Export from Esxi to workstation 6.0.4
I exported ovf from esxi 4.1.0 to my PC and I want to open it in vmware workstation 6.0.4, but it can not be opened a message "Could not open Virtual machine: xxxxxx, File: xxxxxxxx.ovf line1:syntax...
View ArticleGraphical corruption when trying to install ESXi 5.5
Hello. I have a new server and when installing VMware ESXi 5.5 update 1 the installer experiences graphical corruption (the screen shows random moving pixels of strange colours). Other operating...
View ArticleVirtual Machines configuration - ESXi 5.5 on IBM x3550
Hi everybody, I have a brand new IBM x3550 Server with two 1TB SAS disks and 8GB RAM. I've made a RAID 1 and I have succesfully installed ESXi 5.5.Now is when I need suggestions for the installation of...
View ArticleTIP: for those affected by 'microcode levels not supported' pink screen at...
Here is the solution I have found: at installation boot press Shift-otype in the kernel advanced option: skipMicrocodeCompatCheckto make it permanent after installation type at command line:...
View ArticleHow to force a VM to run at full CPU speed
Hello,I have configured a VM with one CPU and I would like it to run at the full speed of this CPU even when the VM is not heavily loaded. I have experienced that the same treatment can take twice as...
View ArticleI have a ESXi VM but do not know the password to the system. I also do not...
We are moving the network to a new building. I have no way of getting the password for the ESXi machine or the VSphere Client. (I can't even figure out if we do have support because I do not have...
View ArticleAdditional storage on Esxi 4.1
Hi, I've got a Dell Poweredge server with Esxi 4.1 installed and 3 virtual machines running Windows Server 2008 R2. One of the VMs which is running Exchange 2010 and is running out of disk space. I...
View ArticleShellshock bug
Hi all, Regarding the Shellshock bug, I have read the article http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2090740 ESXi 5 - 5.5 is not affected....
View ArticleESXi 4.1 lockdown mode access confirmation no vCenter server access
Hi,ESXi 4.1. I see conflicting options with accessing a host which had normal lockdown mode enabled via a vCenter server VM on a host in the cluster. The vCenter server which is on one of the...
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 ArticleVMkernel failover on teamed NIC's does not work
Hi,in my ESXi (4.1) setup i have 2 physical adapters in a NIC team connected to vSwitch0on this vSwitch i have VM portgroup, and 3 VMkernel PortsVirtual Machine Port Group (VM traffic)vmk0 (management...
View ArticleDecommision VM And Storage
I have been asked to decommission a test vm and all its storage which was never used. How do i do this? Is it the case of just deleting from disk? how do i decommission the storage on this vm which is...
View ArticleHow to Migrate and Convert Physical RDMs
I figured someone needed to step in and straighten this MESS out. This is what you need to do, fully explained the way each and every post should be. You must power the VM down to do this, there is...
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How to NAT with pfsense on ESXI
I install esxi 4 on my server with 1 public static ip(xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)Then, i created 1 vswitchs named "DMZ" with no nic attached.So i have 2 vswitch(vswitch 0(portgroup Managerment) and VM...
View ArticleNetgear ReadyNAS device disconnects (NFS)
Hello again everybody, I'm trying to copy a couple of 50GB Virtual machines from the primary hard drives datastore to the newly mounted Netgear ReadyNAS device via NFS. I first tried it via the...
View ArticleVMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
I am using VMware ESXi and I am trying to setup a guest that is Windows 7 that will have an ATI Radeon video card passed through to it. I actually had this working on a previous system but I had to...
View Articlevlans configuration problem
Hi all, I have an IBM Blade Chassis H with 2 BNT Layer 2/3 Copper Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules firmware 5.3.0.5. Each switch is connected to one upstream switch using two trunks with two external...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 re-add hosts fail
Hi all, Ok....for whatever reason today all hell broke loose on my VMWare Cluster.vCenter 5.13 Hosts connected, at least they were on Friday (HP Gen8 DL380p, 2 x Xeon, 128Gb Mem) Today I come in and...
View ArticleESX unable to Ping Host - Very weird issue.....
Hi, I have one issue still no resolve until now. Kindly please assist me if you have this issue before or similar issue. The issue like this....1 vm having issue not pingable from ESX Host. After...
View ArticleEsx 4.1 on drive flash usb, hang randoms
hello,My Esx 4.1 installs on usb flash drive and keeps crashing, not daily but with a week beween each crashmy hardware: HP Proliant DL380p gen8 Sep 8 12:27:03 vmkernel: 105:20:41:56.977...
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