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Would like to understand if ESX is a type-2 hypervisor or type-1 ? I am new...
Would like to understand if ESX is a type-2 hypervisor or type-1 ? I am new to Virtualization.
View ArticlePropagate snapshot.MaxSnapshots limit on all VM's
Hi All, I would like to limit all the VM's in our labs to 2-3 snapshots per VM. I know I can add additional row in VM's "Options" > "General" > "Configuration Parameters" with the...
View ArticleIssue adding lun datastore in exsi host
Here's the Delima we are having. We have 3 exsi host as a cluster. names are exsi1 (4.1 version), exsi2 (4.1 version) and exsi3 (5.1 version.) We already have 6 data stores on an equal-logic 6100 san...
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I had a contractor who set up a 2012 R2 Server for my Exchange/DNS/Domain. He had shared access to the desktops of each through LogMeIn, where I could access each and do what I needed to. I logged in...
View ArticleSend Alt-Fx to vm
I'm trying to do a FreeBSD install in a vm on an esxi host. It requires that I switch to an alternate shell to do some customizations, which you do with Alt-F4. As near as I can tell, there is no way...
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ESXi 4.0.0 398348 snapshot problem
I'll do my best to describe the problem and hopefully someone can explain to me what I'm doing wrong. The host only has 1 VM running on it. Host consists of 3 datastores.Datastore1 465.66 GB - local -...
View ArticleWrong message "VMware Tools can be updated" for VM inside ESXi 4.1
Those VMware Tools in my guest OS keep on showing “VMware Tools can be updated” and the yellow exclamation. Host OS is ESXi 4.1.0 build 348481VMware Tools version is 8.4.8 build 491717 It’s not about...
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accessing Dell T310 running VMWare ESXi 4.1.0
Folks, I have a server which is running VMWare esxi 4.1 and i need to get access to the files. The server used to be in our UK office and was managed by head office overseas. HO went bust and i took...
View ArticleESXi Root Password Reset
My company recently took over control of our VMware environment from a managed services company. They had somehow managed to lose/not record the root password for two of our hosts. It would appear the...
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VM's stuck at 95%
Hi everyone, after a shutdown of the esxi (4.1) host i have a problem turning on the vm's that are on this host. Everytime i start them they are stuck at 95% and nothing happens.The VM's got snapshots...
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SCSI Reservation Conflict on local storage
I have one customer with standalone ESXi. Local Adaptec RAID, several LUNs on top of it, each with VMFS. For some reasons ESXi hanged up. They rebooted ESXi and then strange thing happened.One VMFS...
View Articledatastore missing
hello to all,last night i restarted my host and when it came back my datastore are not there. i tried to rescan and add storage several times but no avail. i am using the vsphere client. please tell me...
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System Management Software 1 SEL Fullness 0: Log Full - Assert
Hi all, We have an old VmWare ESXi 4 in our organization, No vCenter installed.I have two warning messages regarding to log capacity , print screen is attached.I have access via SSH to Tech Support...
View ArticleHow to access hol-sdc-1630 (at labs.hol.vmware.com)??
I see Nice Documentation @ below URL for Cloud Native Apps / DockerBut when I visit labs.hol.vmware.com (click on All Labs, search, I dont find 1630 Lab there for hands on)Any idea how to access 1630...
View ArticleMoving guests between hosts without vMotion
I am not sure if this should go in the ESXi 6.0 or ESX 4.0 groups, I have two server running VMware. One is running VMware 4.1.0 standard and the other is running VMware 6.0.0 standard. I need to...
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Changing the name of the virtual machine files in the datastore
Hello everybody! I am using vSphere ESXi 4.1 and I am trying to understand if it is possible to change the names of the files that are stored on the datastore. Sometimes the names of the virtual...
View Articlecan i still get a copy of ESXi 4?
I've just tried to put ESXi 6 on my old server but it is too old... are we still able to download ESXi 4?
View Articledatastore low on disk space
I urgently need some help. Our mail server is running low on disk space (datastore_ssd) because of a snapshot created back in 2014. How do i go about deleting the snapshot without creating more disk...
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root access to ESXi4.1 server does not have permission
trying to install some firmware updates from the terminal window via remote ssh. i am logged in as root but i get the "permission denied" error every time. having no luck googleing down some...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 to 6.0?
Hi, just a couple of quick questions. I've got two physical servers running ESXi 4.1 (and two virtual machines on each). I've in the process of purchasing two new physical servers (but they require...
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