ESXi 5.5 install on WD Red (Advanced Format/4k) drives
I'm trying to get ESXi 5.5 installed on a RAID 1 set of Western Digital 2.5" Red Drives on an SAS2008 controller. The problem I'm running into is that some part of the stack doesn't seem to realize...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 and disks with existing partitions
I installed ESXi 5.5 on my test box and discovered to my surprise that, unlike in prior releases, ESXi did not automatically reformat all attached disks into datastores. Next, when I tried to create a...
View ArticleVM with 1 NIC shows a standard portrgoup and a distributed portgroup??
This is confusing me. I am setting up a distributed switch, and I have all my portgroups set up, one each that corresponds to the standard portgroup (i.e, 1 standard portgroup for VLAN 15, and 1...
View ArticleDual Monitors (not detected) ESXI 5.5
On a Windows 7 VM running in ESXI5.5, I edit the settings for the Video Card and set Number of Displays to 2 (80MB video memory). I can select up to 4.I Log into the Windows 7 VM and the Display...
View ArticleNo disk space left on cloned VM but there is disk space on original
I need to test some software so I cloned a VM server using Converter Standalone. Everything seemed to go without a hitch but, all of the disks on the cloned VM are full. They are the same size as on...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 & The vCenter Server Appliance
We have recently installed ESXi 5.5 and the vCenter Linux Appliance. The ESXi server is set up the way the documentation says, with multiple networks assign for different tasks, service console,...
View ArticleNetwork fast going to the ESXi host, but slow going to the VMs
I am trying to determine why network throughput is so slow going to all the Linux Virtual Machines running on an ESXi host, but fast to the ESXi host itself. For instance, if I scp a large file to a...
View ArticleSDRS during 'snapshot removal' possible?
Hi,an issue we've just encountered:netbackup finished a VM backup and initiated snapshot removal. however VM experienced a large storage change during that time, so delta has grown so fast and large...
View ArticleHost under vcenter control warning is gone ? (vSphere client 5.5)
It surprised me to deliberatelly access a host with the C# client and not receive the customary "This host is under vCenter control" warning.Is it gone ? Bug or feature ?-Carlos
View ArticleESXi 5.1U, Z87-PRO, Adaptec ASR-6805E
Hello, I am posting this to help somebody else to set up an ESXi Server with following hardware: - Intel i7-4770- Asus Z87-PRO- Adaptec-6805E To use on board I217-V Network Card and This particular...
View ArticleGuest Memory Allocation
I've recently heard an argument to the effect that it doesn't matter if you overallocate guest memory. Basically saying that as long as it isn't reserved, it won't actually use it so it should have...
View ArticleSnapshots break my VM! Can't do snapshots???
Hi all, I have an issue with snapshots... Every time I take a snapshot then try to boot the vm I get this error: Failed to start the virtual machine.Module DiskEarly power on failed. Cannot open the...
View Articleusing hp p2000 SAN storage with ESX 5.1
HiI need to use a hp p2000 SAN storage which is connected to a HP Dl580 G7 server(with Fiber Channel) as a data archive.the hp p2000 is not recognized in ESXthe scenario is to mount this storage in...
View ArticleCPU on host spikes to 100% when running a windows 2008 r2 VM terminal server
I have a Host with the following specs:Intel S5520SC MotherboardDual NICXeon E5645 2.4Ghz 6 Core CPU (1 Processor Socket, 6 Processor Cores per Socket, 12 Logical Processors, Hyperthreading...
View ArticleWaiting for loading ipmi_si_drv - disable IPMI on boot?
Hi,I am using an Supermicro X8SIL (without -F), a Xeon L3426, 16GiB ECC reg., ESXi 5.5!This board does not support IPMI, and I think there is no way to install an add-on card.The system is booting fast...
View ArticleCommunication issues on vm's with multiple NICs
I am running an ESX 5.1 host with 4 physical NICs. The NICs are labeled vmnic0, vmnic1, vmnic2, and vmnic3. the nics have been setup as follows vmnic0 is assigned to vSwitch0 and is the Management...
View ArticleRunning an old vmware tools version impact
Hello, Can anyone please tell me what is the impact of running an old version of vmWare Tools? Thank you.
View Articlevmnic0 down, tried to change from 1000Mb, Full Duplex to 10000Mb, Full Duplex
Now i cant get it up and running again.i ran the command : esxcfg-nics -l ~ # esxcfg-nics -lName PCI Driver Link Speed Duplex MAC Address MTU Descriptionvmnic0 0000:02:00.00 elxnet Up 0Mbps Half...
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'CPU usage' Summary tab X 'Logical Processors' Configuration tab - vSphere...
Hi, In the my vSphere Client v5.0.0, in 'Configuration' tab -> 'Logical Processors' is showed 24 'Logical Processors': But in 'Summary' tab -> 'CPU usage:' is showed 12 CPU: Is it correct? In...
View Articlequick question: possible to configure an ESXi 5.1 host via an ESXi 5.5 Host...
I'm learning to use VUM, started with 2 ESXi 5.5 hosts but am now also installing an ESXi 5.1 host to have the ability to try out ESXi upgrades, and patching. Can I use an ESXi 5.5 Host Profile to...
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