use a template on multiple clusters or instances of vcenter
I have a vmware template that I want to use on two different clusters, and two different instances of vcenter. Both clusters have access to the datastore that the template vm is on. The template VM is...
View ArticleSnapshot creation and deletion automation by vcenter or script
I am looking for script which create snapshot and delete old snaptshot in vcenter 5.0
View ArticleReclaim unused space on thin provisioned disk?
Hi all. I have ESXi host with 300GB space, and 5 Linux guests. All of them have been configured to use thin provisioned disk, and to use max 200GB. First guest used about 100GB. So I tried to remove...
View ArticleServer 2008 64 Bit Enterprise Memory usage - Locked Memory
Hi Guys, I'd like to know what you're thinking about this issue. http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Server/Windows_Server_2008/Q_26259037.html When you take a look about the...
View ArticleBest way to connect a SAS Tape drive to a Guest?
I am planning to connect a SAS tape drive to a VM in our ESXi 4 server (on certified hardware). I expected this to be trivial, but as I researched the proper way to do it, I found a lot of confusing...
View ArticleHow to reset HP Proliant memory sensor?
Hi all, several weeks ago, on one of my HP servers I found a hardware problem with one of installed memory basket. After replacement, I tried to reset HP hardware sensor within ESXi (via vSphere...
View ArticleEncryption for ESXi
Hey, as you can see I'm using VMware ESXi4. For some reason I'm looking for an encrpyting solution to secure my server. I already searched the internet ... but haven't found anything suitable. So...
View ArticleESXi upgrade from v4.1 to v5.0
I tried to upgrade ESXi from v4.1 to v5.0 by booting the install disk and answering the questions to do an upgrade and preserve, When it gets to 24% an error pops up (shown below). Does anyone know...
View ArticleFatal: Out of memory reading sys.vgz when trying to install on Dell XPS 630i
Hey guys, I got a task from my boss to turn an old PC/Temp server (Dell XPS 630i) into a dev ESXi 4.1 environment. The only problem is that the OS will simply not install at all on the computer, it...
View ArticlePower Outage
After I had a power outage and the server turned off. I started up my vSphere Client and none of my servers are listed. I tried to create a new Virtual Machine under Custom. Under Select a Disk, I...
View ArticleX on a VMWare Console
Hi,I'm new to VMWare.I want to be able to run X (graphics software) on the vmware console for a virutal machinerunning Redhat 5.8.I am using ESXi 4.There is the getty process which presumeably is used...
View ArticleChanging DNS
Hi all, anyone knows if there is some known impact changing DNS server in Network configuration on a single ESXi 4.00 Host? Can i do it without restarting it? Thanks to all
View ArticleESXi 4.1 after i tried Alt-f1 i get "Killed /#" promt
After a mistake where the V of vMotion & Managment in ddvSwitch was unchecked,i lost connectivity to host from vCenter and no Ping.Virtual machines are still UP . When i try to connect to console...
View ArticleAll VM's rebooting for no reason same time every Saturday
Hey Guys I've got an IBM x3650 M2 server running VMware vSphere 4 Hypervisor ESXi 4.1.I'm running 5X vm's (all server 2008 - DC + TS + Exchange + 3CX + SQL) on it and it had been happily going along...
View ArticlevSphere client now refusing to connect due to "Unable to read data from the...
vSphere client refuses to start. It gives me an "Unable to read data from the transport connection. The connection was closed." error response. This configuration was running for about 20 months now....
View ArticlePatches showing as Not Applicable but I think they are
I have inherited maintaining an ESXi 4.1 farm with three hosts and for the most part things are going OK. We run Tenable Security Center in our environment for threat detection/mitigation and it is...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 - VM Errors
Keep getting the same error for two VM's on the same host: There is no more space for virtual disk *******.*******.vmdk. You might be able to continue this session by freeing disk space on the relevant...
View Article"Relocating modules and starting up the Kernel" forever
Hi,I own a server with Intel Xeon W3550 Processor, 6 GB RAM, WD Velociraptor 150 GB Hard drive, X8SAX Motherboard and ATI Radeon HD 5870.I've burnt ESXi 5.0.0 Update 1 ISO image and I've rebooted my...
View ArticleMount an iso file to an ESXi 4.1 Host - to update dell drivers (suu iso)
Hi - I am trying to mount a the Dell ISO (SUU_740_Q42013_A00.ISO) in order to update all drivers to my ESXi 4.1 hosts. The mount -t iso9660 -o loop does not work in ESXi. I ran vmkload_mod iso9660....
View ArticleNetwork issue - VM can't see out but I am able to ping the box and get a...
I am running ESXi 4.1, VM's have been safely running for 2+ years now. Issue arose today where 1 of the VM's couldn't hit the internet anymore. When I try to change setting inside OS on the connection,...
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