RAID5 Datastore - Crashed/Blank Data Store
Hey Guys, Question. I have ESXi 4.1 U1 and as it was booting it crashed. (lost power) ever since I was unable to boot into ESXi (says no boot device) but RAID show's OK. So after fighting for a few...
View Articleraid degraded, datastore stuck in limbo
I am running esxi 4.0.0, so apparently, I can't install plug ins to use the "maps" feature and see if anything is still pointing to a stuck datastore that won't delete. The raid drives for the...
View ArticleHP BL460c Gen8 Server support version
hello Does HP Server Gen8 server support for ESXi 4.1 embded version, I cannot see in vmware hardware compatibility list but HP says it will support ESXi not sure on embdeded or installable version...
View ArticleThe virtual disk is either corrupted or not a supported format.
I use Veeam Backup & Replication to backup our VMs and I've been having an issue backing up 1 VM for the past week or more. It has always backed up with no issues in the past and all of my other...
View ArticleUPS Eaton And Esxi Download Step By Step
Eaton UPS: Download of VMware ESXi & Guests and Hosts Step By Step NOTE: The Esxi should be unlocked On VMware ESXI we need to install pre-defined Virtual machineBecause ESXI does not have...
View ArticleCorrupted esxupdate.conf file, ESXi 4.0, please help.
I just got Update Manager installed in my vCenter 5.1 install. I have a few 5.0 esxi and a single esxi 4.0. I was trying to stage updates to the 4.0 host, but the small 500MB /var/tmp/cache (on /...
View ArticleWhere to download the hpacucli utilities for ESXi 4.1?
Where can the hpacucli utilties for an ESXi 4.1 machine be downloaded from? Then, what is the procedure to install? Will be running the install from the ESXi command line over an SSH terminal if that...
View ArticleEsxi 4.1.0 Patch Order?
I am in the process of patching an Esxi 4.1.0 host. There are 15 patches listed on the update page. There are no references on the patch update page that indicates the order in which to apply the...
View ArticleUsing biometric fingerprint readers in VMs
Hi, Environment: vSphere 4 with three ESXi4 hosts. We have a few win2008 servers in these hosts and I manage everything through a vSphere Client currently running under XP Pro but the vSphere Client...
View ArticleHow to control named pipe on ESXi host.
Hi, I use vmware workstation for long time, now I want to use the ESXi, when I am doing some testing in the ESXi environment, I found a problem that can not be resolved. the problem...
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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...
View ArticleUpgrage 4.1 to 5.1
I have two host that are running esxi 4.0 update 3 and 4.1 update2. I would like to upgrade to 5.1. Do I need to install the patches or will the update bring everything I need? Thank you
View ArticleUnable to combine Snapshot file with Flat file
Got below error while trying to combine snapshot files. vmkfstools -i AXTST167-000001.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/axtstbundled/AXTST167.vmdkDestination disk format: VMFS zeroedthickFailed to open...
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