Vspere Web Client external "connection timed out"
Hi all Im receiving connection timed out error message from the vsphere Web Client, when trying to access the console of a virtual machine, On the internal network it works fine but if I access the...
View ArticleNeed Help with understanding the true performance capabilities of my hardware
So I recently built two whiteboxes so I could rescue some old servers that were literally on the brink of spontaneously combusting. So at the time I put together my parts list that I knew was...
View Articleis vsphere5.1 compatible with deep security 8.0
I am currently evaluating treandmicro deep security 8.0. But find that could not prepare the esi with filter driver. Just want to ask is vsphere5.1 compatible with deep security 8.0 as I am now using...
View ArticleEM4J in ESXi
Hi, I've been reading about Elastic Memory for Java (EM4J). However, I have a question: - Is EM4J included in ESXi 5.0.x/5.1.x by default? I understand EM4J comes with vFabric, but I don't know if is...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 + Apple Mac Pro = USB passthru problem
Hello, I've installed ESXi 5.1 on my Mac Pro (model 5,1 - aka mid-2010). It's supported by VMware. The passthru works OK for the graphics card, but I'm not able to make it work for the USB keyboard and...
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Tape Drive not shown after update to 5.1
Hello, I've got a problem with Tape Drives after upgrading from ESXi4.1 to 5.1.The Tape Drive is connected to a 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI Device but when I click on details in...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and Web Client
I saw the great video from Chris Wahl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6E_-4dSlLY&feature=relmfu Looks though like it's only on vCenter Server? Not on the standalone free version of ESXi 5.1?
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Guest Customization vCenter 5.0 not applied to 2008R2 template
Hi all , i have a fresh install of an vsphere 5.1 plateform ,managed with a vcenter 5.0 ,i ve installed a clean windows 2008R2 SP1 vm , installed vmtools , patches from ms and nthing more ,no domaine...
View Articlevsphere 5 & Mac OS X 10.7.4
Hi, have here a MacPro with 2 * 10.7.3 and a fresh installed 10.7.4. vSphere 5 is patched to the lastest level.It seams to me, that the 10.7.4 update intruduces a new problem, it takes round about 10...
View ArticleDirect Path
Hi, i am facing an issue with Direct Path configuration, I want to install a Quad port by pass inline card on VMware ESX 5.the card is being detected in Direct Path I/O and required a host reboot to...
View ArticleDirectPath I/O not enabled even after reboot
My goal here is to use PCI-Express NIC Cards and allow VMs to have direct control over the hardware. I have a Cisco UCS C210 M2 which has VT-d Support and is enabled. I am able to add the NICs into...
View ArticleESXi 5 vmsyslogd
I am trying to come up with a solution for monitoring the vmsyslogd service running on each ESXi 5 hosts. All of our monitoring will be done via remote syslog server but, will be useless if the...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 - HT CPU - Allocate 2 HT cores as a single cpu
Apology if any of my termonolgy is incorrect, need some advice on this. I plan to implement SAP BI on ESXi 5. Build 768111 on Windows 2008 R2 and due to license I am restricted to one CPU only. I have...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 not getting time from NTP
Hi all I tried to sync my ESXi 5.1 host with my Local Ntp server (win 2008) but it’s not getting sync. I try to sync with my laptop it’s happening successfully . what is the reason my laptop is...
View ArticleESXi 5 silently re-enables DelayedAck?
Hello, I have a problem with DelayedAck option on ESXi 5 hosts in conjunction with an iSCSI storage. We use EqualLogic PS6010 arrays over a 10GE SAN network together with an ESXi software iSCSI...
View ArticleESXi 5 and new Intel Xeon E5-2600 motherboards
There are very few E5-2600 motherboards on the VMware HCL so I was curious....has anyone successfully installed ESXi 5 on one of these motherboards? If so, which motherboard? Many thanks in advance!
View ArticleDRS Rules
We have a HA & DRS Cluster with 5 ESX 5.1 hosts. We have a resource pool with 10 vm's. 6 production and 4 test vm's servers. We want to connect the the resource pool to 1 specific host. If that...
View ArticleError while Creating Custom Service in ESXi 5.0 / 5.1
In ESXi 5.0 / 5.1 When tried adding "create a custom service" in firewall @ /etc/vmware/firewall/services.xml, it is throwing "Operations not permitted". services.xml is a readonly file (444), even...
View ArticleUnable to format LUN with staf
I tried the following steps on a DELL equalogic Target: 1. Created a datastore using the following command:# staf local VTAF_HOST formatvol anchor <IP address of vCenter Server>:<username of...
View ArticleNAS Link Aggregation Setup
Hi, I will soon be trying to setup a Synology DS412+ with our Dell R510 using iSCSI. The NAS supports Link aggregation, and the Dell has 2 spare network cards, so I'm hoping to be able to set it up...
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