HP 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 ArticleVMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
I am using VMware ESXi and I am trying to setup a guest that is Windows 7 that will have an ATI Radeon video card passed through to it. I actually had this working on a previous system but I had to...
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 ArticleHow to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ?
Hi I would like to install windows 8 on my current esxi 4.1 environment, of course without success. I receive the error about thatHAL_Initialization_Failed I've found serveral forums that only...
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...
View ArticleCould not power on VM : Invalid metadata - storage
Hi, I am new at this forum and I have problems starting VM. My configuration of esx 4.1 is :- two host in cluster ( esx1 and esx2 ) HA- datastore is on DELL MD storage conected via ISCSII When I try to...
View ArticleESXi 4.0 Server Crashed
Hi, Today my one ESXi 4.0 server got crashed due to iSCSI drive problem. After some 2 hours i managed to get it up and running but one of the datastore got corrupted as its not showing any data there....
View ArticleESXi VM's very slow file transfer to 100Mb clients on Cisco 2960 switches
Anyone seen this before? We've just completed a major LAN upgrade and replaced 12 legacy switches with Cisco 2960's. The LAN is performing very well, but any traffic to and from ESXi VM's is very...
View ArticleESXi + User-Space NFS = write but no read?
OK, so I know that this question has been asked around here (and various other places as well) but I have not yet seen a solution, nor have I seen it asked recently. So, I'm asking again for the good...
View ArticleVMware ESXi Host High CPU Utilization
I've been noticing a spike in both RAM/CPU on one ESXi Host in particularly lately. What can be done to an ESXi Host to target what is causing this?
View ArticleStrange Issue: Can't deploy new VM unless I select a different name
Ok, two days, two different hosts (ESXi 4.1 u2), two different administrators trying to create a virtual machine. They provision the VM with no problems, point it to a kickstart server to load it with...
View ArticleCan't install vmware tools inside Centos 6.4 due to headers missed
Hi Guys, I have VMWare ESX410-Update02 on my server, trying to install VMWare tools on fresh Centos 6.4 minimal install. Getting this:What is the location of the directory of C header files that match...
View ArticleGrowing local datastore from command line
I've run into an issue where I need to increase the size of a datastore, but I do not see the Extent Device when trying to do so. A few KB articles have lead me to believe that this is an issue when...
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what do assert and deassert mean in regards to current state of hardware...
Hi. Newbie here to VMWare; in checking an alert for battery status on one of our VMHosts I see a warning with the current state as Assert. What does this mean? Furthermore, why would "failed" be...
View ArticleQuestion about installing patches ESXi 4.1.0 (free version)
Hello,I have a question about available patches for the ESXi Host.How to decide which patch to install. Does the latest patch contain the earlier patches?Or do I have to install patches beginning with...
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