applying host profile after auto deploy
after I apply a host profile to hosts after auto deploy, the IP address of the host is shown but not the dns name. How can I change this? I tried disconnecting and removing the host and readding it...
View ArticlePatch list for ESXI5 lists patches for ESXi4
When looking at what patches I have for my ESXi5 servers I get a list of ~300 patches, most of which seems to applyto ESXi4? I'd expect patches for ESXi5 only. I have not installed patches manually,...
View ArticleGetting error message when converting VSphere 5.1 VM using VMWare Converter
I am trying to move some Virtual Machines off of my VSphere server using VMWare Converter. When I select the source machine and hit next I am getting an "unable to obtain hardware information for the...
View ArticleWhy are there so many .vmdk files for one machine?
Hi Recently we had backups fail for a VM <we use EMC avamar>, we browsed the datastore and had a look at the folder the vm was in and were very suprised by what we saw, <please see attached...
View ArticleESXi 5 and VLAN
Hello,I have one host with ESSi 5.0 and one Virtual Machine Group (VLAN ID 0 - none) and only one physical network card.This is my network configuration: lan: 10.10.10.0/24gateway: 10.10.10.1host esxi:...
View ArticleExpanding Hard Disk - Stuck at 2GB?
I have an ESXi 5 host with a VM which has a 2TB virtual disk on a 3TB physical hard disk (the datastore is the 3TB disk). Initially, I had moved a 320GB virtual disk from a failing physical disk, then...
View ArticleEssentials Plus with 3 servers over 192GB?
So basically I'm in the situation where each of the three ESXi 5.1 servers has 32GB of memory. I wanted to upgrade to 64GB however after asking Dell to spec memory for this. We purchased the memory...
View ArticleESXi cores and virtual machine CPU
The question that I would like to pose is ESXi CPU cores and virtual machine CPU relationship. Is there a best practice to assigning cores to VM (This is assuming the VM needs extra CPU do to...
View Articleesxi 5 and persistent scratch space
Referencing this article, it appears I now need to setup a persistent scratch space manually? Our last installs were esxi 4.1 which apparently did that automatically. I am looking at this article:...
View ArticleVMA 5.0 ip address pool required ?
Hi ,I've downloaded and imported the VMA 5.0 472630While importing it I noticed a warning about the fact that it requires an IP POOL but gave it no much importance as I wanted to assign a fixed IP.So...
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Error message i vcenter from update manager
Hi Every now and then I receive this error message in my vcenter It queues up everything that has with update manager to do, in vcenter.And update manager plugin is disabled. Can't enable it again,...
View ArticleESXi5 Dual Network Problem
I have installed esxi 5.0 and there is only one network adapter found by esxi. Actually there are two intel 82574L NIC embedded on the motherboard and I can see two NIC from BIOS. What should I do to...
View ArticleUnstable ESX guest after upgrade to 5.1 - Hyperthreading and Numa
I have a test box that I am using to test the best configuration of ESX for use with our software product - on a physical server our product normally performs better with NUMA off and Hyperthreading...
View ArticleWeb client admin with ESX 5.1 (Free version)
Recently upgraded a server i used for a mini test lab to ESXi 5.1 and one of the features is a web based admin console, however im clearly missing something obvious in the URl to get to it! If i just...
View ArticleVery High CPU Ready
I've recently moved to an environment that has drastically over provisioning their virtual machines. I believe that this is causing a performance issue and when I run a POWERCLI script to work out the...
View Article10G NIC - No Auto Negotiate Option
Hello, I am running a ESXi 5.0 host with Intel 82599EB 10G NICs which are part of a Distributed Switch and when I go to Managed Physical Adapters I do not have the option to set the Configured Speed,...
View ArticleSDRS, manual storage migration and default Automation Level
Hi, I have a SDRS datastore cluster with "Fully Automated" Automation Level. When a new VM is created it is placed on the most appropriate datastore by SDRS and SDRS sets "Fully Automated (default)" as...
View ArticleESXi datastore set to a maximum of 35GB?
Hello, I have ESXi installed as a VM in VM Workstation 9 and am connected with vSphere. If my laptop has 196GB free space, why is my ESXi datastore set to a maximum of 35GB? Can I increase it to...
View ArticleServer 2008 and VMware
I don't know if this is the area to post. I am in a mental pickle. We are replacing our HP ML350 with a new machine. We use Server 2003 in a domain. We are planning on buying new and upgrading. The IT...
View ArticleESXi 5 for host with more than 32 GB of RAM
Hello, dear sirs!I'm tried vmware ESXi 5 on our little server, and it's works just fine(server has 16 GB of RAM)! Thanks!Now we decided to perform a little upgrade, and increase a ram, say, up to ~90...
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