NEW SSL: then "a general system error occurred timed waiting for vpxa to start"
Morning all. Keep this one short and sweet. VCenter 5.0.0vSphere ESXi 5.0.0 (4 hosts)Installed Self Signed SSL Cert into my VC so that domain connectivity doesnt have an SSL warning.Also installed a...
View ArticleStrange .@GMT-Files - what are they?
Hi @all, while troubleshooting storage problems we found a number of folders named '.@GMT-YYYY.MM-DD-HH:mm:ss on a NFS data store hosted on a windows server.As far as I can see they only exist for the...
View ArticleHP Flex 10 - Received Dropped Packets
VMware Community, We are having a strange issue, which so far VMware/HP support has not been able to solve. We have an environment where we are using 2 x 10GBps and 2 x 9Gbps adapters on a single DVS....
View Articlesyslog errors after upgrade to 5i
Hello, I have 4x ibm x3650m2 running esx 4.1u2 (not esxi) + netapp filer as remote storage. vCenter already upgraded tp 5.0u1. I upgraded first of my hosts to esxi 5.0u1, trying to learn from this...
View ArticleUpgrade a licenced version of ESX to a Free version.
I have an ESX 4.1 Licensed version and need to change it to ESXi 5.x free version. I have 1VM on the host and need to keep it. Does anyone know if I can upgrade from a licensed version to a free...
View ArticleUnexpected shutdown on Windows guests when invoking shutdown on vmtools
Hey guys, Why do I always get an unexpected shutdown event every time I invoke a VM to switch off through vmware tools? On vsphere client I select shutdown guest, I can see on the console the machine...
View ArticleMigrate ESXi5 from disk to USB
New to ESXi and have what I hope is a simple question. I setup an ESXi5 box and have it running at home. It's holding my network security server, video server (for Roku, TiVo and XBOX), and both a...
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 ArticleHow do I disable iSCSI initiator for onboard NICs
I have a DL380G7 with the 2 HP NC382i NICs (Broadcom). I am only using these NICs for network traffic, not iSCSI. They show up automatically as iSCSI storage adapters in vSphere. The option to...
View ArticleBackup time after upgrade to ESXI 5.1 horrible why?
Hello,we use an Dell RD1000 S-ATA for the backup on an host.All works great with ESXI 5.0, the backup throughput was 1500MB/min.The RD1000 was added with help from this post#13...
View ArticleDoes hardware upgrade require additional reboot after power on?
All, I am planning a mass upgrade of tools and hardware for our machines on 5.0 U1 and I was wondering if an additional reboot is required after hardware upgrade. I ran some tests and it doesn't...
View Articlenew AMD CPUs and EVC woes. What now?
Here's where I am right now. 7 hosts with EVC in Opteron Generation 3 mode added over the past 3-4 years using Istanbul and Magny-Cours based processors.150 running VMs, many business critical3 new...
View ArticleServer 2012 P2V Vmware 5.0 fails with BSOD
Has anyone successfully setup Windows Server 2012 with VMware 5.0? I haven't tried from an ISO yet but when i attempted a P2V the server restarts cyclically and then states there is an issue and I...
View ArticleCreated a snapshot manually, now they continue to fill up storage; error...
A few days ago I manually created a snapshot in vSphere 5.1 on my Exchange server. Shortly thereafter, my VM shutdown due to lack of storage space. I deleted the VMDKs with 0001, 0002, etc. and this...
View ArticleCan't Install Windows 8 in ESXI 5.1, ask for a multimedia Controller
Hi, I recently upgraded my ESXI 4.1 to 5.1, to install a new VM with Windows 8. But i'm unable to finish Installation because right after beginning installation I have a this translated message :"Your...
View ArticlePSOD when installing ESXi 5.1.0
I'm attempting to do a fresh install of ESXi 5.1.0 on my Dell R805 server. I get a PSOD at various stages of the install. The furthest that I have been through the install is 27% of the actually...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 Host Configuration Backup Problem Using vicfg-cfgbackup.pl
I am trying to use vicfg-cfgbackup.pl to backup the configurations of two new hosts running ESXi 5.0 U2. The command is returning this error: "Restore failed: A general system error occurred: Internal...
View ArticleProblems with installing Windows 2012
Hi, I am getting nowhere with creating a vm as windows 2012 server. on creating the vm I then run the install disk from the datastore. When I've selected the language and then clicked install I always...
View ArticleInstalled VCenter Server simple install, now what?
I just finished installing VCenter Server simple install. I'm confused on what to do now. When I look in the VMWare folder in the start menu I see VCenter Orchestartor client, but I don't know the...
View Articleinstall a WIN_XP on VM.
HI @ all Im trying to install window Xp on a virtual machine. I have a esxi server host 5.0.0 build 469512 on a dell 1950 and a vsphere client 5.0.0 build 455964 on a laptop. i have created the vm and...
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