Setting a password age policy on ESXi 5.0 (esxcfg-auth now gone)?
Our customer security policy is to set an age limit on ESXi user accounts. On ESX 4.0 I used esxcfg-auth --passmaxdays=40 but this command is no longer available in ESXi 5.0. Can anyone if there is a...
View ArticleQuestion on ESXi 4.1 VM Config Maximums
Hi there, I have a question on the configuration maximum of VMs on Vsphere 4.1 (ESXi 4.1.0, 1050704). As per Configuration Maximums Document I am limited to 25 vCPUs per Core. We have BL460c G8 Servers...
View ArticleVMs loose network after Vmotion
Hi, This is frequent in my virtual environment, VMs loose network after vmotion.and Once I disconnect and reconnect the vNIC, it fixes the issue.Details below : - VM H\W version = 7Host = ESXi...
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 ArticleBluetooth not working on ESXi 4
Hi I have a server running ESXi 4, I run a Windows XP client OS running an application that talks via Bluetooth to our Solar Inverter. I have connected the Bluetooth dongle to the server and ESX has...
View ArticleHost error message - IDT: 1795: 0xfb received but not set up
Hi all I have been recieving this message recently on one of my hosts. I am having difficulty tracking down exactly what this mean. IDT: 1795: 0xfb received but not set up. Does anybody know? Thanks
View ArticleVM grew to 258GB on datastore formatted with a 1M block size
I have an ESXi 4.1 server (VMFS 3.33) , stand alone, older server, hosting a single VM. When I created the server, I made the local datastore a 1MB block size because the VM would never grow above...
View Articleesxi 4.1 and tape library
Hi all,i have upgraded esx3.5 to esxi4.1u3 on some blade hosts connected with FC to a Tape library TS3200.After upgrade whenever i restart a host immediateli i see the media changer device but not the...
View ArticleWrong message "VMware Tools can be updated" for VM inside ESXi 4.1
Those VMware Tools in my guest OS keep on showing “VMware Tools can be updated” and the yellow exclamation. Host OS is ESXi 4.1.0 build 348481VMware Tools version is 8.4.8 build 491717 It’s not about...
View ArticleUniKey License Dongle doesn't appear to work correctly on RHEL63 guest on...
According to this KB: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021345 The UniKey STD licensing dongle should work under ESXi 4.1 in...
View ArticleHELP! vmware won't mount vmfs volume
We recently had a hard disk failure in an esx 4i free host. Long story, but for some reason the failure of a single disk managed to take out the entire raid 5 volume (so much for resilience!)(There is...
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Datastore missing
Hello everyone, and sorry for my poor english I've a big problem with a RAID 10 server where it is installed ESXi 4.0.0, which starts but fails to start VMs. I had shell access to the server and these...
View Articleremote restart of a virtual machine
Is it possible to set up a remote restart of a Virtual Machine via a web? Recently I was asked to help with IT support for a business that uses ESXi v4.1 to run two windows 2008 OSs. I discovered that...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 update 3 install error - vmfs module failed to load
I downloaded the latest ESXi 4.1U3 ISO to install on a brand new Dell R720 host & I recieved the following error at the begining of the install...VMFS module failed to load There are 4 network...
View ArticleMixing up different Hardware type in VMware cluster
Hello I have ProLiant BL460c G7 and ProLiant BL460c G8 blades, currently Cluster running 3 G7 servers, we are planning to add G8 server to existing cluster, is there any idea, what would be the impact...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 custom log file.
Hello all,We have a Esxi 4.1 running joined to a Vsphere server. On the esx server we have a package running and creating its own log file /var/log/customelog.log is there a way we can get the contents...
View ArticleESXI 4.0 VMware Infrastructure Client
Hello, I just installed ESXI 4.0, where can download VMware Infrastructure Client to login ESXI 4.0 ? THANK
View ArticleSQL Express 2005 limits with linked mode vCenter servers
Hi, We have an issue at the moment whereby we have reached the 4GB limit for SQL Express 2005 and wish to move the database to a dedicated SQL server. However, one of my colleagues has advised he has...
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How to connect VM to a physical server?
Hi all, Right now, we have two physical servers; one acting as a web server and the other acting as the DB server. For security reasons, the DB server doesn't have outside connectivity and is connected...
View ArticleLost password on esxi 4.0
I have taken over an account running vmware esix 4.0 free version. They are running version 4.0 no updates. When I came in this morning, I couldn't connect the v sphere client to the server due to a...
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