Where can I get some basic info?
Hi I have some really basic questions, where's a good place to start? For example I want to know if I have 1 ESXi server with 2 VM's on it and no vSwitches except for any default ones... if...
View ArticleMigrating from ESX 4.0 to ESXi 5.0 with vDS
Hello All, I want to migrate our current ESX servers from ESX 4.0 U3 to ESXi 5.0. Currently all the ESX 4.0's are part of Distributed Switches. I could not find any document over the internet on this...
View ArticleOversized VM
Dear guys, i wanna post another example of a monster VM with full reservation and his behavior in terms mermory overhead.I still have my monster VM with 512GB of RAM and 32vCPU.Application vendor...
View ArticleGuest OS ID Purpose
I understand that this field is used for VMware Tools installation. And some specific OS related H/W packages, but if this field is set to a 32-bit OS when it's actually a 64-bit OS, are there any...
View ArticleThe vsphere web client cannot connect to the vcenter single sign on server,...
After upgrading to 5.1, I have been running into this error a lot. For some reason, the SSO service seems to stop working after about a week and requires a reboot to get it back online. Does anyone...
View ArticleSingle VM Load Balancing with 4 Physical NICs
I have a single primary server with 4 physical NICs dedicated to that server in a vSwitch. I wanted to know the proper way to setup load balancing in vSphere to allow for a theoretical 4Gbps...
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virtualInfrastructure.utilis.clientsxml error with client
Hi I am have problems connecting from my Vsphere Client to my ESX5i box. I am running: Windows 7 64bit.Vsphere client (5.1.0-786111) - downloaded todayESX5i - downloaded today When I launch the client...
View ArticleDatastore Problem ( Sysinfo error on operation returned status : Not supported.)
I had a crash yesterday on my ESXi V5 host and after I tried to shut down several VMs (about 10) these had been hunging for more than 8h on 95 percent.Originally there was a link for my datastore under...
View ArticleMaking modifications to /usr/share/sensors/ to stick after reboot
I have recently discovered what is the correct syntax for gathering power data from our servers (Intel S2600GZ E5-2600 CPUs) but I am unable keep the new file after reboot in /usr/share/sensors/. It...
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Unable to connect to ESXi host via vCenter or Client
Hi, I have an issue today with one of my hosts and not being able to connect to it via vCenter or the vSphere Client. I first attempted to restart the managment agents using /sbin/services.sh restart...
View ArticleNumber of VM Servers per blade?
Hello everyone.I have a question that I've been wanting to ask for a while because I don't feel like we're getting the most our of our VM and blade technology.I'm curious as to what I should expect to...
View ArticleCom port redirector for ESXi5
HelloI need to redirect the com port from a Windows 2008 VM to a serial device. Has anyone been successful doing this and what have you used? I have purchased a Lantronix EDS4100 device to provide the...
View ArticleInstall ESXi on DN2800MT
Hi, I am new in this topic.Is it possible to install VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.1.0-799733.x86_64on a system withIntel MN10 chipsetandCPU Intel® Atom™ Processor N2800? Thanks
View ArticleHow do I tell if patch has already been installed on ESXi 5.0?
I have to script the installation of ESXi patches on a group of servers (every quarter) which do not have access to the Internet, so Update Manager is not an option. I would like to be able to...
View ArticleCannot connect to virtualized ESXi 5 using VSphere
Hi everyone, I'm trying to set up a lab having ESXi 5 virtualized in VMWare Player 5. I actually have a Win7 laptop with VM Player installed. The laptop is connected to my LAN. I gave the ESXi four...
View ArticleMultimedia Performance
Yes. I understand that vSphere isn't really designed for this.... but.... I have vSphere 5.1 Hypervisor installed on my dedicated server (2x Xeon's, 4 TB HDD, etc) and am very happy and impressed other...
View ArticleIs my memory ECC enabled?
I scoured this and other forums and was unabled to find a good way to do this-- until now! I recently bought a new Dell T110-II server for a super-low-budget standalone test environment. However,...
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Esxi 5.1 free version + Remote Shutdown through vMA 5 (UPS)
Hi, I wonder if anybody can help me with this situation: I am using Free Esxi 5.0 hipervisor with some hosts.Well, my boss needs to buy UPS and I done some tests with vMA-5.1.0.0-782391 (vSphere...
View ArticleESXi Lab
Hi Guys I want build my workstation for ESXi 5 lab onVMWare workstaion, I just want run Win 7 64 bit with VMware workstaion9. I want run at least 8 VMs and they all windows 2008 and 3 SUSE Linux, here...
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