ESXi on USB and retaining logs across reboots
I have some ESXi 4.1 update nothing hosts for which I followed the instructions here VMware KB: Creating a persistent scratch location for ESXi 4.x and 5.x to configure a scratch partition so logs are...
View ArticleChanging IP address on esxi 4.1 0 260247
Hello.I need to change one ip address of my server. The VLAN contains all virtual machines and VM-kernel. Because of configuration error in my Network I need a new ip address here.The management...
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Can not ping VMWARE Host
If have lost the connection from vCenter to one of my VMware servers.I can still do the following...use the vSphere client to go directly to it.ping any servers running on it. I am thinking that I have...
View ArticleESXi 4.1: The vSPhere Client could not connect...
I am receiving an error when trying to connect to a host using the IP address directly and through Virtual Center Server. I am just noticing it, can not tell how long it has been going on. SSH works...
View ArticlePatch Installation Help
We are running a standalone ESXi 4.1 box. I am trying to install patch ESXi410-201307001 (7401-SG). The problem is when I run the vihostupdate command, I get the error: Insufficient space available,...
View ArticleRecommended way to remove a VM Snapshot?
I just recently tried to delete a snapshot of a VM via the VM snapshot manager. The VM was 80GB in size with a snapshot of 50GB existing, I gracefully shutdown the OS/VM prior to removing the...
View ArticleServer won't boot up
I have a Server 2008 vm that won't boot up. I installed some Windows Updates and then restarted. I see the Windows splash screen and then it just goes black. I did a hard shutdown and powered it back...
View ArticleMigrating datastores between two iSCSI storage
Dear Forum members, I'm facing a challange with migrating datastores from one iSCSI SAN to an other one. The setup: Both SAN's are on the same VLAN, the traffic goes untagged to the broadcom hardware...
View ArticleCan I migrate a VM to a new family CPU? - Cisco Call Manager PUB/SUB
I currently have 2 VMware ESXi 4.1 hosts: 1. Dell PER905 - running 16 CPU's x 2.39GHz (cores) / Quad-Core AMD Opteron (tm) Processor 8378 (processor type) 2. Cisco UCS C260 M2 (BASE-2646) -...
View ArticleConfiguring an ESXi Host Default Gateway
Hi, I am trying to add in another ESXi Host into an existing set of servers. The previous administrator had the management network default gateway configured on a different subnet to the hosts IP...
View ArticleVMtools upgrade without downtime of VM's
Hi, I'm going to upgrade the esxi version from 4.1 to 5.1.In this setup multiple VM's are running on this esxi servers and all are business critical.So I can't reboot those VM's after upgrade the...
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ESXi 4.1.0_b345043 Consolidating Snapshots question
Hi all, We had a crash situation with one of our servers, and the backup admin took a snapshot of the system as it was, then rolled it back to an earlier snapshot (PRIOR TO MAIN 6_12_13). We 've...
View ArticleSMUX-Error caused by E1000-Networkcard
Hey everyone One of our virtua lSQL-Server Server has a Problem. The Server takes 100% PCU.The user getting a Error-Message: SQLSTATE = 08S02 [MICROSOFT] [SQL NATIVE CLIENT 10.0] SMUX PROVIDER:...
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VMware Alerts, need help
Good Day, I am new to VMware & have gotten my first sys admin job, I am alone, no other IT people here, so I need help. I have a Proliant DL580 G5 acting as one of our ESXi hosts. I see that there...
View ArticleDisks full virtual machine cannot be accessed - What now?
I had a fairly full datastore and decided to free up space. Went to Smapshot manager deleted all smapshots, big mistake, I should have read Fillips post " When initiating Delete or DeleteAll snapshots,...
View ArticleWhy is large RDM IO limited to 64kb under ESXi 4.1 even though...
A large IO from a Guest VM running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 using pvscsi driver to an RDM disk, is split into 64kb IO sizes when sent to storage array. ESXi host profile has Disk.DiskMaxIOSize...
View ArticleHow to replace IP 10.*.*.* in /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg
Hey everyone, I need to REIP a LOT of esx hosts, and am really close, but either through Powershell / Powercli / plink I can't seem to figure out hot to replace the vCenter IP address in...
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ESXtop Network - Port-ID to vNIC mapping
Hi Guys, I have a questions concerning ESXtop on an ESXi 4.1 Host. Lets say I have an VM with two vNICS. In ESXtop it looks like this: So I use PORT-ID 16778042 & 16778043 on the Virtual Switch....
View ArticleESXTOP - VMs slowness and freezing
Hello, We are seeing some VMs freezing and sometimes disconnecting from the zero client. I have attached the ESXTOP log and I believe the issues is with our SAN. Looking for help analyzing this data.
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