to it. after i...
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PSOD on vMotion
vSphere 5.1 Ent.PlusI try vMotion + Storage vMotion for big VM (500GB) over WAN, and get on source host purple screen after transfer ~150GB(small VM transferred perfectly)Any ideas?
View Articlesound problem Esxi 5
Hi,I have added the HD audio driver vspher 5 but I still doto the VMs (Windows and Ubuntu) ... you can tell me where is the problem ??cordially
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