Prevent maintenance mode boot after power failure
I'm running ESXi 4.1 and having an issue with automatically starting my VMs when I bring the host up. Under normal circumstances, it works fine. My particular issue is when I kill the server by...
View Article"Automatic startup" error when configuring VM auto startup
I am using the vSphere client to configure my VM guests to auto-start when the VM host is booted (Host Configuration\Virtual Machine Startup/Shutdown, Properties). When clicking on <ok> to...
View ArticleSnapshots sicher entfernen
Guten Morgen zusammen, ich muss auf einem ESXi 4.x mehrere Snapshots bei einem virtuellen Small Business Server 2003 entfernen. Jetzt interessiert mich eure Meinung. Soll ich die Snapshots bei...
View ArticleHighpoint Rocketraid & Multiple Arrays
Hello! I have configured some old hardware for re-use. It's old but still rock solid and nice for storage virtualization. (2x Openfiler)The problem is that there is no access to pci passthrough so I...
View ArticleLinked Clone - How to ? Is it possible via vCenter ? or just by Scripts ?
Hi All, ESXi 4.1 Linked Clone - How to , Is it possible via vCenter ? or just by Scripts ? Thanks in Advanced
View ArticleHost battery status alarm
Hi,I have installed ESXi4 on some servers and they all come up with an alarm in vCenter:Status: WarningName: Host battery status These are all Dell PowerEdge 2950 servers. Does anyone know what this...
View ArticleHP Quad Port NC382i lost 2 ports after reboot HP ProLiant 380 G7 devices...
Hello all, After a reboot I've lost 2 nics from available network adapaters on a quad port NC382i. I was initially running ESXi4.1 U1, and have since updated to U3 and installed the lastest...
View ArticleSnapshot files
I have to virtual machines on an Esxi 4.0 host that I am unable to change the system drive size on. I believe this is due to snapshot files that should not be there. I have examined the datastore of...
View ArticleBacking up a Data Recovery Appliance
I am trying out a VMware Data Recovery Appliance and want to be able to back up the appliance itself. Is the best way to just clone or Template the appliance?
View Articleany shell script I create inside ESXi is deleted !
Why any .sh file I create inside ESXi is deleted ? I'm trying to start some scripts from Cron. I check this tutorial but I loose my .sh files inside /opt or /etc anytime I make a reboot ! Is...
View ArticleRemove "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in a Windows guest
(I already posted this in another discussion but it was so burried down in the thread I fear no one will see it. Plus the discussion topic had nothing to do with this issue really. So there's my formal...
View ArticleFree way remote backup Windows Server 2003 VM or VMware files
Hello again everybody,I was hoping to get a bit more insight into backing up a single VM on an ESXi 4.0 server to an offsite Linux server. I currently do most of my Linux backups with rsync but in...
View Articleesx server "freezes"
I have an esx 4.0 server that "freezes" randomly.When I look at performance I can see blank gaps in all the "switch to" areas. Don't see any errors or warnings. Server Hp dl 380 g62 5520 procs 48gb ram...
View ArticleESXi 4.0 freeze on PowerEdge T110
Hello, Our ESXi 4.0 froze last night around 1 AM (GMT -3). Unfortunately the server was rebooted this morning by another person from the IT staff who did not take time to analyze the LEDs of the server...
View ArticleWhich NIC for Windows 2008? E1000 or VMXNET 3?
In ESXi 4, Windows 2008 VMs seem to want to default to the E1000 model NIC when creating a new one. However, after reading the KB on this...
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vmware recommended 6 NIC vlan network setup
I am currently having some performance issues with my vmware network, I am wanting some suggestions on how to get the best performace with my networking config with my vmware vcenter servers (2) Any...
View ArticleRAID5 Datastore - Crashed/Blank Data Store
Hey Guys, Question. I have ESXi 4.1 U1 and as it was booting it crashed. (lost power) ever since I was unable to boot into ESXi (says no boot device) but RAID show's OK. So after fighting for a few...
View ArticleHost disconnected esx 4.1
I have a Host Disconnected version 4.1 I see these messages regularly in the logs Not Sure If we can ignore that Apr 24 03:33:35 vmkernel: 4:01:53:04.888 cpu2:5994)WARNING: ScsiCore: 1406: Invalid...
View ArticleHow to recover deleted files "vmdk" on a vmfs partition ?
Hello,I've a problem. after deleting vmdk files on a vmfs partition with "rm". I search a solution to recoverthem. Do you have an idea ? thank you Didier
View ArticleLogs are Growing Rapidly in C:/programdata/Vmware Folder in 4.x
Logs are Growing Rapidly in C:/programdata/Vmware Folder in 4.x Any help will be appreciated
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