Installation hangs at "Initializing storage stack..."
When trying to install vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi 5.5.0), the system consistently hangs on the yellow screen at Initializing storage stack... Has anyone seen this, or have any idea what may be causing...
View ArticleHow to change driver in ESX (not update, but change)
I have en LSI RAID controller. (9341-4i)There exist two different drivers the the device-id of this controller:-lsi-mr3-scsi-megaraid-sas ESX default load the "lsi-mr3" driver.How do I force ESX to use...
View ArticleVMWare Tools for Headless Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Server
Hey all, I am trying to install VMWare tools for ESXi 5.0 in Ubuntu Server 11.10 Oneiric, but I am having some issues. Has anyone done this? I am having issues. I tried following this guide without any...
View ArticleVSphere hypervisor questions/doubts.
New to VSphere hypervisor and need help with following doubts: 1. I am running a free version of Vsphere hypervisor. Not sure what all features are not there in the free version of Vsphere hypervisor...
View Articlewget command returning 404 Not Found error
I am trying to copy a file from a datastore into my one of the directories in my Ubuntu VM. The path to the file in the datastore (datastore1) is,...
View ArticlevSphere Essentials Plus with only software upgrades
I priced out a vSphere Essentials Plus kit with 3 years of basic support. At over $5,000, it is too pricey. Has anyone been able to buy vSphere Essentials Plus with only software upgrade support and...
View ArticleCan't find vmx files
I spent over an hour searching last night and I give up. Google searches gave me 3 possible locations on a Windows box and a bunch of pages on *nix and Mac locations. I'm running the client on a...
View ArticleMutliple virtual SCSI/SAS adapters
Talking to some clients around SQL database workloads. Another vendor (SAP) has mentioned a recommendation for having different virtual disks (OS, database, logs, etc) connected within the VM via...
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 ArticleESXi on HP ML310e Gen8
Hi,Can any one tell me if they are running any version of ESXi on a HP ML310e Gen8?Basically I'm wondering if it is completely supported, the server is on the HCL, however the RAID controller( Smart...
View ArticleVMware Hypervisor 6 - VMware Tools is rolled back on Windows 2008 R2 (x64)...
Hello VMware Gurus, over the weekend I installed VMware vSphere Hypervisor 6.0.I migrated a VMware instance, from VMware Player, via VMware Converter.When I try to upgrade the VMware Tools, at the end...
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CPU usage and VM Performance
Hello, We are trying to figure out why were are starting to see poor windows linked clone performance and we wanted see if you all can help us out. Our linked clone environment is made up of 6 BL-490c...
View Articlecan VMware OEM License move to other hardware?
We have VMware OEM licenses (purchased from HP).We bought new servers from other vendor so the question is: Can VMware OEM Licenses that are purchased through a hardware vendor (HP) be moved to other...
View ArticleSlow Lan speed
Hi Guys, using windows 2012R2 64 bit on a VMWARE ESXI, Copy between two servers of 2012R2 over 10GB NIC is extremely slow " 15MB/s " any suggestions why ? on a different server the copy is like 120MB/s...
View ArticleDifference between SR-IOV and DirectPath I/O
Hello, I am testing some pass-through features in order to better the network latency of a virtual machine, those features being DirectPath I/O and SR-IOV (As per the whitepapper...
View ArticleESXi free license
I got a free license key for ESXi and I use it for testing purposes in a lab environment.Given I install and re-install ESXi (free version) using the same license key, is there a maximum number of...
View ArticleVC memory stats show lower utilization than Windows task manager
I know this has been asked before but I was hoping for a good clear reason I can tell another group in IT. VM is a Windows 2008R2 16GB RAM, 4 vCPU running SQL, SSIS,etc. SQL max limit is 12GB. Lots of...
View ArticleESX 6 to 6.5 Conflicting_Vibs error - Fujitsu RX
Hi! I recently successfully updated a single Fujitsu RX350 ESXi from 5.1.0 to 6.0 Update 2. When trying to upgrade from 6 to 6.5 following error appears: CONFLICTING_VIBS ERROR: Vibs on the host are...
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Change smtp port to send emails notification from vCenter not working
Hello vmware community ! We have 3 vCenter (with 3 essential license) and I'm trying to send notification via vCenter using gmail account (with TLS autentication). I changed in Advance setting, the...
View ArticleConsolidate snapshots error
Hello, I have an ESXi Host running a single VM (Windows Server 2012).I'm trying to consolidate snapshots but it fails. All snapshots have been deleted and they don't appear in the Snapshot Manager.I...
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