VMware 5.5 CPU Limitation
Dear Team,I have VMware ESXi, 5.5.0, 1331820 with 64 cores CPU (Intel Xeon E7-2830) , logical Processors: 128.I need to create a machine there with 64 core, but the max allowed is 32 core. any Ideas...
View ArticleMaximum number of hypervisiors for vSphere (free version)
Thanks in advance.. Perhaps I haven't been phrasing my queries correctly, but I haven't been able to find the answer. What is the maximum number of physical hypervisors I can use per site.. Meaning,...
View ArticleWhat am I missing if using Mobo without AMD-VI (IOMMU) [Intel's Vt-d]
Processor - AMD FX-6100http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103962 Motherboard - ASRock 960GM/U3S3 FX [Micro-ATX]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157323 I'm...
View Articlehow to use HP smart array B110i RAID controller (software)
I'm just purchased a new HP Proliant ML 150 G6 server with embedded Smart Array B110i SATA Raid controller.Searching on this forum I've discoverd that it is a software RAID controller and not an...
View ArticleEsxi 5.5 Hypervisor with Adaptec 8405
Hi, i need to know how to install a Vmware 5.5 system on an Adaptec 8405 raid controller.I've found some guides but all says that i need a depot release, i've searched for it but i'm unable to find it...
View ArticleCompatibility E5649 and X5650 with Vmotion
Hi at all. I am thinking about putting an older Server with the CPU E5649 into my present vSphere 5.1 Cluster.All Server in this cluster have the CPU X5650. Are there 2 CPU types compatible to do...
View ArticleError Deploying OVF Template
I am trying to deploy a VA in vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 Update 1 but the "Next" button is grayed out in the VA wizard. I installed ESXi on a Dell PE R610 and enabled Virtualization Technology in the BIOS....
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 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 ArticleVSphere ESXi 5.1 U1 (free version) cannot add additional vCPU
Hi,Hope someone can help me on this. I got a R610 with 1x E5620 running the free version of ESXi 5.1 U1 (free license activate). I know there is a limit of 8x vCPUs per VMs.A single VM is running with...
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 ArticleESXi 5.5 and Windows Server 2012
I've run into a very strange problem: on any Windows Server 2012 R2 VM that I deploy in my ESXi 5.5 environment, if I copy a file to it from my laptop and then log on to the VM, I cannot then edit that...
View ArticleI have two different server hypervisor one is 5.1 and another is 5.5. , can...
1q ) e.g. vsphere 5.5 hypersvor replicate some images to vsphere 5.1 by shedule 2q) I want to use symantec backexc also but it fail. it can backup the images to local store but not remote store ? any...
View ArticleCreate a VM using an existing backup [EXSi 5.0.0]
Hi There, I've been searching all over to find out a thread which explains me to achieve above. Our ESXi currently does a back-up using ghettoVCB and store it on an external NAS. I do know that I can...
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 ArticleDebian 7.x Guest?
I just installed ESXi 5.5 U1 (Build 1623387) with the understanding this version adds support for Debian 7.x. But the guest operating system list still only shows version 4-6. Please advise....
View ArticleUse case of RDM in VIrtual compatibility mode.
Hi All,Can anyone tell me please what is the use case of Virtual Compatibility Mode RDM?I know, it support vsphere snapshot. any other use case? Thanks n regards
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 Articlelatest vSphere 5.5 + Intel I350-T4 = SRIOV?
We installed Intel I350-T4 Server Adapter which supports SR IOV and by doing "esxcfg-module igb -s max_vfs=7,7,7,7", we get: Unable to set module parameters the following params are invalid: max_vfs...
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),...
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