Home Whitebox ESXi with FreeNAS handling local storage
I'm kind of new to ESXi, FreeNas,and really anything beyond home Windows support. Please forgive me for my level of knowledge, but I'm reading alot and trying to learn. This seems like a fairly large...
View ArticleVmware vSphere Hypervisor installation network adapter problem
Good day, I am a beginner in virtualization technology.The first server I wanted to setup is a normal PC (CPU Core2Duo, VIA motherboard, integrated network adapter). I downloaded iso image (from VMware...
View ArticleTransfer Speeds Between Virtual Machines
Hi Had a search for this but cannot find anything.. I believe I read somewhere that the data transfer between 2 vm's on the same host travelled via the motherboard/hard drive and didn't travel through...
View Article1 Physical CPU Limitation
Is it correct that Hypervisor Free will only support 1 Physical CPU with unlimited cores? Effectively no point in adding an additional physical CPU to a server if you require to continue using the free...
View ArticleVsphere - Promiscuous Mode?
I have a VM that runs in the Vsphere Hypervisor. I am attempting to install a VPN utility (SoftEther) that requires the network adapter to be set in Promiscuous mode. After reviewing ESXI...
View ArticleIssues and answers backing up/cloning to an NFS VM
Situation:1. I'm using vsphere 5.1 with thin VMs. 2. I will only use VMs for backup targets. 3. I'm currently using Windows 2003 Server VM, projecting an NFS volume, to back up to. One big...
View ArticleUpgrade to ESXi 5.5 usb devices unavailable
Hello,I had ESXi 5.0 and virtual machines created and running fine with USB devices assigned to virtual machines and then installed ESXi 5.5 replacing existing installation and I re-added to each...
View ArticleReclaiming space from deleted VM with thin provisioning disk
Hi,I deleted a vm with a thin disk of 50GB but did not free space on the Datastore. Looking at google I found several documents on how to do if the space is to be released on a vm active, but none when...
View ArticlevCenter is very slow to load or configure
Hi guys, I've self-studied VMWare vSphere 5.5 with my laptop: Windows 8.1 Update 1Core i7 3610Q 2.3GHz8GB of RAMsVMWare Workstation 10 I've deployed an ESXi 5.5 on a virtual machine (with 4GB of RAM),...
View Articleinstalling hypervisor on a windows server
I have a windows server 2008 r2 already set up and don't want to lose that if possible.Is there a way to install hypervisor on this machine?I am total noob when it come to hypervisor and vmware in...
View Articlevmx application crashed
Hi all, I am having some issues with VMware ESXi 5.1.0, 799733 My vm's (all debian linux hosts with vmware tools installed ) seem to get killed from time to time without any obvious ( atleast for me )...
View ArticleRecommend a Z87 Micro ATX motherboard for Haswell whitebox?
I built a PC for a home lab without really doing the proper research first and now I am going back to ask for advice. My intended usage is to experiment around with ESXi/vSphere, set up a domain...
View ArticleQuadro vSGA driver not loading in ESX 5.1u1
I've been fighting with the Nvidia drivers for a while and searching around but haven't been able to figure out why the vSGA drivers aren't loading in my 5,1u1 install. The vmkernel.log claims it...
View ArticleOEM Version on ESXi
It's possible to install Windows Server 2012 Essentials OEM version to ESXi host? Will it be possible to upgrade ESXi host in future without loosing OEM Windows Server license?
View Articlehow to increase 32GB Memory Limit in Hypervisor 5.1
I am using Vmware 5.1 on Dell R720 Server having 2 physical Processors. The VMWARE has limit of memory upto 32GB. How can Increase it upto 64GB RAM
View ArticleInspect contents of .vib before installation
I would like to install community-created .vib files, e.g. this one: Configure ESXi 5.0 as NTP server Call me sceptical, but I'd like to verify the contents of a .vib before installing it on servers to...
View ArticleIs it possible virtualize a real-time OS in ESXi?
Hello, Is it possible virtualize a real-time OS in ESXi? I want run real-time dependent applications (for example: industrial softwares) in a virtualized environment. What I have to do for reach...
View ArticleMigration from Intel to AMD and HA
Hi All, We have several production VMs which are 2008 and 2008r2 running on old ESXi 4.0 with Intel processor hardware and on a shared SAN storage. We recently planned a newer hardware running ESXi 5.1...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 not add SATA Raid 5 on P400/256
Helloi've install esxi 5.5 on USB stick on my server: HP Proliant DL380 G5with smart array p400 256Mb and Battery for the cache. after installation on health status i see the Raid 5 of my SATA Hdd, but...
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