Virtual machine in datastore inventory... not sure why??
Wierd, seemingly simple issue that I'm hoping someone can help me with. I'm migrating to new datastores here as I retire our old datastores. I went to my Datastores and Datastore Clusters view and...
View ArticleSMP Drive for 2008 and Up
I think I know the answer, but with Server 2008 and 2008 R2, when going from one vCPU to 2 or more, there is no more reason to update the ACPI drive to multiprocessor right? I know 2003 server you...
View ArticleCannot open configuration file: File already exists
I've run into an odd problem with a VMWare host that underwent several hard reboots yesterday. Most all of the VMs are booting up fine but a few can not be powered on. The host is running ESXi 5.1...
View ArticleTwo New Files in VMFS datastore of a VM in 5.1
What these two new files are in VMFS datastore in 5.1 VM. check the screenshoot
View ArticleMaximum Number of vCPU
How many Maximum Number of vCPU can be configured for Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
View ArticleVMkernel logs
Im seeing this warning: 2012-12-06T17:17:24.042Z cpu23:8283)IDT: 991: 0x39 <vmnic10:2:0> exclusive (entropy source), flags 0x102012-12-06T17:17:24.042Z cpu23:8283)VMK_VECTOR: 137: Added handler...
View ArticleTroubleshooting massive vmnic interface discards
I've just checked my Solarwinds Top 10 and found that my five ESXi 5 servers are generating up to 500 Million (!) receive discards per day each on the vmnic interfaces (and 0 transmit discards).I have...
View Articleesxi 5 and promise vtrak e610f
We're running esxi 5 and promise vtrak e610f array and though we have it functioning we are having very slow write performance as seen when using vmotion to transfer a vm. Does anyone have any...
View ArticleWS2003 very slow on ESX5
Hi, We have an ESXi server with 4 VM on it. 2 of them are WS2008 and are running absolutely fine. The 2 other ones are WS2003 and we have big issues with them : they are very very very slow.... I...
View ArticleBenefit using two VMkernel ports for vMotion?
Hi, on ESXi 5.1 is there is a performance benefit by using two VMkernel ports with two pNIC's (active/standby for each) for vMotion... versus just using a single vMotion VMkernel with the two pNIC's...
View ArticleESXI 5.1 ftp server on windows slow
Hi !I am running a virtual w2008 r2 with a ftp server. I have done portforwarding in router so everything is ok there. But when i connect over internet i only get 3-4mbit speed. Then i made an debian...
View Articlevmotion issues with vcenter5.1 and 4.1 hosts
Has anyone experienced any issues managing 4.1 esxi hosts with vcenter 5.1 ? I recently added a few 4.1 hosts, and vmotioned off the hosts this morning so I could think about upgrading the host to...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 randomly fails to communicate with RAID controler
Recently ESXi 5.1 started randomly failing to communicate with the RAID controler.My guest OSes freeze and hang and once the system is rebooted everything works ok for 8-10hrs.This just started...
View ArticleGhost vm´s on emtpy datastore
I have storage migrated all our virtual machines from a datastore. It is now empty execpt from the .dvsData folder. When I through vCenter tries to se which virtual machines are on the empty datastore...
View ArticleBest tools for monitoring your VMWare environment?
We currently have Splunk and ManageEngine App Manager, though neither are configured for monitoring our new virtual environment. Also the both solutions are about to expire or run out of available...
View ArticleWhich Command Executed by HA to Restart the VM?
How HA Restarts a VM in case of host failure and If the host is unreachable which command is executed by HA to perform that? I just want to how it is happened?
View ArticleNew VM with an default "tag"
Hello.I just wanted to know if it's possible to tell vSphere that an new created VM (manual or by template) must have or will already have an default "tag" ?? I've already assigned an tag to my...
View ArticleUSB Passthrough? - Dell Poweredge 2900
Hello everyone, As I'm new to virtualization, the more I work with ESXi the more I'm learning. I am running a small test box (an HP Microserver N40L) as my ESXi host and only yesterday learnt that the...
View Articleurgent! 2TBx4 Drives on VPS hosting.Will i go for Raid1 x 2 or Raid 10 ?
Query : I want to Place Virtual mahcines and their Backups for disaster recover on Same server !! as i have minimum Hardware Hi,i have Dedicated Servers - Quad Core Server - Intel Xeon E3 1230 with...
View ArticleESXi 5 monitoring
Hi all I have serveral stand alone ESXi 5 and ESXi5.1, about 10 of themBut I don't have vcenter or vcloud, how can I monitor those ESXi host at once ?? like monitor the CPU . memory, disk ..... THanks
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