"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 ArticleHost IPMI System Event Log Status
I have an IBM BladeCenter S chassis with three HS22 blade servers, each with embedded hypervisors that have been upgraded to ESXi 4.1, 260247.I'm running vCenter 4.1, 258902 When adding hosts to...
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 ArticleVMware starts in a old state (6 months back)
I have a live server, that didnt start anymore because of a error that the parent id of a vmdk might have been changed or the snapshot wasnt found (can`t remember the exact error). I found a fix for...
View ArticleCannot SSH into ESXi 4.1
Hi All, Recently, we can no longer ssh into our ESXi 4.1 box. vSphere into it is OK and all the VMs are running fine. Using putty to ssh into the ESXi 4.1 exits straight away with "Server unexpectedly...
View ArticleDecrease Disk Volume Size
I have a VM that I increased on the of the disk drives by 100GB temporarily, so that we could do an upgrade. I no longer need that volume at that size and I was wondering if I could decrease that...
View ArticleDelete Datastore Error
Hello, recently I have migrated vm via storage vMotion. Now when I try to delete the old datastore it says "The resource is in use". I have investigated that no ISO files have been mounted to the vm...
View Articlelet vmware machine approac local datastore
i have a esxi server with about 100+ Windows XP machine doing several testing work. All of them need to be upgraded to Windows Service Pack 3. Have made script to let them install the SP3 from our...
View ArticleIssue with exchange 2010 on esxi 5.1
I'm facing an issue in esxi 5.1. I have created on vm with 2008 r2, on 2008r2 standard we have configured exchange 2010. My issue is even after taking back up of all mails from exchange to another...
View ArticleWhat are the vm-xxx numbers in the vcenter logs?
Good morning, all! I was trolling through the vCenter system logs this morning and noticed that many entries have a vm number. The format is vm-5xx. Does this number relate to a specific VM, and, if...
View ArticleDCA/SSH disabled and vSphere problem
We use esxi 4.1 Free running on Dell R610. For security reasons we disabled DCA and SSH connections having no problems for years. 2 days ago, we can't connect via vsphere: "Server takes too long for...
View ArticleWhat "unmapped user access" for NFS share in Windows Server 2008 R2?
Initially, I followed this Youtube video to configure an NFS share in Windows Server 2008 R2:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ8Q_vsiksgPlease notice that the default option Allow unmapped user Unix...
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no LUN available when trying to increase datastore
hi All, running VMware ESXi 4.1.0 348481 on a single host, single datastore.had 3x 300GB disks running in RAID5. Over weekend i added a fourth disk, through the hosts storage controller i reconfigured...
View ArticleThe vSphere Client get error: vSphere Client could not connect to "esxi4_01"...
Hello everyone, I have 08 servers running ESXi 4.1 standalone in my datacenter. A few days ago when trying to connect one of these servers via vShpere Client got the error: vSphere Client...
View ArticleBattery on controller 0 Charging Warning
Hi,we have ESXi 4 on a Dell T710 server. In the configuration tab, i see the warning attached.What could be ?Thanks!
View ArticleNFS storage and "Delete" link
In another thread, I understood that in order to remove the "connection" between an ESXi host and an NFS server, I have to use "unmount". Above the datastores list, there is a link called "Delete"...
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2013-12-26T07:30:24.715Z| vmx| I120: ConfigDB: Failed to load /etc/vmware/config2013-12-26T07:30:24.715Z| vmx| I120: ConfigDB: Failed to load /usr/lib/vmware/config2013-12-26T07:30:24.715Z| vmx| I120:...
View ArticleESXi4.0 mit iSCSI unter Windows Server 2012 R2
Hallo Zusammen, Ich habe einen Windows Server 2012 R2 erworben, den ich mit mehreren virtuellen iSCSI Laufwerk konfiguriert habe.In meiner Umgebung befinden sich zudem drei ESXi-Essentials Server. 1x...
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 ArticleEVC question
Hi All I am about to schedule some work to increase the size of my ESX 4.1 cluster. I currently have 2 host (DELL R620's) and I am going to add another 2 of the same model servers. The new servers have...
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