how to manage ESXi directly in future versions?
I have not seen a thread on this topic yet but may have overseen something ... please excuse me in this case and direct me to such an existing thread. Now that the vSphere client is apparently going...
View Article5.1 vSphere client connecting to 4.1 ESX hosts..?
I know that ony 5.1 client can connect to 5.1 vCenter, but can 5.1 client interface with a 4.1 ESXi host? I upgraded my client to match my 5.1 vCenter server...well having issues with that...so gonna...
View ArticleVUM and autodeploy
Hi, i am trying to figure out if I can use update manager with autodeploy hosts. I have worked minimally with VUM on ESX 4 and 4.1 standard boot hosts so far, I am now working in 5.0 and 5.1 labs with...
View ArticlePlease vote for feature request: Add sudo to ESXi
Hi all, talking about AD integrated ESXi hosts. With ESXi 5.0 VMware has introduced an important improvement in AD integration by making the name of the infamous "ESX Admins" AD group configurable (see...
View ArticleCan't mount datastore after reboot
Hi there, im having trouble mounting a Datastore partition after rebooting my ESXi 5.0. The Volume is not mounted automaticly.A manual mount shows the following: "Error on...
View ArticleHP ML 350e G8 / Smart Array B120i
Hi,anyone knows if ESXi supporting the raid configuration from the Smart Array B120i. I am unsure if the B120i is a plain software raid controller, sadly I am not found anything on the web about it....
View ArticleVM boots into EFI environment after crash
Hi everyone, I am breaking my head on something which seems like a bug to me. Some weeks ago, the ESXi host I was running some VMs on crashed (power faillure) and after powering back up and starting...
View ArticleUnified vMotion vmk usage?
Has anyone else noticed when migrating a vm between 2 ESXi 5.1 hosts which do not have shared storage that the storage copy portion of the vmotion doesn't use the vmotion vmknic portgroups defined? I...
View ArticleSNMP too many targets
I am trying to use the command line util vicfg-snmp to set my snmp configurations and I get an the following error when I go above 3 targets: Error: ‘Failed : A general system error occurred: too...
View ArticleESXi5 VM with 12 nics 3 intel VT quads
Hi I am setting a little lab.I have esxi 5 installed, and I have 3 4 port Intel cards.all is working with hardware . I want to assing all 12 ports to 1 VM. I might not be doing this the correct...
View ArticleESXi 5 on a Mac Mini 2011
Hi all, since version 5 of ESXi has been released, I've been searching around whether it will install on a Mac Mini Server (2011 model). I know the defunct Xserve is the only Apple hardware officially...
View ArticleMoving from PXE to gPXE causes fatal error: 10 (out of resources)
Folks, I have four servers with 16Gb RAM for which I had a PXE install environment. The PXE environment used DHCP, TFTP, PXE and then HTTPD for kickstart.All four servers instaled correctly every...
View ArticleUSB Keyboard & Mouse not working in ESXI 4.1 on HP Blade
Hi Guys, I have installed ESXi 4.1 Free version on a HP blade server after installtion the keyboad and mouse connected to the physical server is not working , i can able to manage the ESXI remotely...
View ArticleVsphere5.0 UDP packects lost
Hello, i have one Vsphere5.0 server with latest patches installed(release 20dec2012). I have 2 redhat machines installed on it. the network traffic is passing through a vswitch configured with default...
View ArticleVcenter 5.1 Timed waiting for vpxa to start
Hi This is for newly installed VCentere 5.1 and Vsphere5.1 , no VMs created yet . In Vcenter 5.1 when trying to add that new Vsphere host (5.1 --- VMkernel xxxx.xxx.xxx 5.1.0 #1 SMP Release...
View ArticlevSphere webclient issue with console - connection timeout
community memebers.i am trying to troublehsoot a problem in my web client where everytime i try to open the VM Console, it comes back to me with the attached error. i looked into the logs and found the...
View ArticleESXi 5 & Domain.local
Hey guys - I set up an ESXi 5.1 host on a new box, but during the initial configuration it was set up on my own network (though I didn't do anything with the IP configuration, host name, DNS, etc - it...
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EXSi 5.0 keeps closing the connection.
Hello All,I have been trying to get EXSi 5 up and running for a while now and i keep running into the same problem. I started out running ESXi 5.1. On a fresh boot or restart, I could connect using the...
View ArticleSuddenly ESX CRASH with Pink Screen
Hi I had install Zycoo IP PBX ZA16E installed on Dell R710 http://www.zycoo.com/html/ZA16E.htmlI configure direct Passthrough to connect this card with my PBX VMbut everytime I start the VM the entire...
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Virtual NAS inside EXSi server or a seperate Storage Server?
Hello, I am new to the virtual computing world. I plan to replace various computers, each with their own data, with a central server(s) setup. I would like to do a single EXSi server with various...
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