"No bootable device" after successful ESXi 5 installation on Intel DG35EC...
So... Here's the deal. I have a desktop PC I'm using a test box for ESXi. The motherboard is an Intel DG35EC with G35 and ICH8 chipset. Back in the 4.1 U1 days I could install ESXi 4.1 w/ update 1 to...
View ArticleVM Guest OS Upgrade just attach vHDD (VMDK)
Hello, I have a VM running Windows Server 2003, it is simply a file server with a vHDD(VMDK file) of 1TB.The OS is installed on a seperate vHDD (VMDK file). My idea is create a new VM running Windows...
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 on ESXi 4.1 and EqualLogic SAN - tuning/performance issues
We’re testing our first soon-to-be production servers with vSphere, and running into some performance issues. First off, the setup: - Two-tier Sage CRM system, with one dedicated web server (IIS) and...
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A little storage space CRISIS
Hi guys, I'm having an issue with the storage. We have a 400gb storage for the main data store. Only 21GB are FREE. But, when we I summarize the assigned space to each virtual machine, I'm definitly...
View ArticleNeed a little Update Help
I have just taken over a virtual environment and need a little help. We have 1 ESXi 4.1 box running 3 VMs. I have just a few questions to get going: 1. How do I know which patches need to be installed...
View ArticleReconfiguring HA at the Cluster Level
I have a warning message stating that HA initiated a failover action in one of my clusters. The fix that I found was to disable/re-enable HA at the cluster level. Does this have any impact to...
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Dynamic drives are missing on VM
Hi All, On one of the server there are duplicate missing drives on the server. Snapshot attached. I have already followed below article but no...
View ArticleVMWare ESXi 4.1 MPIO Issue
Hi All,Relatively new to vmware so I hope this is an accurate description.We have 3 x Vmvware ESXi 4.1 physical hosts that are part of a vcentre cluster. Due to the availability of physical adapters on...
View ArticleInteresting Findings on Retina Scans
Has anyone else ever seen this come up: RNet eShop X-Site Scripting Vulnerabilty I then search Goole and get this: http://nakedsecurity.com/cve/CVE-2013-1661 which leads to...
View ArticleUpdate manager failing for HP ESXi servers
Hello I am facing issue with update manager, i cannot able to scan, stage etc.. for HP ESXi images for HP Servers. Below is the error message in log[patchDepotManager, 198] Failed to get filesize for:...
View ArticleNTP service on physical or virtual machine
I'm using vSphere 4.1.0 with 3 host ESXi 4.1.0 which are running about 50 virtual machines.I'm going to build my guest Linux server to give accurate time to my clients by ntpd service, can I install...
View ArticleHow do I migrate an ESXi host from a vDS to a vSwitch with NAS storage on the...
I need to move some esxi hosts off a vDS to a standard vSwitch in preparation for moving the ESXi hosts to a new vCenter I have two 10 GB NICs that handle VM ports, NAS storage, and vmotion. Is there a...
View ArticlevSphere Client Issues???
I manage a "spread out" number of ESXi hosts up and down the East Coast. A problem I have been running into lately is a few of my ESXi 4.1 hosts are giving me the below error: Call...
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Problem with starting virtual machine after unexpected shutdown of host ..
Hi, we have problem with starting one virtual machine where is OS Windows 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 .. After unexpected shutdown of host / power failure / we could not start virtual machine .....
View ArticleI am facing issue while connecting RDP to one of the VM with cluster of ESXi...
I am facing issue while connecting RDP to one of the VM with cluster of ESXi 4.1 (433742) VC 4.1 (345043)scenario :- I have 50 VMs in cluster. one VM name "location6" unable to take...
View ArticleProblem vm loosing network occasionally
Hello, I'm experiencing weird issue with vms which occasionally loose the network. The only way to restore the situation is to log at the vm console do a disable/enable of the network card (under the...
View ArticleWeb client and vsphere hypervisor (free version) 5.1
Hi, I have recently downloaded and installed the vsphere hypervisor 5.1 (free version) from VMware.When I connected to this server via a web bowser, it showed a page which had links on how to download...
View ArticleFreeNAS and iSCSI issue. Path but no device.
Hi, I've created a FreeNAS iSCSi mirrored storage for my ESXi host, following this tutorial Step by Step Configuration FreeNAS 8.3.1 as iSCSI Target External Storage by Nathan Gusti Ryan - YouTube but...
View ArticleHardware passthrough causing crash...Cnic_register...
Hey Guys, First time posting here. Love vmware. When it works right. Anyway, Everytime i enable passthrough for my Ati HD5830 and restart the vmbox, the hangs at "CNIC_REGISTER"....Why god why??? I was...
View Articleout of memory errors
on my esxi 4.1 host, I am unable to browse to the local datastore. and in message logs, I am seeing a lot of erors out of memory [5205] any idea?
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