Unable to Access server
I have just installed ESXi 5.1, then i changed the vlan ID of Management Network from all (4096) to 10, but when i clicked OK my vsphere client stopped responding and now i am unable to access or ping...
View ArticleHow to change default login directory/path for root
Hello all, I setup ESXi 4.1 and 5.1 recently and I named the hosts after the installation; everything worked fine but what I noticed was that when I logged in using SSH, its shows: ~ #~ #~ #~ #~ #~ #...
View Articlecan't exit vi on console
I want to enable ssh om my esx 4i on the consolei enter unsupported and edit the inetd.conf file, but when i press escape to exit vi nothing happens so i cant save the filethe only way out of i is to...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 Host doesn't boot up
Hello everyone, i got a problem with our ESXi running 4.1.0 build-260247 on HP ML350 G5.After a problem with the mainboard (was replaced) ESXi doesn't boot up anymore. Since i am not an expert i hope...
View ArticleClient connection failure
In the process of setting up a new computer. I can connect to the server via the website (downloaded and installed the client from there) and I can ping the server. However, when I attempt to login...
View ArticlevCenter 4.1 and View connection server on the same machine?
Hello I have 2 hosts with vmware ESXi 4.1 managed with vCenter 4.1 running on Win2008 R2. Is it VM.I have another VM on Win2008 R2 and there is installed view connection server for VDI. Is it possible...
View ArticleSnapshots deleted and VM wont power on
Hi,I am dealing with a virtual server which is no longer in production, however has some important files that one user needs. Since this server was no longer needed, it was shutdown and some snapshots...
View ArticleNTLRD missing when rebooting from a snapshot..!!!
Hi, I took a snapshot of a VM before performing a change activity. later during upgrade , the application requested for a restart.On restart the machine gives an NTLDR missing error. i have checked...
View ArticleCan´t change/display network adapter configuration on HP Blades BL685c G7
We have a problem when we try to edit the properties of a network adapter. We can´t change the network speed configuration. It appears as empty... We only realized this erro in: HP Blades BL685c G7...
View Articlequery on nic teaming
Hey all, was just wondering is it really necessary to team the nics. I have 3 cards running in parallel to a vswitch. The way I understand it, it goes virtual to physical to virtual to physical....
View Articleshow process id for UDP socket in esxi 4.1
How do you find out which process is using a UDP port in ESXI 4.1 ? 3 of my ESXi 4.1.0 (260247) servers are sending UDP traffic to 50.17.133.11 (ec2-50-17-133-11.compute-1.amazonaws.com), destination...
View Articleanother query on drivers
Hey guys, it looks like I am going to need to add HP nic drivers to an already live esxi 4.1 installation. Didn't see an option for doing this remotely as HP says the drivers have to be on a cd in the...
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Unable to power on VM on ESXi 5.1
Hi, I am running ESXi 5.1.I copied a whole VM to my ESXi 5.1 and added the .vmx file to the inventory. But when powering on the VM getting the following error:Here is list of contents of the VM: I am...
View Articlelicense of 3.5
Hello,I have to decommission a huge cluster running 3.5 ESX. How I can reuse my 3.5 licenses to my new ESXi 4.1 enterprise cluster?there will be a huge hardware difference as well (G1 to G7). Thanks,...
View ArticleHigh DAVG Values in rather small environment
Hello Everyone, I'm looking if I can get some advice from your group on how to handle a rather frustrating situation. In one of my branch offices, I have a rather small VMWare ESXi 4.1 environment...
View ArticleHow to run Dell DSET utility for ESXi 4.1
Hello,I have a Dell PowerEdge T710 server having hard disk issue and Dell has advised to run the DSET utility. I want to know how to run the dell DSET utility in ESXi 4.1 Tried to follow the procedure...
View ArticleDeploy an OVF with Thin Provissioning ESXI 4.0
I have made an OVF template using Vsphere 4.0 from an ESXI 4.0 server. It is thin provissioned. When I deploy this template to another ESXI 4.0 server it always comes up thick and I can't see anywhere...
View ArticlePerformance considerations
Hello A bit of background.... We run something like a private cloud - there's no self provisioning or anything but there's a shared infrastructure which includes 30 ESXi 4.1 hosts, shared storage and...
View ArticleVM guest unexpected restart
\[Env] ESX Server 4.1 U1, Guest OS: RHEL 5 64bit We have a vm guest that always reported unexpected restart but can find an issue within, but to make sure I have here the vmlogs of that guest for...
View ArticleC# API for Working with ESXi 4.1
Hi all, Not sure if this has been asked before or not, when searching for it, I get alot of unrelated results but here goes. I am in the process of building a support tool and would like to integrate...
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