Change the Vmware Logo in VM
Is that possible to change the Vmware Logo @ Boot Screen in VM with any company logo?
View ArticleRDM renaming/erasing
Hello, I'm completely new to virtualization and ESXI. I got a small Flexraid server and I successfully added a few pass-thru HDD to it. I followed this very helpful guide :...
View ArticleRunning a vmware workstation 9 image on ESXi 5.1
Hi, I have a Win Server 2008 vmware image that I'm able to run on a 64bit Ubuntu PC running vmplayer. According to vmplayer it's a workstation 9 image. I also have vm workstation 8 32bit running on a...
View ArticleNetwork connectivity lost
Upon restarting one of two esxi hosts, some of the client machines can now only see host LAN not the physical one. These are windows server clients and if I add an additional VMware nic, the original...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Goes Unreachable after vMotion or reboot
Hi Folks, We are running newly configured VMware ESXi 5 node cluster. Each server having 6 NICs in which 2 NICs dedicated for Management and vMotion. Rest connnected to trunk ports for multi VLAN...
View ArticlevSphere Client windows session credentials fail
My ESSXi v5 server is configured to authenticate to active directory. However, if when starting the vSphere client installed from that host I flag the box marked 'Use Windows Session credentials' the...
View Articlehp ilo2 serial console and esxi 5.1
Hello all, I'm trying to setup a serial console connection to an ESXi 5.1 host. The server is a HP DL380 G6. Through the Remote Serial Console within the ILO2, I'm able to see the ESXi 5.1 yellow...
View Articleblack bootup screen window 2003
I am getting a black bootup screen in windows 2003 and nothing is happening. no status bar. any idea whats going on?
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and Windows server 2012 problems
Hi community, I have serious problems with windows server 2012 and ESXi 5.1. Windows server keeps rebooting several times per week, and sometimes it does it several times per day too. Errors seems to...
View ArticleKeyboard features in the VM bios - auto-repeat rate & delay
Hello All,I want to understand the following settings available in the BIOS of a vmware virtual machine. What is the effect of these settings and when should I change them?- keyboard auto-repeat rate-...
View Articlectrl-c in ESXi 5.1 ESXi Shell?
I'm troubleshooting an issue we have with one of our ESXi 5.1 hosts, and have run into a minor technical issue. I was monitoring the vmkernel.log file, by tailing it in a direct shell sesssion. I'm...
View ArticleHelp with implementation of a DAS
Hello everybody, I need help, I will like know How many Ip need for Vmotion connecting 2 host to a Dell MD3220? thanks por you help...
View ArticleFiber targets missing after reboot
We're having an issue with a couple of our hosts with fiber targets going missing after a reboot. If we wait for 24 hours or so, 2 or 3 of the targets will reappear. If we leave it for a day or so,...
View ArticleHost Rebooted Unexpectedly need assitance with Root Cause
Hi experts , I have a 5.0 host and that rebooted unexpectedly ................... Nothing much in the hostd.log and vmkernel.log @ var/log Nothing much in the hostd.log and vmkernel.log @ var/run/log...
View ArticleSharing memory when provisioning through API
Does anyone know if vSphere does memory management of an instance differently if the instance is provisioned through the Java API versus provisioning through the vSphere client directly? We're seeing...
View Articlehow to extract logs from vmkernel-zdump esxi 5.0
vmkdump50 vmkernel-zdumpError: read 0 bytes, but expected 4.esxcfg-dumppart -L vmkernel-zdump esxcfg-dumppart: command not found
View ArticleESXi has detected 24ms round-trip vMotion network latency
Hi all, Whenever I vMotion a VM between hosts I get something along the lines of the following logged: ESXi has detected 24ms round-trip vMotion network latency between host source_host_ip and...
View ArticleManual snapshots and their management
Hi all, we have currently down our server for VEEAM Backup&Replication and thats why we have to make snapshots for backup. What do you think about this, and also, how it affects the performance of...
View Articleerror with vmotion
I am getting an error with vmotion The VM failed to resume on the destination during early power on. Cannot open the disk '/vmfs/volumes/4d7e59d8-461ac5dc-1281-0024e85c1299/moss2008/moss2008.vmdk' or...
View Articlebrocade bcu plug-in
I am having trouble installing the Brocade bcu plug-in for vSphere. I tried importing the offline bundle into update manager but it said there was nothign in the zip file. The contents of the zip...
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