ESXi 4.1 Patches
As we have gone through our trials and tribulations with this wonderful environment that was quite obviously not built correctly to begin with, we have found that no patching has taken place since this...
View ArticleXP SP3 Guest OS can't show 1920x1080 Resolution
VMWare WS 8.0 connecting to ESXi 4.1.0 (Build 348481) I followed the instructions in http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003 and setup...
View ArticleCopying a vm from one host to another
I have seen lots of ways to do this but as I am unsure of scripting, I wonder if there is a GUI or piece of software that would allow me to clone the vm and then move or be able to pick it up from one...
View ArticleSAN extension for production ESX servers
Prod_Datastore appears to have <5% free space - 35GB free of the 800GB used, and with 1.24 TB provisioned. Please advise options to extend...either to 1GB or to the provisioned size of 1.24TB....
View ArticlePSOD Info needed
Hi all, I got a PSOD on a HP blade server. We could not capture the print screen. It is running esxi 4.1 U2. In ESX the vmkernel dump will get generated in root folder. However as this is esxi there is...
View ArticleUpgraded CPU on VM - not seeing a difference....
As the heading states - I just upgraded a VM running Windows 2008 Server R2. We just performed a upgrade on the CPU quantity last night as it has an application that was putting 98% usage on the...
View ArticleInstalling Esxi 4.1 on new server with no operating system or drivers
HiWe have purchased a new Zoostorm with no os. I have tried to load Esxi to start configuration but it fails. I am new to Vmware so if anyone can help I would be grateful. Thanks
View ArticleESXi 4.1 Patching Issue
Hey all! I'm currently patching our ESXi 4.1 hosts using the vCLI 4.1 utility. I'm getting an error and it's starting to get very frustrating! First off, I copied all of my patches here: C:\Program...
View ArticleHow to edit .vmx file ESXi 4
I get the following message in my event log: Insufficient video RAM. The maximum resolution of the virtual machine will be limited to 1520 X 1140 at 16 bits per pixel. To use the configured maximum...
View ArticleURGENT: Failing Hard Disk
We have a Dell R710 running VMware ESXi 4.0.0. One of the physical HDDs is failing which is causing Disk I/O errors on a Virtual Machine hosted on it. Unfortunately no backups were made of the server...
View ArticleApplying a License to ESXi 4 VM Host
I currently have a VMware Host running ESXi 4.1.u3 in "evluation mode". I need to apply an Enterprise Plus license to the VMware Host. I was wondering - when I apply this license, will I need to...
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ESXi 4.1.0 PSOD
Hi all, I got the attached PSOD on an HP ML350 G6 earlier this morning, server specs below. I cannot find any information on this particular error so decided to try my luck here. Must add that I've...
View ArticleExternal USB HD not detected by Virtual Machine
We had this external hard drive working great and was a backup share to many files. However, we recently relocated the equipment and had to shut down both Vsphere servers we had. After connecting...
View ArticleEnable WOL in a VM
I need to enable Wake-On-Line on a XP VM which is on ESXi 4.0 server. I checked in vCenter and see "Wake on LAN Supported = Yes" on the NICHowever, I cannot see Wake-On-Line option in the BIOS of the...
View ArticleCall "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateVmfsDatastore" for object...
Hai, Some specs ESXi 4.1, Dell Perc 5/i met 2x 500Gb Samsung SATA disks. When creating storage i get the error below.Call "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateVmfsDatastore" for object "ha-datastoresystem" on...
View ArticleCannot connect directly to esxi hosts with vSphere, but can locally through...
I'm ripping my hairs out at this point, any idea what is going on? I need to shutdown the hosts and I want to make sure I can connect to them directly without vCenter. - I have a virtualized vCenter -...
View ArticleSSH from MAC to ESXi
I am sshing from my MAC to an ESXi box using the native terminal via the "ssh username@hostname" command. I can login and run a few commands without any issues, but when i run ESXTOP, it does't have...
View ArticleOne of my VSphere Host properties are greyed out under configuration
I can log into my host directly with VSphere client and change the properties but if I log into my VCenter Server via the client it won't allow me to click properties because its greyed out. I've can't...
View ArticleESX4 W2K3 VM Intelppm.sys high CPU load
HI, I have a windows server 2003 SP2 Terminal Server that began loading up the vcpu slowing the system to a crawl. I used Kernrate to locate intelppm.sys as the culprit consuming up to 96% of the...
View ArticleBuild ESXi 4.1 U3
Hi, I want to build esxi 4.1 U3 in my HP Proliant G7 blade.I downloaded below iso but i am not sure if this is the one i should be using. Also i want to know which driver version should i download from...
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