is it possible to install esxi hypervisor in dell inspiron 15R??
helloactually I am doing research in dynamic reallocation of virtual machine.I want to know if I want to implement some strategy to allocate VM to diff host then what kind of network is going to be...
View ArticleHow to monitor Raid on a Hypervisor server?
Hello all! I have 2 servers (dell R420) running vmware hypervisor 5.5 and 1 server running version 5 I installed a few windows servers VM machines on them and everything is running great however I...
View ArticlevCenter Update Manager and updating drivers
Hi to all, recently I had a strange problem because I post this question.I have cluster with 6 hosts and I did upgrade from 5.1 to 5.5.Servers are DELL and I did upgrade with newest available DELL...
View ArticlePermission denied when trying to pull the log files through SSH
Hello I am getting "-sh: /var/log/vmkernel.log: Permission denied" error when i tried to pull the log files through SSH.I am using Root credentials. Please help me to sought it out.Regards,Bibin C...
View ArticleInstall VMware Tools on Ubuntu 12.04
I try to install it by going to guest, install/upgrade vmware tools but I get the attached error
View ArticleExpand Space without Rebooting VM
Hi, is there a way that I can expand virtual disk space without rebooting VM. I know that there is a command to recognize the device, but the device is already recognized (such as /dev/sdc), But now I...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 and Broadcom NC107i onboard integrated PCI Gigabit controller
I've just purchased an HP Proliant ML150 G6 server that has a Broadcom NC107i onboard integrated PCI Gigabit controller.If I look to the rear of the server I can view two Ethernet port (as the...
View ArticleMSI Z87-G43 + I5-4670K cant boot/install
Hi guys, I have been scratching my head for the last couple of hours on this one.I just want to upgrade my well running Q9550 ESXi with some new hardware, because i needed more RAM (old setup only...
View ArticleReallocate vDisks from Windows server 2008 R2 to Windows 2012 R2
I have installed a new VM with OS Windows 2012 R2.I'm trying to remove and add some data disks (VMDK) from a VM with OS Windows 2008 R2 to the new machine Windows 2012 R2.My steps are:1. Remove disk...
View ArticleUnable 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...
View ArticleIntel NUC as VM Host - VM guest unable to obtain IP address
I have no idea how to explain this other than just saying what I have and what I'm trying to do. So I have a synology NAS 1513+. it has 2 4TB enterprise drives. I created a iscsi target and LUN of...
View Articledl360p gen8 - E5-2650 and E5-2650 v2 requires EVC for vmotion?
hi vmware-pros strange situation here, my cluster (latest 5.5) is configured without EVC because it simply works without masking features.having a few dl380g7 and gen8 but now with the V2 cpus i get...
View ArticlevSphere Hypervisor 4.1 on IBM x366 install issue
Hi all, I'm trying to install vSphere Hypervisor on an IBM x366 w/ ServerRAID 8i. I'm getting an error just after I select the drive to install to: vmware esxi unable to write image to the selected...
View ArticleEsxi Equivalent command as for linux FREE command
Hi All I would appreciate your help and time, i am looking for way where i can query Esxi hypervisor in particular 4.1 the same way i would query a Linux server with following commands Free or cat...
View Articletar makes ESXi lose ssh connection and also VI Client connection fails
I am observing a strange scenario, I am trying to zip contents of VM directory in to a tar with gzip filter applied to it, but when it tries to tar-compress x-flat.vmdk, ESXi ssh connection running the...
View ArticleP2V Server with ISCSI Attached QNAP NAS Storage
Hi I've virtulaised all but one of my servers now using the Free Hypervisor. My last server is my SQL Server that has a QNAP attached via SCSI Initiator so all the user data is stored on the QNAP as...
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 ArticleDoubts building all-in-one home server
Hi, First, I'm new to the virtualization world, so beaware that I might say some stupid things. My goal is to build a server at home, consisting mainly at a NAS and some other VMs (2 Linux and 2...
View ArticleHP ML350 G6 running ESXi 4.1 (Questions concerning RAID monitoring)
Greetings: I have a ML350 G6 that is currently running ESXi 4.1 and I have a question concerning monitoring the RAID through vSphere. Is there anything specficially that I should install from HP that...
View ArticleConnect vSphere to ESXi Server over VPN
I've read a few posts, but so far none of them quite cover what I'm looking for. Here's the setup that I have: Site 1:ESXi Server --> Tomato VPN WRT54GL --> Cisco ASA* --> ISP Site...
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