Jumbo Frames and Host Profiles
I know Jumbo frames can be set through the vSphere client now. Is there a way to have Jumbo frames applied via Host Profiles? Thanks
View ArticleCannot extend display onto VGA Passthrough device
Hi I am running ESXi vSphere Hypervisor with Win7 32bit as the guest. I have successfully installed Win7 and got my ATI 2400 XT (PCIe x16 card) passed through so that it shows up in the Windows Device...
View ArticleConnecting to VMs on an isolated network
Hi AllFirstly I am new to virtualization and to servers in general.I recently started working for a college as a support technician for the computing department. They have bought a Dell PowerEdge T620...
View ArticleImpossible to upgrade/install esxi 5.1 HP build 799733
Currently installed : Esxi 5.0 HP Build. on ML 350p Gen 8 2xIntel CPU E5-2650 2Ghz 136 Gib MemoryUpdated latest HP firmware :...
View ArticleConvert image profile ISO to ZIP file (vSphere 5.1 dell ISO)
Hello, We want to use the Dell Customized ISO and add a few MIBs to it and re-create the ISO. Is there any way to do this, or is there an other way to accomplish what i want? (the ISO is over here:...
View ArticleWhen is a core not a core? ESXi - Hyperthreading
I’ve done a lot of searching/reading on this topic, but have yet to find something that definitively tells me how HyperThreading works within VMware (Specifically ESXi 5). Apologies in advance for the...
View ArticleVM Running but not in Inventory?
Hey guys,Had a wierd issue 2 days ago where a VM crashed for no reason (its our main email VM serving around 300 users). It was working then all of a sudden went offline. I couldn't reset it in Vsphere...
View ArticlevMotion fails after outage, but all configs\networking look good?
Hi I have a 3 host esx 5.0 cluster which recently underwent a complete power outage. To cut a long story short, once power was restored and all hosts restarted etc...one of the hosts is reporting a...
View ArticleVMware Converter Standalone 5.0 U1 - cannot convert W2k3
Hello,I was trying to convert my Windows 2003 R2 (with Service Pack 2) physical server to VMware Environment (to ESXi host), but at 98% is FAILED. The version of VMware Converter Standalone is: 5.0...
View ArticleUSB not seen on the VM
Running VM 5.1 ESXi on HP G8. I've added the usb device to the vm machine and it says connected to the USB device; host: localhost path:1/0/3 version:2. However when running the vm it does not see the...
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Error 1722 Can't complete vSphere Client installation
I already have vSphere Client 4.1 installed on my 32bit Windows XP machine. When I used it to connect to an ESXi5.1 host, it wanted me to upgrade to vSphere Client 5.1.0. Just before the installation...
View Articleovf deployed machine not booting.
HiWe have ESXi 5 installed in a Dell server T710 with 4 3TB disks configured as 2 raid1 volumes (Perc H700)We created 2 datastores (ds0 and ds1) both with vmfs5 and 3TB capacity.We started using ds0...
View Articleesxi ucs setup
how many vnics do you use on your ucs blades when setting up esxi. like a half height? Do you create 2 and just trunk them all or do you setup like 8 vnics and then assign 2 to mgmt, vmotion, vm, iscsi...
View ArticlevSphere Client is hanging at Loading Inventory.
We are using esxi 5.0, when we are trying to connect esxi machine, the vSphere client is hanging at Loading Inventory.
View ArticleRaid 5 with build in raid contoller on Supermicro X9DRD-iF
Hello,i am going do by Supermicro X9DRD-iF motherboard and i was wondering do i have to buy raid contoller or build in will do.http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x9drd-if.cfm I...
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Storage I/O latency at low activity times
My client is seeing storage I/O latency on there systems at low utilization times. messages similar to those references in...
View ArticleVMware SAN performance issues [solved]
after several hours of horrible performance, identified and resolved an issue with VMware esxi 5.1 and our SAN infrastructure. Solution:Identify VMware hosts with "SCSI Target" devices having WWN of...
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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
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 - Can't connect using domain creds....
vCenter: Win 2008 R2 x64 (its a VM) Domain Joined to: OldSkoolMy primary account: OldSkool\JugHead My other account is in domain: HouseOfPainMy second account is: HouseOfPain\JarHead All Vcenter...
View ArticleEntering my free license.
I've looked over posts and can't really find a definitive answer other than if you don't enter it you better hope the machines never turn off. I've set up my ESXI 5 server and am only using the VSphere...
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