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ESXI 5.0 does not support Dell PowerEdge R320?
I've bought vCenter Server 5 Essentials; and I need it installed on a server Dell PowerEdge R320; but during the installation proccess I get the error "No ethernet cards found, press enter to reboot",...
View ArticlevSphere Hypervisor on Dell Poweredge T320
Hi, this is my first post and I am very new to virtualization. We are moving several of our very old, outdated servers to a new virtual server. For this server, I purchased a Dell Poweredge T320...
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Unable 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...
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VMware-viclient 5.1.0 doesn't work on Windows 8 x64 !!!! (The type...
Hi all,I have installed VMware viclient latest version 5.1.0-1064113 on a Windows 8 Enterprise x64 machine.Unfortunately it doesn't happened to work Same version installed on Windows 7 Enterprise x64...
View Articleno connection target machine actively refused it
Dear All, I am running Veeam 6.1. I have setup one ESXi 3.5 and connected Veeam to it. I wanted to setup a second ESXi 3.5 machine but I have a problem. I try to 'Add Server' I put in the correct IP...
View ArticleNetwork issue
Hello again. Another problem. We have 3 VMs on VMware Essentials 5.0. One, the Domain Controller is Windows 2003 Server. One we call 'SQL' is Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, one vnic. The 'SQL'...
View ArticleLSI 1068e background rebuild deactivates LUN
Hello, I'm using the Intel SASUC8I (LSI 1068) controller with ESXi4.1 for simple RAID1 storage. Everything is fine, even if I remove one disk, but as soon as I insert any repleacement disk, when...
View ArticleError When creating a new NAS Datastore
Error When creating a new NAS Datastore Call "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateNasDatastore" for object "ha-datastoresystem" on ESXi "192.168.100.50" failed. Operation failed, diagnostics report: Unable to...
View ArticleBIOS Serial Number
Hello all. I am trying to set the BIOS Serial number in the .vmx file. I need to set it to something like "VM-ABC123". I am using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to push images to this VM. The MDT process...
View ArticleAMD FX 8150 nested virtual ESXi black screens on power up.
Background:-I have followed all guildelines and suggestions when running ESXi as a virtual machine, and then running 64-bit operating systems in it.-SVM is turned on in the bios.-As you can see here...
View ArticleAtheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Hi, I've installed ESXi 5.0 and found my NIC is not recognized. My motherborard has an on-board Atheros AR8161/8165 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller. Does anyone knows if there's a driver for this...
View ArticleESXi or Hyper-V As Nested Guest Hypervisor?
ESXi 5.1 or Windows 2012 Hyper-V As Nested Guest Hypervisor? Which works better within the other on a server? I'm new to this and am concerned that, for example, Hyper-V as guest would not...
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 ArticleVM automatically reverts to most recent snapshot during startup
I am trying to bring back an old sbs2003 server to the domain as there is some exchange data we need to recover. My plan is to rejoin the previously decommissioned machine to the domain, ensure AD...
View ArticleHow to use update manager to update from 5.1.0a to 5.1.0b ?
Sorry, I am quite a newbie.Can someone kindly advise me on how to update my ESXi from either 5.1.0 & 5.1.0a to 5.1.0b using the update manager ? Is there a way to update without having to use the...
View ArticleDefrag Virtual Hard Drive in vSphere 4 Hypervisor
Hey GuysI noticed the hard drives on my VM's were fragmented badly in the operating system and in the VM virtual hard drive.I have defragged the hard drives in Window Server 2008, but I can't find how...
View ArticlevRDMA product status
Hi,What is the status of the Paravirtual vRDMA Device for ESXi Guests? When is the release?
View ArticleHot swapping SATA drives?
Hello all, New to VMware vSphere Hypervisor... I'm interested in replacing three workstations with one monster workstation. I frequently turn my three workstations on and off to add and remove SATA...
View ArticlePublic and private network?
Just installed the free 5.5 hypervisor and have a network question. Is it possible to have two NICS configured for different networks. One NIC for the production network (all VM traffic) and another...
View ArticleVirtualisation - CPU Intensive apps
Hi, I am looking for any one experiences with using CPU intensive applications in a virtual environment. We currently use a bespoke developed application that is deplyed on a number of workstations...
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