can't connect to esxi host via vsphere client
Hello, I'm getting the error message below when i try to connect to esxi hosts. "A communication error occurred while sending data to the server. (the underlying connection was closed: an unexpected...
View ArticleProblems with LUN masking on ESXi 4.1
Hello Im trying to remove a datastore from an ESXi 4.1 cluster but I need to preserve the information contained on there. I've read the correct way to do this is to use LUN masking and then remove the...
View ArticleNeed esxi4 to upgrade 3.5 to 5, download not available
Hi, I have an esxi 3.5 server which I'd like to upgrade to version 5. But for this I need to upgrade to version 4 first. However, I can't find version 4 anywhere on the site, I keep being redirected....
View ArticleEsxi4.1 Remove all snapshots stuck at 99 percent
Hi We have a production system running on Esxi4.1 build 260247, I am in the process of migrating it to esx5.5, I tried to migrate the vm with Veeams backup and replication but this failed, when I...
View ArticleWhere can I download ESXi 4.1 U3 iso ?
Hi, I can't find ESXi 4.1 U3 iso image anymore. Could someone please point me a right direction to download it? Thanks! Petteri
View ArticleHow to install app on samsung galaxy
Samsung's Galaxy S5 finally listed. There are four versions, Samsung galaxy - G9006V, Samsung galaxy - G9009D respectively, Samsung galaxy - G9008V, Samsung galaxy - G9098. In the world, many of...
View ArticleIdentifiy Snapshot ID to use in snapshot.revert
OK Given the following snapshot tree: ~ # vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get 101Get Snapshot:|-ROOT--Snapshot Name : SS_0_0--Snapshot Desciption : --Snapshot Created On : 9/1/2014 14:55:0--Snapshot...
View Articleagent unable to save configuration to disk: Error syncing firmware...
I took a host(host 10) out of maintenence mode. Another host(host 14) vmotioned a couple of VMs to it. The vmotion process stopped progressing, and the following error was recorded on host 10: agent...
View ArticleObject reference not set to an instance of an object
Need help! ESX i4.0.0 208167 Found the VM was paused, with a big sign saying it doesn't had enough disk space. I shut the VM down then I deleted the *vmware*.log files, to make some space, at least to...
View ArticleHow to sync htc phone files to computer?
Many people use htc phone, to avoid deleting htc phone messages by accident, we need to backup messages from htc phone to computer. And we can use Coolmuster Android Assistant to transfer messages from...
View ArticleVmware 4.1 Data Store Corrpuption
I have a VMware 4.1 server that appears to be acting odd with data store issues Guest OS are locking up and shutting down randomly. Not sure if the host disk is corrupt or I need to check its file...
View ArticlesmbiosDump command not Found !!!
Hello all.I want to use "smbiosDump | grep Size" command to find information about my server memory but command not found in "/usr/bin" or "/usr/sbin". I used "su -" to become root too but command not...
View Articleunable to connect to MKS:Could not connect to pipe \\.\pipe\vmware-authdpipe...
I first download VM ESXi4.0 file VMware-VMvisor-Installer-4.0.0-171294.x86_64.iso and install on DELL PE2950 Box.After finish creating VM and open VM console(through vSphere Client, as root user...
View Articledevice 001.00.0 not found - and the fix
HiI just wanted to share an incident and the resolution of such on an Esxi4.0 machine. It relates to a digium compatible voip card in a pci slot (which was in passthru mode to a virtual machine running...
View Articlehowto shink the vmware OS (rather than a virtual machine)
HiMy vmware OS is allocated 460Gigs, but is using only 563 megs of that. Will the converter be able to shrink that...its not a 'virtual machine' though, is it?Command line?ThanksMD
View ArticlePlug an External 3.0 TB WD to ESXi 4.1
Hello.I want to Plug an External HDD 3 TB to ESXi 4.1 but ESX can detect my USB device. How can I solve it?Another problem is that "fdisk" command not found too : root@ESXHost0 jason]# find / -name...
View ArticleHow can I find the serial number of my Hardware.
Hello.How can I find the serial numbers of my Hardware on server? Thank you.
View ArticleDisk Not Available in My Computer
Hello, I had 2 VM's with Microsoft Clustering sharing RDM disks. These VM's run SQL 2008 (development) - and someone thought it would be a great idea to CLUSTER them (NOT ME) its development!!!.My...
View Articlevmware esxi bridge mode
Hi Is it possible to have network configured in bridge mode in vmware esxi? I would like to have a virtualized pfSense or m0n0wall which can connect to the internet using PPPoE Thanks a lot Regards RW
View ArticleESXi 4 server will not boot into host after shutting down via vSphere
Hi all, Very strange issue here. I simply needed to move my server, so I shut it down gracefully via vSphere. When I turned it back on, it was stuck at the following prompt: SYS Linux 3.63 0x48efda77...
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