ESXi build number vs version number
When we are searching for the correspondence between build numbers and version numbers, we might get this URL pointing to a KB article maintained by...
View ArticlevSphere Hypervisor administration
It seems the web-client is the tools to use for vSphere Hypervisor administration.The "VMware vSphere Client" doesn't support the newest ESX VMs and have limited functions. Seems to be deprecated by...
View ArticleResource pool and cluster vSphere
Hi all,First of all sorry, I don't write well in English.Can someone explain to me how the provisioning resource pool in vSphere cluster enterprise.For example, the cluster in the vSphere Enterprise 6...
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vmware-vmrc.exe desktop shortcut won't connect to ESXi 5.1
I am trying to use a desktop shortcut for vmware-vmrc.exe to open the remote console of a ESXi 5.1 vm. When I attempt to open the shortcut I receive the following error. "Unable to connect to the...
View ArticleHigh Availability/Failover with Free Hypervisor
Hi, Our organization is new to virtualization and will be deploying the following configuration: Two servers: primary VMWare Server (to be purchased, running 10 VMs (mostly RHEL)) and backup server...
View ArticleWhat's the difference between Move and Migrate in ESXi
Hi guys,I'm researching Vmware ESXi and I have some problem . I wonder what's the difference between Move and Migrate. Could somebody help me explain this problem ?Thank you so much
View ArticleWhat is the best hardware equipment for the HP ProLinat DL380 G6 with vShpere...
Hi! I am planning to install an HP ProLinat DL380 G6 with the newest VMware vSphere Hypervisor. There should be 3 virtual machines: 2x Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 1x Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS. 1...
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ESXi 5.5 purple screen of death help
Hi guys, I was wondering if I could get some help in trying to track down what's causing my ESXi host to crash. I've run ESXi for a number of years, but this hardware setup for probably only a year...
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Cannot start HA VM: Insufficient resources to satisfy configured failover...
Hi all, i'm actually creating some virual machines on Vsphere (Version 5.5) I made 4 VMs as depicted in picture. Actually Running VMs: VM1(HA) and VM2 (NOT HA) When i try to start VM4(HA) vmware won't...
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 ArticleVMotion and FC shared storage
Hi,I'm looking at VMotion and shared storage, specifically a fiber channel SAN for VM storage, with blade servers at the host end running Qlogic QME2662 IO cards.It's the first time I've put together...
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...
View ArticleEXSi 6.7 - Fail to power one one VM for "There are insufficient licenses to...
I have a vmware box, where there are multiple VM nodes running on it. Today I am trying to bring up all the VMs after an reboot. 1. One VM failed to be brought up, for this message "There are...
View ArticleSpan a Virtual Machine across two Physical Servers
How can I span a Virtual Machine across two physical servers? Each server is a Poweredge R230 with CPU(4 cores, 8 threads), 64GB RAM, a dual 10Gb/s PCIe Ethernet adapter. These two servers will be...
View ArticleESXi Installation Error: Fatal Error 10 (Out of resources)
Hi, I am attempting to install ESXi 6 U2 on a new server. The hardware is as follows: SuperMicro motherboard X11SSH-LN4F (BIOS 1.0a, 12/29/2015)32GB DDR4 RAM (2 x 16GB)AVAGO MegaRAID SAS 9361-4i...
View Article"Free" ESXI license expired?
Hi, I've been running ESXi Hypervisior for sometime now in a home lab. I've recently reinstalled onto larger storage (same physical machine), imported my OVF's from the previous storage. But when I try...
View ArticleExpand size of thin provisioned disk
I'm making semi-final config changes to a new VMware installation that should go live in the next 1-2 weeks. As I loaded data into my SQL VM, I realized that I didn't allow enough space on the data...
View ArticleDelay before boot
Hi, I've installed ESXi 5.0.0 hypervisor on a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5, 4G ECC 1333 mem, and an Adaptec 2410SA raid controller - installation when through without a hitch. The problem is, when I boot the...
View ArticleMulti Homed VM's Using Distributed Switch
Hi Folks, I have two groups of VM's . Group 1 VM's should be available over LAN and Group 2 VM's are private (will communicate with Group1 VM's only). In case of standard switch I can create two...
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