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Crashing VMs - Am I loosing disk (or my mind)
Hi, We have several 5.0 installations and over the last few months, one of them is starting to hang the VMs. I've tried to update it with latest patches and tried to see if it was a combination of the...
View ArticleHigh latency on local disk
Hello. I would like to know how to troubleshoot repeating warnings about high I/O latency on a local disk (SATA RAID1). I got messages that the latency has rised from about 5000 microseconds to...
View ArticlevCPU vs cores per socket
I have a VMware ESXi 5.1 host with 2x Intel Xeon CPU E5-2640 (6 cores per CPU). vSphere shows me 24 cores (I assume because hyperthreading is turned on). I plan only 2 VMs for this host: 1 x SBS 2011...
View ArticleWebsite Error
vSphere Accel kits only support 6 processors. Someone needs to update the description. VMware vSphere Acceleration Kit for 6 processorsEliminate planned downtime and protect your data with automatic...
View ArticleNew SQL Server Install, Disable Write Caching??
Hello I am running ESXi 5.1 and I am needing to setup a Windows server 2012 virtual machine for our first virtualized SQL server. My database guy tells me I need to disable write caching for SQL best...
View ArticleWindows 2003 Server VM not powering off
I have a 2003 Server VM running on ESXi 5. When I issue a shutdown from either the start menu or by using vCenter, the VM will begin the shutdown process. It shuts down to the point where the gray...
View Articleoptimize vCPU, vCore, vRAM
Hi everybody,Just got my vmware ESXi5 essentials licences for my 2 dell servers hosted in Peer1 in London.in short, their specification (for each) is : - 128 Go RAM - 2 x CPU Intel 2,5Ghz 6 cores...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 passthrough **almost** working for Quadro 600 - Help!
Hi , I've got PCIe passthrough almost working on a Ubuntu 11.10 VM under ESXi 5.1 (build 799733) for an nVidia Quadro 600 GPU on a Dell PowerEdge R815 (BIOS v 2.3.0). The passthough configuration goes...
View ArticleIntermittent ping timeouts to VM's from remote LAN
The setup is a Point-to-Point bonded T1 connection via AdTran NetVanta 3430 routers between 2 offices and a Zywall USG20 Router/Firewall at the headquarters office that eventually connects to a NetGear...
View ArticleNFS datastore for ISO Images question
Hello all, We've used a NFS mount in the past for an ISO repository on our ESX servers, and had it mounted within the service console under /vmimages. We're upgrading to 5.1 and since there's no more...
View ArticleNotebook with 16 or 32 GB for mobile Lab
Hello all, i am searching for a notebook with 16 Gb or 32 Gb for mobile lab.Are there some new models with windows 8 out to put esxi on ? Meistermn
View ArticleStorage vMotion Very Slow
I'm experiencing extremely slow datastore migrations. It's the same whether the machine is on or off. All of the datastores in question have the 8mb block size, ESXi 5.0 environment. A little while ago...
View ArticleProblem scripted Installation from USB stick
Hello, i have a bootable usb-stick with esxi 5.0 and a installation script. everytime i boot the server from usb and the installer is starting he try´s to install on cdrom! i can see message that say´s...
View ArticleW2K8r2 vitrual machine with the same SID id.
HiI have two virtual machine, Windows 2008r2, whit the same SID id. I don´t know how it´s possible but probobly it´s a cloned vm. Any tips of how I can solove this? /t
View ArticlevSphere SSD Host Storage Caching Software
Hi All, Has anyone used or have any comments on third party vSphere SSD caching software. Basically runs on the ESXi host and caches hot data onto an SSD volume local to the host. Claims to improve...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 free on a 2 processors, 32 GB RAM HP Server?
Hi, I have ESXi 5 free edition installed on a HP DL380 G7 with 2 processors (total of 12 cores) and 32 GB of RAM.If I upgrad it to ESXi 5.1 free edition will I be able use all the hardware I'll have to...
View ArticleWindows 7 install hangs over NFS
Hi folks, I'm new to ESXi. I've installed 5.1, along with the network driver, on a 2011 Mac mini. The first thing I did was setup a NFS share in my synology DS412+ and added it as a datastore. I then...
View Articlenslookup failure during vCenter installation
Hi, All I tried to install vCenter5.1 but I got the nslookup failure error message as attachement.My VC server has joined domain. I have confirmed nslookup works fine for IP and hostname checking.My...
View ArticleVendor insists on 32 CPU and 128GB RAM VM for SQL...
They really want physical, but we have a virtual mandate and are fighting them. Our blades are 2xE5 2670 8 core, 384 GBRAM, so we'll have 32 cores to ESX. Is this going to run well if we give them...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client and Mac OS X
Hmm... with the release of 5.1, they seem to be encouraging everybody to move to the web client. But it seems that Mac OS X is still not supported. What's the plan to support Mac OS X? I really...
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