Jumbo Frames - VMotion
Hi Guys, I've inherited a VM system at my new job and looking over the configuration which I feel is incorrect but would like a steer from some on you experts. The System1 Dell Compellant FC Storage 3...
View ArticleConfirm Microsoft Server licensing in clusters
Hello, just wanted to confirm my understanding of how the Microsoft licensing works. Just to keep things simple. Lets say I have a Blade chassis with 8 Blades,so 8 Physical servers with 2 physical...
View ArticleUnable to detect my sdd and hdd with Esxi 6.0
Hello forum, I have bought a fairly new desktop for my cisco studies. I am completely new to to exsi and have taken notes from net to install esxi. During "Select a Disk to Install or Upgrade" i am...
View Articleboot from ISO Vmware Vsphere 6.5 Hypervisor
hi,I am trying to find an option to boot from ISO on my second VM. Due to Hypervisor 6.5 free version limitation I cannot edit it over Vshere client. So I logged in over web interface and there are 2...
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Connecting USB smart card reader to VM with sphere client 5.1
I installed an new ESXi 5.1, when I connect with vsphere client (running on windows 7 - 64 bit) and I plug an usb smart card reader on my pc, I only see "Connect to USB device" -> "Shared ACS CCID...
View Articlemigration was canceled because the amount of changing memory for the virtual...
Hi Anyone has seen this error The migration was canceled because the amount of changing memory for the virtual machine was greater than the available network bandwidth. Attempt the migration again when...
View ArticleCPU Sockets and CPU
Hi everyone,i have a question,I have a PC with core i5 cpu that is with a 1 socket and 4 cores with no supporting off hyperthreading,I have installed ESXi5.5 on it, When I want to create a vm I can put...
View ArticleErrno 5 during installation
Hi all, First of all, sorry if this question is not in the right place. I am very beginner with VM. I have to install a VM on my computer and some colleagues advised me to install the Hypervisor. So,...
View ArticleHypervisor 6.0 Free Edition - vSMP limitation
I am working for a small startup that is looking for a basic hypervisor to virtualize 2 - 3 servers.Virtual Machines- CentOS- Windows 2012 R2- CentOSServer- Dual 6 core Xeon processors (with...
View ArticleUnable to write data to the transport connection.
I am getting this error: Unable to write data to the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. I am trying to upload a OVF to my host. I have my ESXi host...
View ArticleRaid not recognized in ESXI 6
Hi guys.Trying to install: "VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0.update01-3029758.x86_64.iso" on SuperMicro Server. Server type: Supermicro | Products | Motherboards | Xeon® Boards | X10SLM+-FIt...
View ArticleCheapest SATA HW Raid solution?
I'm looking to setup a test ESXi server. I want to do a Raid1 with 2 1TB drives. I'm wondering what the cheapest supported RAID controller was. I know that I can do a look up on the HCL, but that would...
View ArticleVMWare\Windows performance monitor counters
I am looking for the threshold measurement criteria of the VMWare Performance Counters introduced inside Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon). I would appreciate if anybody has any idea on this or...
View Articlesetting rx ring buffer size
Hi, I am a vmware newbie. I want to set rx ring buffer size on a physical nic in my vmware server. Currently I use the command "ethtool -G vmnic0 rx 4096" to increase the rx ring size; but I have to...
View ArticleActivation DirectPath I / O on ESXi 5.0 update 1
Hello, I just installed ESXi 5.0 Update 1. I want to know how to enable the functionality DirectPath I/O on ESXi 5.0. However, my hardware is compatible. chipset Z68 and CPU intel i7-2600. I also...
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Event 1000 When opening the console to guest VM on ESXi 5.1 free
I have ESXi 5.1 with a free license installed on a workstation for lab testing. Everytime I open a console for a vm from the VSphere client, their are 3 event warnings entered into application event...
View ArticleESXi v5.1 Ram/Memory Help
Hey Guys, I just built a machine to run ESXi v5.1 on. Built the machine and did a fresh install of ESXi v5.1. Anyway, I am having a problem with ESXi not recognizing the maximum ram I have on my...
View ArticleUnable to deploy ovf-template
Hey guys, I need your help after upgrading from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1.0 (Build 799733) I'm no longer able to deploy my .ovf-Templates. When using vSphere Client to do so, I throws an error as "Error...
View ArticleWhat are the resource restrictions on ESXi 5.5 free hypervisor?
Hi, The configuration maximums for ESXi 5.5 are given in the following link:http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf Are these maximums applicable for free...
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