vmware-tools and openindiana - broken in 5.0u2 and 5.1 ?
Hi, I have several ESXi 5.0 boxes. I use virtualized openindiana on them. I always install vmware-tools.When ESXi 5.1 came out, I upgraded one of my boxes with 5.1 and vmware-tools inside it (from 8.5...
View ArticleRelocating modules and starting up the kernel - ESXi 5.1 HP Proliant ML 150 G6
I have a proliant ML150 G6 and it is on the HCL list. I have tried using the VMWare Custom CD from HP - i get further, but still ends with the same message of "relocating modules and starting up the...
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Help installing Dell drivers
Hi Newbie to esxi 5.1 and to dell. I have installed 5.1 (downloaded the image from VMWare) I have installed and it seems to be okay . as in my local 1G nics are working. But I can't see my 4 x 10G...
View Articlechange vm vswitch by command line or...
hiI have 16 vm whose NIC's are connected to a vSWITCH called "vsw01".now thay all shoud change to new vswich called "vsw02".is there any way to do it fast for all them or maybe some command . ?!
View ArticleCan't connect to host
I have 3 esxi hosts. host1, host2, and host3. I can login through vsphere on host1 and host3. VCenter is on host2. I can't connect to host2 using the root user like I can host1 and host3. I am...
View ArticleBL480G1 iSCSI Errors -- DL360G5 Fine
I have two hosts, a BL480G1 and a DL360G5 using a NexentaStor iSCSI LUN. The BL480G1 has always had storage issues, ranging from high latency to things that are as critical as this. When removing...
View ArticleEsxi 5.0 U1 - Multicast support for CIM SLP?
Hi, i have an IBM x3650 M2, with an LSI Raid Controller Onboard. Recently i installed the LSI Vibs in order to get the "Health" of the raid Luns in the Configuration -> Health Status -> Storage...
View ArticleESXi 5 syslog spew: sfcb-lsiesg_smis13_hhr
Hi everyone, I get the message "sfcb-lsiesg_smis13_hhr[871558]: internal providerfacade::getinstance - unsupported class requested, returning null" on several of my (upgraded) hosts. Does anyone know...
View ArticleZentyal 3.0 on ESXi 5.0 - can not mt or locate disk array
Hi, New to this flavor so I appreciate any pointers. I am running Zentyal 3.0 in VM's ESXi 5.0 on a PowerEdge 9600. VM Tools are installed. I have two raid arrays of 500gb and 2tb. VM and Zen are...
View Articlehow to migrate a virtual machine to another esxi
Hi Now i have two esxi,no public storage device,i want to migrate a virtual machine from one to another esxi which files should i copy? vmdk?vmsd?vmx?vmxf? should i copy these 4 files? thanks...
View ArticleSetting QFullSampleSize in ESXi 5.1
So, I'm getting ready for my 5.1 upgrade, and I need to set the vaules for QFullSampleSize and QFullThreshold for my array (3PAR). According to KB1008113, it looks like that procedure has changed: In...
View ArticleVMWare ESXi 6.0 documents
Am looking forward to know about the new features of ESXi6.0 (OP). Can these documents be found somewhere? I checked in vmdev.net but does not seem to have any beta docs. It would be great if somebody...
View ArticleghettoVCB-restore on ESXI 5.01
Dear the genius William Lam, Happy christmas. I had tried to restore a a backup of virual machine with "ghettoVCB-restore" the back was created by using the script "ghettoVCB.sh". i had updated...
View ArticleKB: 2004746 Using ESXi Shell in ESXi 5.X while nested in WS 9
I am executing ESXi 5.1 as a virtual machine in Workstation 9 Excerpt from KB: 2004746 follows Accessing the local ESXi ShellIf you have direct access to the host, press Alt+F1 to open the log in page...
View ArticleThe vSphere client could not connect to "x.x.x.x" You do not have permission...
Full error is The vSphere client could not connect to "x.x.x.x" You do not have permission to login to the server x.x.x.x. This error just started happening this week. We're running ESX 5 and I've...
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hostd not running on startup / 503 Server Unavailable / 503 Service Unavailable
Hi, Our work is starting to look at VMware ESXi server and I thought it would be nice to play around with the technology at home. I recently downloaded the free version of VMware ESXi 5.1 and...
View Articlehow do i connect openfiler
Hello i am using a testing environment.i have installed vmware workstation 9.On Vmware workstation i have installed vcenter on windows 2003 x64 and i have installed 2 esxi5 servers i have one network...
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vmware vsphere client is in 'loading inventory' for a long time ,then got a...
We have two type network connection in my lab, one is internal net, all computers in this type network can not access internet themself, but they could access internet via a proxy server ; one is...
View ArticleUpdating ESXi 5 without vCenter.
I have the free version of VMware ESXi 5 installed and would like to apply the latest patch, however, I can't figure out exactly how to do that. I do not have vCenter so I can't use vCenter Update...
View ArticleCan't hot remove virtual disk from running VM after adding passthrough device
I have a VM with 2 virtual disks under ESXi 5.1.When the VM is running I can hot remove disk 2 in the VM settings dialog.However, the remove button is greyed out when the VM is running as soon as I add...
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