Deploy ESXi 5 with HP P2000 G3
Hello all. I am trying to deploy ESXi on our new equipment, which is: HP DL360 G7HP P2000 G3 iSCSI 10GBHP NC522SFP iSCSI adapter I haven't been able to connect ESXi to the array so far. It seems...
View ArticleATS command question
In an ESX host clustered environment, if one of the ESX hosts, has an ATS lock, how does the lock get cleared? If the host that holds the lock dies, how does this lock get cleared?Thanks
View ArticleESXI 5.1 --> Lost iscsi-lun and Partition
Hello,i am having a ESXI 5.1 environtment.I have lost the lun where vcenter lives.Also the datastore where vcenter lives is not available in ESXI.I think the data is still available...but i don`t know...
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A few questions about building a new ESXi 5.1 whitebox
Need some help building new ESXi 5.1 whiteboxI currently have ESXi 4.0 running on a Dell Inspiron Desktop and I'm looking to build a new one on the 5.1 platform. I have a few questions. 1. I...
View ArticleMultiple virtual SCSI Controller Benefits?
Is there any benefit to using multiple SCSI controllers on a guest? Thanks.
View ArticleProblems with database in MS Access running on VMware ESXi 5
I'm having trouble running application made with ms office database access MDB interface made in VBa think, and my problem is related to slowness in implementing the same. I did several tests with...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and APC network shutdown
Hi, I have an ESXi 5.1 vSphere Server and a APC Smart UPS 1500 with an Network Card 9630.I installed the VMa and APC Network shutdown module 3.0.1? on it. I configured the connection between NSM and...
View Articlestore with virtual machine greyed out
Hi All I want to configure RDM for a VM that has been powered off. When i selected a to add RDM for a LU, the option "Store with virtual machine" was greyed out, only "Specify datastore" is...
View ArticleInstall ESXi 5.1 on Mac Pro 3.1?
I am going to be getting a Mac Pro 3.1 with the E5472 and was doing some reading and saw that they were running older versions of ESXi on it.Is it possible to instal 5.1 on this perticular Mac?
View ArticleESXi 5.x on Alienware M14xR2
Hello everyone! This is my first post, so i guess i salute you community! This is the problem: I've been trying to make ESXi 5.0 and 5.1 work on an Alienware M14xR2 for about three weeks already...
View ArticleESXi Free Backing up Content Vms and Data Files
I have been doing some reading.. We are on the basic VMware Esxi 5, I have been trying to work out a test back up strategy we have the following servers up:All are on Server 2008 R2 64bit, except 2...
View ArticleESXi 5 Free with NAS as VM Container
Question about Free version of VMware esxi 5.. if i wanted to use a NAS would i run into any complications? Is there a special agent needed for the vmware to communicate with NAS Comparing the free...
View ArticleNot able to see all core after upgrade in win 7and win xp on esxi 4 n 5
i am using win 7 Clone and win xp clone on vmware esxi 4.1/5.0/5.1 and but after upgrding CPU core 2 to 4 not able to see all 4 core in guest OS same thing working on server OSbut not in client OS ....
View ArticleConfiguring SNMP fails on ESXi 5.1
I have several ESXi 5.1 servers and on each one of them i get the exact same errors below when trying to enable SNMP. 1. I run "vicfg-snmp.pl --server <ESXHOST> --username root --password...
View ArticleDetermining how many VM's my two VSphere host can support
I have two HP Proliant DL320 G6 servers running VSphere 5.1. I want to know how many servers I can expect to support. Below are the specs. I know this greatly depends on what the hardware requirements...
View ArticleHow do I set vmkernel.log to 0 byte size
I am using ESXi 5.0 in a development environment. Before an automated test is run I want to set the vmkernel.log file to be empty. Then when the test completes the only thing in the log file is what...
View ArticleSNMP problem with ESXi 5 Update 1
We upgraded 6 of our HP BL460c blades to ESXi 5 Update 1 for Windows 8 and Server 2012 development. Everything is working OK except that I cannot SNMP monitoring to work on any of them. I have gone...
View ArticleSQL Clustering with VMs and HP Blade
HiThis is my first post, so I hope it is an interesting one.....We have a fairly large vm environment with over 160 hosts and would like to implement some SQL clustering into some vms for DR purposes....
View ArticleESXi 5.1 for USB passthrough to a VM not work
I use components that must support DirectPath I/O (intel DQ67EP, i5-2500T) After setting a tick when selecting USB device DirectPath I/O and reboot instead of this device to turn nothing is stored...
View ArticleESXi : creating datastore
got ESXi 5.1 installed. have a question or two regarding creating a datastore. my VM's will reside on a synology 1512+. the NAS has windows file system and NFS enabled. when i create the datastore...
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