How to inject network driver for Dell Vostro 1520
I try to install ESXi 5.5.0 on Dell Vostro 1520. But I see the error message the same as described in the following thread. Vmware vSphere Hypervisor installation network adapter problem Unfortunately,...
View ArticlePCI Passthrough with free hypervisor ?
Hi all, I've a question regarding the free version of the VMware hypervisor. Is that possible to do PCI passthrough with the free version ? I want to allow a backup VM to access a local tape drive....
View ArticleFree ESXi and vcenter
I'm trying to re-purpose my old ESX host to use in a non-production lab environment. And i'm running in to a problem. Starters i'm trying to use ESXi 5.5 (latest and greatest to see what's new, this...
View ArticleLatency/throughput differences Perform(Windows), VMWare and Storage
Hi everyone, I am currently investigating performance issues for a customer of mine regarding SQL Server performance within VMWare vSphere 5.0 RU3. We have the following hardware when it comes to the...
View Articleusing two sets of physical RDMs: is it possible?
Hi, I have set up a cluster of 3 ESX 5.5 hosts, connected to a SAN. Within this ESX cluster I want to run a 2-node-cluster which depends on RDMs to access LUNs of the SAN. My idea has been, to create...
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ESXi 5.5 Free
Apologies for reiterating something for the thousandth time - but I am missing something for the free version. Is there a limit to how many VM's I can run? Someone told me two, and that doesn't seem...
View ArticleHow to change the properties on the vCenter VM it's VM version 10?
I want to change some settings on my vCenter VM, but it's version 10. When I connect the version 5.5 VIC to the host, and try to manage it, says you need to use the web client to change the settings...
View ArticleThe vSphere Client Add Storage Wizard Error: A specified parameter was not...
I'm trying to create a LOCAL datastore on a Hitachi 500GB HD wit vSphere 5.5. I keep getting the error: A specified parameter was not correct Vim.Host.Disk.PartitionInfo.specError StackCall...
View ArticleError: Failed to lock the file
I have received 9 vhd files and 1 vmx file.I have copied them to a folder at vSphere volume. Added them to inventory. When trying to start this VM for the first time, I got the following errors: Cannot...
View ArticleCheapest license for standalone ESXi
Hi Community, can't answer the simple question by myself. We have powerful standalone server with only 1 VM that requires 24 vCPUs. Unfortunately ESXi free license has limitation of 8 vCPUs per VM. I...
View ArticleVmware Hypervisor- no network adaptor during installation
Hello,I am new to vmware and I am trying to install vmware hypervisor at home to get more familiar with vmware product because the company I work for does a lot work with them. I tried to install the...
View ArticleRaid Drivers?
hi, I have a ASUS M5A78L-M motherboard with an AMD Phenom II X6 1100T processor. I have 2x 2tb drives that I want to set up as a raid 1 pair. I have set them up in the BIOS as a raid pair and it shows...
View ArticleHP ProLiant MicroServer SB700 RAID Not Supported
I have a HP ProLiant MicroServer (N40L) which has a SB700 disk controller based on the on-board AMD chipset, and unfortunately VMware ESXi Hypervisor 5.0.0 (build 469512) does not support this...
View ArticleFirewall in free VMware Hypervisor 5
Hi, does the firewall in the free version of VMware Hypervisor 5 work or do I need the paid version for that feature? I have restricted the ports for SSH and the vSphere client to a single IP address...
View ArticleRealtek 8168 driver broken in esx 5.1
VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 - Realtek 8168 drivers broken between 5.0 release and 5.1 - attempted fresh installs on multiple boxes; driver shows as installed but uplink does not forward traffic....
View ArticleVsphere client error OVF export
Hello, I have an ESXI hypervisor installed and vsphere client to manage it.I have installed some VMs on it and i want to save its.I tried to export the VMs into OVF by clicking in files > export...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and Realtek 8168 / 8111 drivers
Hi guys, ich recently ran into a problem.I converted one of our production servers into a host running esxi 5.1.Problem is that the onboard Realtek 8168 / 8111 doesn't seem to work at all.I found out...
View ArticleNeed download of ESXi to replace scsi-megaraid-sas driver
I am trying to follow an Intel document to replace the standard scsi-megaraid-sas driver in the ESXi 5.1 distribution so that I can manage a RAID array using the Intel RAID Web Console 2. According to...
View ArticleBoot from SAN for Dell R710 and Dell MD3200i!
Hi all, I am having Dell R710 and Dell MD3200i, now i would like to install the hyperviosr in a SAN lun. Can anyone guide me that ? Thanks, Tho
View Articlevmware installation
My situation is like that I`ve got a production site that fully virtualized with 5 Hosts and 13 VM`s and what I want to do is to replicate using "Veeam" what is on production site to the Disaster...
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