LSI 9266-4i cim problem
Having a very strange problem. I have the latest vib installed and everything works fine. I can see the card under the health status using the vsphere client and I can connect from a remote workstation...
View ArticleLoading ESXi installer issue " Relocating modules and starting up the kernel"
Hello Everyone, We are trying to install ESXi 5.0 on one of our server We are booting from CD, In "Loading ESXi Installer " screen when everything loads we get a message at the end " Relocating modules...
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Hardware Recommendations for Home Lab
I use VMware vSphere 4.1 at my office and fairly familiar with how much of a load a Dell R620 with dual 6 core procs and 96GB RAM with a PowerVault MD3200i iSCSI storage can handle, but I am not so...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Fresh install not seeing Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad Port LP NIC
I recently did a fresh install of ESXi 5.1 and the server is not seeing my Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad Port LP NIC. This NIC was working perfectly fine when the server had ESi 5.0 Update 1 installed. I...
View ArticleUpdate Manager and ESXi 5.0 to 5.1
Hi I am trying to upgrade my host to ESXi 5.1 using Update Manager running under ESXi 5.0u1 and vCenter 5.0u1.When I import the ESXi 5.1 VIM ISO, I get the following error... Import ESXi...
View ArticleSlow VMXNET3 performance on 10gig connection
I have an ESXi server with an Intel X520-DA2 10 gig adapter in it. It has an iSCSI data store connected over one port and VM traffic over the other port. The iSCSI speed just couldn't be better but the...
View ArticleError with VCSA 5.1?
I apologize because this is not the right group to send this email, but I don't know what is the right oneI just downloaded the first VCA official release 5.1...
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ESXi 5.1 - PSOD LINT1 motherboard interrupt - PCI Passthrough
Upgraded a server from ESXi 5.0 to ESXi 5.1, but now when I power on a VM that is passing a device through PCI Passthrough, I get this immediate LINT1 PSOD on the server. Anyone else experiencing...
View ArticleImportance of Memory Speed
I have 3 HP BL490c G7 blades for my VMware environment.Two servers have dual processors and 12 8GB 1333Mhz memory modules (96 GB Total), and the third has a single processor with 6 8GB modules (72GB...
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Esxi 5.1 pci passthrough broken
I got a purple screen when I start up a vm with a pci device With Esxi5 was working fine. I tested it with 2 vm on different hosts ( but same hardware) i7 2600 32gb mb: dq67sw What can I try
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Storage Addition Challenge
Hello, I am trying to show my company the benefit of utilizing VMware. I recently installed ESXi 5 on an HP ProLiant DL380 G7 (service tag 2M214102KB). The server currently has 6 SAS HDDs in a RAID 1...
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Initializing scheduler -> shutdown
Some time during the night my long running esxi 5.0 installation had shutdown. I tried the power button, but nothing happens. So I unplug power, wait a few seconds and try again. This time the mobo...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 Patch Failure
I recently installed ESXi 5.0.0 and built a single VM on it. I then turned off the vm, enable ssh and connected through ssh, downloaded patches to the datastore1, went into maintenance mode, and...
View ArticleOpenSUSE 11.4 Tools Install Failure
Hi, I'm having some challenges configuring VMware Tools on my OpenSUSE 11.4 guest. I've just upgraded my ESXi server from 5.0 to 5.1. The upgrade of the server went flawlessly, but the problems...
View Articleslow perfomance nfs-datastore and link teaming
Hello, I have a hp proliant g5 as esxi 5 host and a qnap ts419u nas connected with dedicated networkcard (Intel 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller dual port) with a hp 1810G24 managed switch. I use...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 Web Client - Drag and Drop
Hello, Using the "fat" client it's possible to drag and drop a VM to a specific host. Doing so saves a lot of clicks as some wizard action is pre-filled.Is there a similar funcionality in the flex web...
View ArticleVC 5.1 webclient. does it allow deploy vapp too?
can we deploy vapp using the VC webclient? thankssrinivas
View Articlecan we deploy vapp disks in two diff datastores
hi The deploy wizard doesn't allow place vmdk's of ova in diff datastores. 1. Is there a way i can modify the ovf file to have deploy wizard allow disk to be placed in diff datastores.e.g. say ova has...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 what happened to Driver CDs page is it gone?
Anyone know what happened to the Driver CDs page in the Driver and Tools section. It exists for vSphere 4.1, 4.0 and 5.0. For vSphere 5.1 it is not there? Big Thanks!!!!!!!
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Server 2012 Hyper-V under ESXi 5.x??
Is it possible to run Server 2012 Hyper-V under ESXi 5.x? I understand that Server 2012 Hyper-V is a Type 1 Hypevisor but nested ESXi is a Type 1 inside a Type 1. Thanks in advance for the help.
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