Configure Network Management Grey Out
Hello All, After I reset ESXi pw and it reset the server IP to 0.0.0.0 and when I login the Hypervisor or GUI, I noticed that the following item greyed out: Configure Management NetworkRestart...
View ArticleMartian Source Messages - Guest OS
Hi All, I have deployed OVF ( CentOS VM image) on ESXi 4.1 server host but found the following martian source messages on CentOS guest OS console after booting completed. Following messeges keep...
View ArticleVM providing External Database behind the vCenter Server built with e1000...
All other VMs were defined with VMXNET3 network adapters. Is there a compelling reason to change the network adapter on this VM to a VMXNET3 (other than simple consistency)? What would be the best way...
View Articlelun input/output error
hi, we have some problems with a lun. each attemtpt to start a vm, which use this lun, ends with following exception: Failed to open...
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ESXi 4.1.0,582267; using bios.440.rom and running OS-2012 (error:0x0000005D)
Hi there.We have used this:http://communities.vmware.com/thread/394669?start=0&tstart=0http://en.blog.skydriver.org/tag/bios-440-rom/ as a source.But still after applying bios 440 rom file to VM,...
View ArticleUnable To Install ESXi 4.1 with RAID0. HDD Does not come up during the...
Experts, I have HP Proliant server. I have configure raid 0 on this. When I install ESX4.1 it does not detect the HDD.It just say 9.5 gigs of free space is required but it does not show the Raid0...
View ArticleNeed to migrate to new FC storage, help!
I have a fibre channel storage unit connected directly to a BladeCenter chassis and it's blades are running ESXi.I need to migrate all of the hosts over to the new storage but it looks like my only...
View ArticlevCenter Server Linked Mode
Hi Guys, vCenter server has a linked mode which from what I understand enables management of the clusters and ESXi devices. I am planning on deployment vmware on one of our remote facilities, however...
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Virtual clock given to VM
Hi guys, When I have, for example, a processor with 2 CPU x 1,866 GHz and I create a VM with 1 vCPU, its virtual clock is configured with 1,866 GHz, however when I create a VM with 2 vCPU, instead of...
View ArticleSQL and VMs memory management
I have a question about VMs and SQL. We have a SQL db server, originally VM had 16gb (11gb allocated to SQL). We then increased the memroy to 32gb for the VM (and assigned 26gb to SQL). We noticed...
View ArticleHow can I reduce the number of processor sockets?
Is there a way to configure VMWare ESXi 4.1 to recognize only 1 instead of 2 processor sockets? An application's licensing only supports one socket, and I was surprised to find there were two on my...
View ArticleESXi 4.1.0 keeps disconnecting from vSphere server
I recently added a 2nd esxi host to my network. I had an ESXi 4.0 host and vsphere server in place already. The host I added was ESXi 4.1.0. Every minute or two, it disconnects from vsphere server....
View ArticleHost not passing network test. All guest VMs are connected
Interesting scenario popped up on one of my hosts yesterday. The host itself can not connect to my network (changed network lines, switches, etc) It cannot pass the basic network test. Management tools...
View ArticleNeed Help Troubleshooting Disk I/O Performance Please..
I'm running ESXi 4.1. I have, what I believe to be, a disk I/O issue.. I have an EMC AX4-5i with two hosts.. Trying to do a storage vmotion (with the VM powered off) took over an hour before it would...
View ArticleViritualize MacOS possible?
Hi, One of our devs needs a MacOS machine and we only have Windows 2008 R2 VM's running. Is there any way we can viritualize one MacOS PC on our ESX environment? Many thanks! Regards,Joris
View Articleerror parsing the server clients.xml file in wind7 and 2k8
Hello All If any one getting error(error parsing the server clients.xml file) after install esxi4.0 and unable to login from win7 and win2k8 u can download and istall from vmware...
View ArticleError parsing the server "SERVER IP" "clients.xml" file ...
Hello, any idea why I'm getting this errors: Error parsing the server "SERVER IP" "clients.xml" file. Login will continue, contact your system administrator. and after pressing OK buttom I'm getting...
View ArticleESXi-4.1: USB passthrough problem with APC Back-UPS CS 650
==== First of all:1) I understand thishttp://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021345is the official list of supported USB devices;...
View ArticleReset a blade or a down virtual server on a blade?
Hi folks - I need help. I'm a second year IT student who took a job as a support tech, mostly outfitting new machines for deployment, end-user support, printer help etc. A couple weeks ago, my (former)...
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