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negative file size for nvram file of virtual machine
Hi, The Web-Based Datastore Browser reports a nvram file with negative file size. - Raid 5 is currently degraded due to 1 disk failure of 4.- Array background consistency check is activated.- Browsing...
View ArticleESXI 4.1 doesn't "see" 10gbe NICs
Hi I've installed HP NC512m mezzanine cards in my BL685c gen1 blades, have a 10Gb Ethernet Switch in the enclosure and the ILO manager informs me that the adapters are mapped on the switch. All is...
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Upgrading ESXi 4.1 to 6.0
We have a PowerEdge T300 Server that is around 6 years old. Currently it is running the free version of ESXi 4.1 off of a 4 GB flash drive that is connected directly to the motherboard. The virtual...
View ArticleNew SAS card Adaptec by PMC 6805E not listed in ESXi 4.1
Hello guys, I've just installed an Adaptec by PMC, model 6805E sas card on a previously installed ESXi 4.1 server, but I am unable to find the raid nor the disks. It seems that the card is not...
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Error with iSCSI module
If i try to add iscsi_vmk module i obtain this error. Why? ~ # vmkload_mod -v9 iscsi_vmkVerbose:9After loop: argc:3 optind:2 optarg:(null)modParams is || (0)nameIn:iscsi_vmknameOut:iscsi_vmk...
View ArticleThe following status shows this settings is restricted because virtual...
When a virtual machine is powered on. I am unable to increase the machine Memory in power on state under Hardware>Memory of ESxi 4.1 virtual machine>The following status shows this settings is...
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Cannot Passthrough PV114T Tape Drive...host see's controller
Host's Dell PowerEdge r710 running ESXi 4.1 Enterprise Plus with Dual Xeon 5570's 32GB ramController is PERC H200 6GB SAS Tape Drive is Dell PowerVault 114T Rackmount LTO 5 DrivevCenter 4.1 Hopefully...
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Clone virtual machine
Hello, Current environment: Vcenter 4.1ESXi 4.1 What are the steps to independently clone a production virtual machine in order to ensure production virtual machine is not affected (SID, mac address ,...
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ESXi 4.1.0_b345043 Consolidating Snapshots question
Hi all, We had a crash situation with one of our servers, and the backup admin took a snapshot of the system as it was, then rolled it back to an earlier snapshot (PRIOR TO MAIN 6_12_13). We 've...
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vSphere Delete VM Snapshot
Hello everyone, I have a client with VMware ESXi 4.1.0 and vSphere Client 4.1.0 and there is one virtual machine, which is the DC, that has one snapshot taken, as you can see from the following...
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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:...
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Recover missing files from a corrupt Ubuntu VM?
I have a Ubuntu VM that can no longer start because of some sort of corruption. GRUB is unable to boot fully. Using some file recovery tools, I've looked at the files that still exist in the VM, but...
View ArticleShut down all VMs on ESXi
Hello, I am new in vSphere administration. I would like to restart our ESXi servers due to updates, but I read that you should shut down all VMs that are on it. Do you have a better solution to do that...
View ArticlePSOD - "no place on disk to dump data". help please!
Hello,My first post in the community.I'm trying to install ESXi on new HP ProLiant DL380 G6 with 2 CPUs, 32 GB RAM and 6x300Gb hard drives.In the past I had successfully installed ESXi/ESX 4 on the...
View ArticleBallooning happening on host with one guest
Our host (ESXi 4.1) has a dedicated guest with all the memory allocated to it. The guest is running SQL, and we often experience performance problems. Veeam One reports ballooning above 10%, and that...
View ArticleExpand Local Datastore
Hello, I have an ESX 4.1 with only a local datastore (RAID5) within virtual machines on a DELL server I want to enlarge the datastore, I don't have enough free space to creat more virtual machines. To...
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 Articleesx v4 and converter v4
I have an old windows 2000 sp4 server that i need to virtualize. We have a standalone server that we plan to use as the esx server for this vm. I am planning on installing esx v4 on the server but...
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Move ESXi 4 environment to new domain
Hi, Just looking for some assistance, we have an environment with 3 ESXi hosts with around 60 VM's being managed by vCenter 4 running on a VM on one of the hosts. Just wondering what would be the...
View Articlechecking bottle neck.
Hello. I would like to ask how can I identify my problem. Every time I checked my TOP on Oracle RedHat Linux Enterprise I get a 100% on WA. I cannot figure out what is the issue on this problem. I am...
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