Unable to login as root to Local TSM
Hallo, I have an ESXi 4.1 server and I managed to lock myself out by giving read-only access to root in the VMWare Client...However I can login to the server console as root and enabled Local TSM to...
View ArticleKernel mode debugging using TCP?
Is it possible to debug ESX driver using TCP via workbench? If so, then how?
View ArticleSQL Server 2008 on ESXi 4.1 and EqualLogic SAN - tuning/performance issues
We’re testing our first soon-to-be production servers with vSphere, and running into some performance issues. First off, the setup: - Two-tier Sage CRM system, with one dedicated web server (IIS) and...
View ArticleEVC \ VMotion Issue
Hey all.. I have a four host cluster with identical hardware and Nehalem EVC mode enabled. We took one of those nodes and moved it to a new datacenter and added it as the only node of a new cluster....
View ArticleEncryption for ESXi
Hey, as you can see I'm using VMware ESXi4. For some reason I'm looking for an encrpyting solution to secure my server. I already searched the internet ... but haven't found anything suitable. So...
View Articlehow to clone Windows 7 on Esxi 4.1
Hi All, I have created Windows 7 multiple images on Esxi4.1,method I use to clone is copying the files of one shutdown image in to multiple names directories.At first impression all are worked fine but...
View ArticleBeacon Probing from the Network Perspective
Is it true that beacon probes are sent with a source MAC address of the virtual MAC of the physical ESXi NIC? Our networking team is seeing MACFLAP log messages on our switches because the same source...
View Articlememory consideration
I am in the process of upgrading the RAM from 92 to 192 on my four blades 460c G7. I have two options: 1333 Dual Rank instead or 1066 Quad Rank. Which one would be better for virtualization?
View ArticleDeleting consolidated snapshots, running out of space on host
I am currently deleting consolidate snapshots on a host, however as time goes on, and its been going on almost 2hrs now, free space is dropping on my host. I a currently just at over 68GB of free space...
View ArticleHardware Status stops working after reboot
There seems to be an issue with ESXi 4.1 build 988178 where after a reboot /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog status displays stopped. A /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog start does restart the hardware status....
View ArticleWindows XP SP3 guest crashes in ESXi 4.1
I've been running several Linux and BSD guests and one Windows XP SP3 guest on a single ESXi 4.1 host without a hitch for a couple of years. About a month ago, my Windows XP guest started crashing....
View ArticlePresent iSCSI to ESXi or Directly to Guest
Hi,I would like to present additional storage to my Window SBS2008 guest on ESXi4.1. I have a simple mirrored NAS device with iSCSI.I am thinking of either presenting it to the ESXi host and adding a...
View ArticleChanging iSCSI IP on the fly?
Hello,I just ran into an interesting, all be it frustrating issue. One of the two IPs that I use for my iSCSI configuration was "borrowed". I am currently running ESXi 4.1 Update 2+. The iSCSI...
View ArticleRemove Emulex OneConnect iSCSI adapters
While we use Emulex OneConnect 10g adapters throughout our environment for 10 Gbe, we have no iSCSI (we're all FC). However, on a single host, somebody went and set up a pair of OneConnect iSCSI...
View ArticleHBA Failure Behavior
We have single dual port HBAs in our hosts.. each port goes to a sep SAN controller.. but I am curious how a host handles VMs if the HBA itself was to fail?
View Articlehttps://localhost/sdk/webService error running vicfg-snmp.pl RCLI
When ever I run (from windows) vicfg-snmp.pl --host 172.1.2.3 -s I get this error Error connecting to server at 'https://localhost/sdk/webService': Perhaps host is not a vCenter or ESX server
View ArticleProblem installing esxi 4.1 to ga-h77n
Hi everyone, I just went out and got myself a mini-itx with great hopes of doing some visualization on it. My specs are as follows: GA-h77n-wifi Sandisk 120 GB SSD16 GB Corsair RAM3TB WD green HDDNo...
View ArticleServer Monitoring Tools - Advice, Direction, help please
Hello there, First off let me say ESXI is amazing and flat out works awesome! I'm a nub when it comes to vmware and I just finished upgrading/migrating our entire company from a SBS2000 shop to...
View ArticleAbout install ESXi 4 on Supermicro H8QM3-2
Are there any documents about installation of ESXi 4 on H8QM3-2? I tried but always got PSOD about "noapic.c 607" error, even after type noapic as install options. Are there any special BIOS settings...
View ArticlePresenting LUN of vmfs 3.33 to Esxi 5.0.0,914586
Dear Experts, I have 1) Esxi 5.0.0 build 914586 on a host2) Another host with Esxi 4.0.0, 208167 which have many machines I want to move a VM from this second host which is on LUN with file system...
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