VMware syslog won't sent logs to a remote Linux server
We configured sysloggloble path for a remote server which is the log sent to.udp://hostname:514 but it won't work. Do I need to configure other sysloggloble settings???
View ArticlePhysical Drive details in Smart Array
hello I have HP Servers having HP embedded ESXI server installed with HP owned ISO, I want to know physical drive details in ESXi ( as like hpacucli), because i have drive failure and want to replace...
View ArticleSound on Server 2008 R2
I have a Server 2008 R2 up VM and running but I do not have any sound with it. I am not able to see the sound card under the device manager or under the VM properties. This was working when it was...
View ArticleVMware ESXi 4.1U3 on IVY Bridge CPU
Hi All Does anyone have installed VMware ESXi 4.1U3 on IVY Bridge CPU?I meet error during installation, attached file is detail informaion.
View ArticleDatastore has run out of space..
Please help ,I have a 1 TB datastore that has only 20 gigs of free space on it that I am worried will run out of space soon. The space is all being used up by a specific server ,when i look at the...
View ArticleCannot relocate virtual machine
Hi!I have ESXi 4.1 (320137) with several data-stores. I tried to make backup via Veeam and all VM from different data-stores were successfully backup-ed, except one. I tried to backup this VM (VM...
View ArticleHow to move a VM ( virtual appliance) from one Cluster to another?
Hello, I have a virtual appliance that was created in teh wrong cluster and I need to move it to another cluster.I tryt o use the Migration wizard but the other cluster is not displayed for teh...
View ArticleESXi 4.0 208167 initial install used 80G of hard drive space
Hi, I am setting up an old HP Proliant DL360 G5 server with two 146SAS hard drives, managed by HP Smart Array P400i controller. With RAID 1+0, the logical disk is about 136G. After installing the...
View ArticleUnable to apply 4.1 Update 03 - Server things it is already installed but it...
I was using PowerCLI to go from Update 02 ot 03 on a 4.1 ESXi server using the localhost option. However, the powercli install command failed during the update "Unable to write data to the transport...
View ArticleVsphere 4.1 HA Cluster
HI, We have a 2 Node HA Cluster Running with 5 Produktiv VMs and 5 Test VMs. The VMs are Distributed over the 2 NodesHow can i shut down only the Test VMs in Case of an Hostfailure? HA Cluster...
View ArticleNIC Teaming ESXi 4
I'm planning on doing a p2v of a server that uses HP network software to do NIC teaming. When virtualized, I noticed the ESXi network properties enable some NIC teaming properties by default. Will this...
View ArticleSNMP Configurations require vCenter?
I'm currently running vCenter on top of a Clustered pair of 2 ESXi 4.1.0u3 hosts. I configured the SNMP configurations is vCenter to point to our appropriate receiver.A couple of questions come to...
View ArticleRemoving LUNs from ESXi 4
Hi I'm planning to remove some LUNs from a ESXi cluster. I've seen a KB article saying that an APD condition can be triggered....
View ArticleESXi 4 U3 Health Status
I'm running ESXi 4 u3 on an HP Proliant DL350 G5. In the health status section I see readings for pretty much everything except storage. Any ideas on why storage is not on that list? I have a script I...
View ArticleRemove "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in a Windows guest
(I already posted this in another discussion but it was so burried down in the thread I fear no one will see it. Plus the discussion topic had nothing to do with this issue really. So there's my formal...
View ArticleFails in deployment a virtual appliance which is built from vMA 5
Hi, gentlemen: I attempt using VMware Studio 2.5 to build a virtual appliance from vMA in ESXi 4.1, and then only assign the OVF 1.0 as my build format.After a successful build and download OVF...
View ArticleSNMP configuration issue
Hey guys- I have applied SNMP configuration on 2 VMware ESXi 4.1u3 Hosts in my environment, the following is the output from the show command:Current SNMP agent settings:Enabled: 1UDP port:...
View ArticleError configuring NTP
Hi. I want to configure the ESX hosts to query an NTP server to get the time. However, I end up getting an error message while trying to run the service via the vSphere Client.Aufruf von...
View ArticleWorkstation 9: USB utterly slow - please fix! (Or do I need to change a...
Using an USB stick, copy transfer rate in my virtual machine is (seriously) 14.6 KB/Sec. !! Perfoming the same copy operation in my host OS it's 379 KB/Sec. That's 25 times slower in the VM !!!...
View ArticleDatastore size is smaller than virtual disk
Just deployed a fresh installation of ESXI 4.1 rev3 on a new Dell PE R520 server with 4 1gb disks configured in a single RAID5 array. When I log in with vSphere and go to Configuration>Storage it...
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