Expanding vDisks in HP CommandView & ESX not seeing changes
Hi all,Have recently added disks and expanded a vDisk in HP CommandView (HP P6300 EVA), but the additional storage is not appearing in the vSphere client for use.Am i missing something here?Any input...
View Articleesxi 5.0 strange network behaviour
Dear all,I have a new HP ML350G8 configured with vmware 5.00 623860 with 4 hosts (3 w2k8r2 and 1 windows7)Actually, the network setup is simple. only vmnic0 is connected to a 1GB switch. This nic is...
View ArticleNetwork failing shorly after bootup
I got a NAS with the following system specsZOTAC H77-ITX WiFi (I am not sure if it's the A or B series)8GB ramWireless USB keyboard from Logitech I have successfully installed ESXi 5.1 on a SSD, and I...
View ArticleVMotion not working esxi5 hosts
Hello all, I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I can't get vmotion to work on ESXi 5 hosts. Note that I'm using HP blade servers with HP Flex-10 modules where all server slots have the same storage...
View ArticleEsxi 5.1 - SATA datastore is lost /dead
hi, first here is some hardware details :CPU : Intel Core I7 3770RAM : 32gb ramOS : ESXI 5.1 - 799733 x86_64HDD : 2x 3Tb 7200t SATA4Vms Windows 20124 Vms Ubuntu 12.101 Pfsense 2.1 (freebsd)Since 3 days...
View ArticleVmdk or RDM for file server
hiI recentlybbuy new HP P2000 FC for my server and want to migrate my physical file server into the virtual platform; help me to know wich sulation is better and relabe . create a LUN on SAN and...
View ArticleWin2012 Tools crash on 5.0P4
Have deployed a few VMs with Windows 2012 Standard running on ESXi 5 build 821926.All are created with the "new virtual machine" guide and have VMware tools version 8.6.5.13851 too match host.No...
View ArticleESXi 5 - Two raid 1's or one raid 10?
Hi, I'm planning to get a new Dell server with 4 x 2TB 7.2K RPM Near-Line SAS 6Gbps 3.5in Hot-plug hard drives. Which raid setup will ESXi 5 run better with?- 2 x raid 1'sor- 1 x raid 10 With raid10, I...
View ArticleEsxi 5.0 SSH will not stay started
Hello, I have a problem on a Esxi 5.0 U1 I start the ssh service (the ssh port is open for all).After a few minutes (3 at 5 minutes) the ssh service is down. I have upgrade to Esxi 5.1 version but...
View ArticleGPT and VMWare P2V Converter Issue
Dear Community,I’m glad that I can request my issue to your behalf and thank you in advance for your effort. This is the situation I’m stuck into:Our Exchange 2007 Server on a Win2008 Server is still...
View ArticleFailed to Deploy vCenter
Hi All, I have deployed the VMWare ESXi 5.1 evolution version on my server. I am successfully managing through VMClient and created a Virtual machine. I have problem to deploy the vCenter, I have...
View ArticleNot able to consolidate Virtual Machine Disks
Hi , I have one issue with VM , not able to do the Disk consolidation. there is warning in summery page " virtual machine disks consolidation needed" when I tried to concolidate got an error fil is...
View ArticleHost shutdown / restart
I have 6 guests running on my esxi5 host, in my vSphere client / configuration page i have set them to startup / shutdown with the host using the default delays. Does this now mean i can simply go Host...
View ArticlevSphere Host will not boot - Help!
Hi all, I have a little problem - Logged onto my vCenter home lab this morning and the following was displayed in the summary - Lost connectivity to the device mpx.vmhba32:c0:t0:lo backing the boot...
View ArticleGuest Memory Help Please...
Can someone explain in simple terms what these figures, taken from the "Virtual Machines" tab of my vSphere client mean...(The 1=, 2=... refer to my virtual machines) Host Mem - MB 1=4149, 2=11887,...
View ArticleCPU
hiI want to know abut cpu virtuLzation on ESXi 5. what is the deffrence between of socket and core . relation of this parameters with physical cpu .limitaton of vCPU for vm and how assign physical...
View Articleupgrade from esxi 4.1, hosts and vcenter, etc
I'm currently running esxi 4.1. Can someone point me in the right direction for upgrading the hosts and vsphere to version 5?
View ArticleNetwork connection failures at ESXi Server
Hi folks, we recently set up an Eaton UPS (5PX) and installed the "IPP" agents (Intelligent Power Protector) on our machines to provide "graceful shutdown" in case of power failure. Strange thing is:...
View ArticleESXi 5.x on Dell Vostro 470
Hi, Has anybody suceeded in installing ESXi 5.x on a Dell Vostro 470? We do have a successfull installation of ESX 5.1 on a Vostro 460 (i3), but the hardware of the 470 looks different (chipset, etc.)...
View ArticleSingle task to schedule snapshots of multiple machines
Hello, Does anyone know how I can use Scheduled Tasks to create a single task that will snapshot multiple virtual machines? I have 10 machines I want to snapshot and would rather create one task than...
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