shared storage with VM
Hello, I have an HP shared storage connected to 2 Vsphere serves using SAS connection.i created 4 VMs on each server and i need to shared my storage between this VMs. Is it feasible? and if yes how can...
View ArticleInstalling ESXi5.1 on an Asus P5K-VM
Hi I have an Asus P5K-VM which has a Marvell88E8056 LAN controler. Is it posible to instll ESXi on this motherboard? I've used the ESXi-Customizer and skge-1.13.x86_64.vib but this didn't work. I still...
View ArticleHow to run ESXi 5.0 with less than 2 GB of RAM
I tried this trick, it didn't work. http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/05/08/running-vsphere-within-workstation-will-take-up-a-lot-of-memory/ Is there any other way?
View ArticleRAID not found on ESX 5.1
Hey All, I have hardware RAID 5 configured on a PowerEdge T110 II and whenever I try to install ESX 5.1 it doesnt display my RAID. It only displays physical individual disks. Any suggestions why?...
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ESXi 5.1 Purple screen
I have recently just upgreaded my host from 5.0 U1 to 5.1. I am in the process of updating the vmware tools in my VM's. While trying to do so the host keeps crashing to a purple screen. Prior to the...
View ArticleThin vs Thick on SAN - very odd speed issue
Hi,I've just finished building a new VM environment running: VMware ESXi 5.0 on HP G5 server with Emulex 1050 2Gb/s fibre cardConnected to HP StorageWorks 1000 Modular Smart Array with 10K SCSI drives...
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Error in adding host to VCenter
Hello, When I try to add an ESXi host in VCenter I get an error that "VPXa timed waiting for to start". I tried to restart the management agents on the ESXi agent however it didn't work. I followed...
View ArticleESXi & SSD caching
i have a ASUS Sabertooth x79 motherboard based whitebox getting ready to install ESXi. question is whether to connect a SSD 64GB drive to the Marvell SATA port or the Intel SATA port. the Marvell port...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and RTL8168
Hello, I have a problem with my ESXi whitebox that I can't figure out.First thing first, this is my hardware config: MOBO: Asus P8P67 LECPU: Intel Core i5-2500RAM: 32GB DDR3HD: 2x OCZ Agility 3 120GB...
View ArticleUSB Pass through - Have to reboot?
Hi All, I'm currently running my workstation inside a VM. I have passed through several USB ports into my VM to allow such things as keyboard / mouse input. I'm now trying to passthrough my iphone...
View ArticleVerifying CPU compatibility
Hello, Our Datacenter has (2) 3 ESXi5 server DRS/HA clusters managed by VCenter5. I would like to combine them into a single cluster. How can I verify that the CPUs in Cluster1 will be compatible with...
View ArticleESXi 5 single iSCSI vs multiple iSCSI
Hello, I am new to ESXi, recently I setup new server ESXi 5.1, my hardware conf. is:MB: Intel DQ77MK (2x 1Gb NIC)i5-3470T32 Gb RAM1Gb NIC (intel 82574L)1Gb NIC (intel 82574L) - VMKernel Port for iSCSI...
View Articlelong delays when using rhel
Hi, I've noticed when using rhel 5 and 6 VMs, there is a pause after 5 to 10 minutes of in activity. If I am logged with ssh, there is about a 10 second delay for the VM to "wake up" andthen every...
View ArticleMigrate production-configuration to USBstick for Boot
Hello,i have 2 working ESXI 5.1-hosts.These host are booting from internal harddrive.I want to migrate the settings and configuration to 2 usb-sticks so i can wipe-out the harddisks. Are there any...
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Error when run OSX on ESXi infrastructure.
I tried to install OSX Mountain Lion 10.7 in ESXi infrastructure. 1. First, I downloaded the file Mac OSX Lion 10.7.3 Retail.iso.I upload this file to the server.Then on ESXi infrastructure, create...
View ArticleNetwork failover
Hi all I try to make my VM network Redundant capable. I have 2 SWs (hp2800) from each SWs I got uplinks for my Host ( SW1 one Link and SW2 one link) and I make on Vswitch and gave that 2 physical NIC...
View ArticleNeed to install ESXi 5.1.0 on a new Hard Disk.
Hi Friends, I need to Install ESXi 5.1.0 in a New HARD DISK on Dell poweredge 1950 server. Kindly guide me the things i need to do.I have inserted a cd with the ISO image of the ESXi 5.1.0 software and...
View ArticleService Activation Policy - what is it?
Hi, Can someone let me know what the 'service activiation policy' does? I cant find any materials on this? Also, why would someone want to update? Thanks in advance, Mark
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Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
I got a purple screen when I start up a vm with a pci device With Esxi5 was working fine. I tested it with 2 vm on different hosts ( but same hardware) i7 2600 32gb mb: dq67sw What can I try
View ArticleiSCSI Problems in ESXi 5.1
I'm trying to get iSCSI working with my home lab setup. I'm running FreeNAS 8.3.0-Release with iSCSI running on top of ZFS. My datastore consists of two 1TB SATA drives in a striped zdev. I have...
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