Consumed Space on Datastore Increasing
We had an issue with disk space on one of our clusters, and as such we have been closely monitoring the datastore space. We have seen the space slowly start to go down in size. For example: 1/14/2014:...
View ArticleMaximum vCPU allocation for Windows Server 2008 Enterprise running on vSphere...
Hi, I have a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (x64) guest running on ESXi 4.1 with a vSphere 4 Enterprise licence. I believe that both the guest and hypervisor should be licensed for and support 8...
View ArticleHow to apply firmware for Qlogic adapter QMH2462 on ESXi 4.1
Hello I have mezzanine card qmh2462 Qlogic Adapter, i need to apply firmware for ESXi 4.1, i am not finding proper document about how to apply firmware for mezzanine qlogic FC card also I am not...
View ArticleCustom VMTX Template File Doesn't Migrate to Deployed VMs
Hello, I was interested in the following:How to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ? Basically I made a change to a virtual machine template VMTX file. However, when I deploy or clone this template to...
View ArticleConnect IBM Tape Drive as pass-through for esxi4.1 VM
My client has IBM server with ESXI4.1 with Win 2003 Std VMWant to install IBM external sas tape drive and install symantec on that win 2003 vmthe server and tape drive are compatible and can support...
View ArticleWhat are the possible ways to segment a VM from VMware network?
Hi Guys, What are the possible ways to segment a VM from VMware network? We are on ESX 4.1.0. Thank You, Arnel
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ESXi 4.1.0,582267; using bios.440.rom and running OS-2012 (error:0x0000005D)
Hi there.We have used this:http://communities.vmware.com/thread/394669?start=0&tstart=0http://en.blog.skydriver.org/tag/bios-440-rom/ as a source.But still after applying bios 440 rom file to VM,...
View ArticlePermission to modify network connections on standalone ESXi
Hello, we have to operate some standalone ESXi 4.1 hosts to which our customer has access too. We're trying to restrict the customer's permissions as far as we can.Unfortunately, on some VMs he needs...
View Articleerro : an unknown connection error occurred.(the client could send a complete...
Friends, I am having trouble accessing the server by vSphere 4.1, anyone have any solution :erro : an unknown connection error occurred.(the client could send a complete request to the server.(a...
View ArticleReverting esxi 4.1 essentials back to evaluation period to test features for...
Hi there, I am looking at testing out vmotion and storage vmotion across our current 3 essentials host machines. I would like to be able to revert two of the hosts back to their already expired...
View ArticleUCS blades not seeing new LUNs without restart
Hello. I've inherited a UCS chassis and blades (B200 M3) running ESXi 4.1. When presenting new LUNs for additional data stores (IBM v7000 through an IBM SVC) the blades and ESXi do not see the LUNs...
View ArticlePower on VM Fails - "Could not power on VM : Not Found"
Hi Guys and Girls, I am running a relatively small server with ESXi 4.0.0 running a SBS 2008 Standard VM as well as a couple of XP VMs for legacy line of business apps.Today one of the disks in the...
View ArticleHP Smart Start and Issues with Vmware ESXi 4 and upwards
Hi All, Currently down at our DR site we have several hosts running a mixture of Esxi 4 and upwards and we wanted to get the ILO working correctly on the servers as our current ILO view is not really...
View ArticleConsole of vSphere Client stays black!
Hi: I have installed in a server the free version of ESXi, I have installed on my PC vSphere Client and I have create virtual machines but when I try to power on one virtual machine and its console the...
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my ESXi has weird traffic
my ESXI has a weird traffic. I’m using a DELL R610 server since 3 years ago, installed ESXI 4.1 on it. since 10 days ago, my website are very slow. even can not SSH to server.ISP telling me i have a...
View ArticleSnapshot bug with single-file hard disk in ESXi 4.1
I have just found a bug in ESXi 4.1 about snapshot and single-file hard disk. It took me quite some time to realize it's related to single-file hard disk and I'm able to reproduce the problem. This...
View ArticleRelocate Virtual Machine - The Task was canceled by a user
I wonder if someone can help please. At my place of work we have an ESXi4.1 vCentre, with about 60 hosts at various remote sites. We've recently experienced a hard disk error in one of the hosts,...
View ArticleClarification Regarding Cores
Just to clarify, here's what I have: 2 Sockets4 CoresHyperthreading: ActiveThis should mean I have 16 Logical Processors that I can tinker with before getting to a point where my VMs with more cores...
View Article4.1 to 5.5 Upgrade Help
Hello Everyone, Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this topic, but it seemed most appropriate. I have just started working for a new company, who currently have ESXI 4.1, I have previous...
View ArticleVery poor HDD performance
HiI have a problem with my server setup. HP ML350 G6 12MB RAM ESXi 4.1P410i 512MB:3x146GB 10k 2.5 RAID5 for win 2008 sbs, win 2003, win xp2x600GB 10k 2.5 RAID1 for dataP210 in PCI slot:1x2TB 7.2k for...
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