Inaccessible VM
Hi, I have a server running ESXi 4.1.0 with 4 VMs on it. Today one of the VMs has come up as inaccessible. The hard drive the machine is on also states that it is inactive in the hosts summary, but...
View ArticleESXi can't add back to vCenter
We have a few ESXi hosts at our branch office that were previously added into our vCenter thru VPN connection. However, these ESXi hosts were disconnected from our vCenter after a reboot was done on...
View ArticleDatastore1 becomes inactive
Hello, I am under vSphere 4.1 free version and I have a problem with datastores. ESXi is installed in the same disk as datastore1. It is the second time that my VMs are in read only mode. The cause is...
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what do assert and deassert mean in regards to current state of hardware...
Hi. Newbie here to VMWare; in checking an alert for battery status on one of our VMHosts I see a warning with the current state as Assert. What does this mean? Furthermore, why would "failed" be...
View ArticleThe user profile services failed to logon, user profile cannot be loaded
I`m experiencing this error of user profile not being loaded but its on users that are using Thin clients to logon on terminal server , the ones that are on Fat Clients are working fyn, the temporary...
View ArticleHow many concurrent storage vmotions?
I know - it depends. But assuming a storage array that is very up to the task (nowhere near fully utilized in terms of either throughput or IOPS) then how many storage vmotions can I hope to have going...
View ArticleVM and cpu architecture
Can I make a VM think that it is running on an x86 platform when the physical hardware architecture is 64-bit? Thanks for your help
View ArticleHardware passthrough causing crash...Cnic_register...
Hey Guys, First time posting here. Love vmware. When it works right. Anyway, Everytime i enable passthrough for my Ati HD5830 and restart the vmbox, the hangs at "CNIC_REGISTER"....Why god why??? I was...
View ArticleESXi 4.x unsupported mode
Experts! Just need small assistance about ESXi unsupported mode. I wanted to enable ssh by removing ''#'', and saved it using :wq!. Then I have to restart inetd daemon by kill-HUP `ps | grep inetd...
View ArticleNano Command not working?
Hi, i need to enable SNMP on the host... I have a link that i need to follow to do this, however after i putty the host, it does not recognize the nano (text editor) command? nano /etc/vmware/snmp.xml...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 network configuration
Hi, I just logged on a ESXi 4.1 cluster I'm in charge of now and noticed that the Management Network is configured as a Virtual Machine Port Group.Shouldn't it be as a VMkernel Port like the Vmotion or...
View ArticleDell r710 vmotion issues
Hi communities,Have a esx 4.1 u2 cluster with some esxi4.1 hosts in it. I have an issue were i can vmotion between the esx hosts in the cluster but the esxi hosts cannot vmotion to the esx 4.1 hosts. I...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 - can't connect iSCSI LUN
Hi everyone, we have two identical HP ProLiant DL380 G7 here, let's say ESXSRV01 and ESXSRV02. On ESXSRV01 we succesfully mapped a iSCSI LUN hosted on our Synology RS3412RPxs. A few days ago we planed...
View Articlevsphere ha virtual machine failover failed
all the vms on one hosts is getting this error vsphere ha virtual machine failover failed I reconfigured the host for HA and still the vms are getting this error., any idea?
View Articlesend ctrl Alt Del is not working in few VMs
Hi, send ctrl Alt Del is not working in few VMs. Checked the VMware tools, it's up to date and running. Rebooted or Reset the VMs but still the issue exists. Guest os is Windows xp (32 bit) running on...
View ArticleWant to remove vmfs3 datastores
ESXi 4.1We have a couple openfiler datastores (I know about the compatibility issues) used for testing and now we just want to get rid of them. There are no I/O's going to them and the data on them is...
View ArticlevSphere and HA
We have purchased VMWare essentials plus to provide 2 physical hosts with virtual machines. 1 physical host would be used as the primary host with primary servers and the secondary server as failover....
View ArticleHP NC380T Recognized by hardware but not by ESXi
I'm running ESXi 4.1 Update 3 on a lab machine. I recently purchased some HP NC380T Dual Gigabit network cards and installed them. I have no issues seeing the cards in BIOS, and just about everywhere I...
View ArticleProblems with "Use Windows session credentials"
I have successfully joined ESXi to my domain. I can successfully login to ESXi with vSphere Client if I spell the username out: domain\user and explicitly supply the password. I cannot login using the...
View ArticleVM cannot ping default gateway nor ESXi host
Hi, ESXi 4.1.0,260247, on Intel S5520HC board with onboard dual Intel 82575EB adapters Have a few VMs running for a month without issues and somehow one of the VMs stopped talking to the default...
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