VM with 12 TB localstorage
Welcome, HP DL380 G7 with 6 x 3 TB disks (or 2 TB). ESXI 5.1 free ,How to make VM with 12 TB logical disk ?Does Logical disk in controller could be larger than 2 TB - 512B ? Is it possible to test it...
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View ArticleESXi 5.1 SRCSAS144e can't create datastore
The compatability guide indicates that ESXi 5.1 supports the Intel SRCSAS144e controller. I have 2 drives in RAID1 on this controller. The drives are currently 100% blank (Wiped with DBAN - zero...
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View ArticleAMD Motherboard with IOMMU for ESXi? (ie. whitebox)
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View ArticleEsxi 5.1 - ivy bridge or other issue ?
Hi esxi users, I'm facing a problem since i've setting my esxi on a i7 3770 - 32 gb ram server my esxi host : 3 win 2012 vm 3 ubuntu 12.10 server vm pfsense as router...
View ArticleUnable to access CIM Class(es) XXXX
1,I created a cim provider project ,and modified the .mof,and checked other file,all correct.2,Then built the project and installed the vib. but when i queried the class whit the cim brower,the threw...
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Spanned VMFS Volume: Bad disk alignment on 2nd extent
We have a VMFS5 Datastore that was recently expanded to 1.5TB from 1.0TB by adding a second extent LUN like so: All of the VMs in this datastore are Windows 2003 that have had disk alignment fixed....
View Articleprevent autostart with vmware-vmrc.exe
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View ArticleESXi 5.0 domain migration
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View ArticleProxy.xml which we use to modify to enable HTTP for vSphere SDK is not found...
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View ArticleRemoving datastores
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View Articleunable to connect to vCenter Inventory Service null - vsphere web client
Hi, When I log into vCenter with vSphere web client, it throws error "unable to connect to vCenter Inventory Service null" Checked the Inventory service logs at...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 U1 Management Agent
Hello All,I'am currently have a problem with one of my ESXi. Suddenly it's disconnected from vCenter 5.0.0 Build 455964. I confuse because another ESXi running normally for several weeks. Any from you...
View ArticleGetting new Drivers into ESXi
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View ArticleVM showing 100% CPU usage, host showing ~7%
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View ArticleAssigning Memory - only 50% available
Please excuse if this question is answered elsewhere - if it is - I've not been able to locate it. This physical server has 1 virtual machine on it. When we originally built it - we were able to assign...
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