Guest issue on ESXi 4
Hey all.. looking for some assistance. Client has a physical server with just one SBS 2008 VM. We replaced a failed drive in a local RAID5 (the only storage) which went fine. About two hours later we...
View ArticleChange datastore - insufficient disk space on datastore
Hi everybody, I have a problem with changing store for my VM. My configuration is : - two dell servers ( ESX1 and ESX2) with ESXi 4.1 HA ( cluster )- dell MD3200i ( ISCSI ) storage with 17,6 Tb of...
View ArticleProblem installing esxi 4.1 to ga-h77n
Hi everyone, I just went out and got myself a mini-itx with great hopes of doing some visualization on it. My specs are as follows: GA-h77n-wifi Sandisk 120 GB SSD16 GB Corsair RAM3TB WD green HDDNo...
View Articleesxi4.1 fail ! loose the 3ware 9650se card and the datastore on it
Hi I have an host runnunig esxi4.1.0 U1 build 348481 since 2011,with a 3ware lsi 9650se8i card with 3 data store on it localy. After a managment problem that nead a reset , now I see the 3 raid array...
View ArticlevmWare 4.1.0 doesn't see Intel ET2 Quad Nic
I have an Essentials 4.1.0 ESXi installation runing on an Intel S5500BC server. I installed an Intel ET2 quad Gig nic and it is not showing up. I initially tested the nic in a similar chassie and it...
View ArticleIntel VT-X In Virtual Machine
Hello All , We are trying to install Intel® Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager, but we are getting following error. Can any please guide me how to resolve this . Error Msg : This Computer...
View Articlequery on vmware sphere host failure
Hi all, was just wondering what happens if the bare metal install fails. We have our vm's located on a raid 5 array seperate to the other machines but was wondering in the event that the disks with OS...
View ArticleMAINSYS voll, sysboot.log 31 MB.
Auf unserem ESXi 4.1 können keine Konfigurationsänderungen vorgenommen werden. Weitere Recherche hat ergeben dass die RAM Disk MAINSYS zu 100% (32 MB) voll ist und der Grund dafür eine große...
View ArticleInstalling iLO on a VM
Hello, Is it possible to install an iLO on a VM? I'm thinking not as this is only available on a HP BIOS but if people have ideas I'd appreciate their thoughts. The whole reason for doing this is that...
View ArticleVMWARE ESXi 4.1 : add a SATA HDD
Hi all, Thank's all for the support and the great job you provide !I'm not a VMWARE specialist. I'm on a DELL T610, with a VMWARE ESXi 4.1. Severals virtuals machines run on a RAID5 grap with a PERC6i...
View ArticleHow to enable SSH logon to ESX/ESXi host for permitted domain users
Hello Helper(s),I have a situation and here is an explanation of it:When I enable SSH (Remote Tech Support) on any of my ESX hosts, I'm able to putty in as root on all servers without any issue. I'm...
View ArticleEliminate .vswp or Resource Pool
Good afternoon. I have (3) W2K8 VMs residing on a dedicated ESXi host with 256GB RAM, the VMs are assigned 8GB, 128GB &128GB vRAM and I'd like to know if there's a way to eliminate or minimize the...
View ArticleWhy is CPU Ready high on host that is NOT over committed?
The host is HP Proliant BL465c G7 with AMD Opteron 6174 Processors (2 sockets, 12 cores per)There were only 2 VMs running on it. One with 8vcpu the other with 1vcpu. Almost no CPU Ready I added a VM...
View ArticleEsxi 4.1 host disconnecting from vCenter after about a minute
Hi,I have a server and that’s running esxi 4.1 with a real IP address.Im using one of its virtual machines to run vCenter with NAT IP address.Every min or so the host disconnects from the vCenter.Im...
View ArticleIs it a way to combine multiple ESXi hosts local datastore into a single...
I have 5 servers which have ESXi 4.1 installed on each of them.Each of them has a 1TB datastore attached to it. Is there any way to merge or combine all the datastores to get a 5TB datastore which I...
View ArticleHow to format or recreate existing VM ISCSI store ?
Hi, I have problems with my store. This store is connected via ISCSI. I found out, that I have to format or recreate store. My plan is to add another ISCSI store, copy all the VM on this store,...
View ArticleThis virtual machine failed to become vSphere HA Protected and HA may not...
Hello We are getting this error for only one guest i a 4 node HA cluster: This virtual machine failed to become vSphere HA Protected and HA may not attempt to restart it after a failure. The 4 host...
View ArticleUnable to Locate Vmware Folder in the path : /etc/opt/vmware
This might be an lame question, however I need to make a change to the vpxa.cfg file, and I cannot find the VMWARE folder for the path: /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg I am accessing the console remotely...
View ArticleLocating a VM without vCenter?
We are running ESXi 4.1 with vCenter 4.1. Both our vCenter server and its SQL backend are located on VMs. Recently, our SQL server went down rendering vCenter useless. I got everything back up...
View ArticleCannot install VMware ESXi 4.1 "Unable to find the system image to install"
Downloaded ESXi 4.1 iso, burned to a CD, booted CD, go through screens, hit F11 to install. Immediately get the following error: -Installation operation failed! The installation operation has...
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