ESXi Host FC HBAs Not Updating New LUN Targets
Greetings all!Looking for some help here with a strange storage issue I’m seeing. Our ESXi 5.01 hosts are fiber connected with qlogic hbas to an IBM XIV SAN, through IBM SVC clusters.The storage team...
View ArticleCisco M81KR VIC and VMware vSphere
Hi All, Something I've been trying to nail down for my VMware designs. When using a virtual interface card like the Cisco M81KR, how do the 10Gb interfaces count against vSphere config maximums? So...
View ArticleUnable to Delete Partition on ESXi 5
I encountered an error when I attempted to delete a datastore via the client so I switched over to the command line to try there. I followed the steps prescribed here: Using the partedUtil command...
View ArticleRTL8139C not recognized by ESXi 5.1
Hi everyboda,i have a Problem with my ESXi 5.1 Server. My Server has 2 Network-Cards.The First Card is a RTL8168 Card which is running fine.The Second Card is a RTL8139C, which should be ok according...
View ArticleUNIMPLEMENTED! write-back of mmap regions unsupported
UNIMPLEMENTED! write-back of mmap regions unsupported This message appears in vmkernel log (alt+f11 int the local screen). Anybody knows what is this? Thanks
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does IOMMU supports ESX5.x/ESXi5.x?
hi friends i want to buy Asus M5A97 EVO R2 mobo & AMD FX8150 CPU. both supports AMD-V & IOMMU. the mobo has 9-series chipset which also supports IOMMU. i want to have fully IO virtualization....
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 We are moving several of our very old, outdated servers to a new virtual server.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...
View ArticleShould I use the original or the ESXi based OEM Custom ISO?
Hi! I have a HP ProLiant DL380 G5. It runs with an original vSphere Hypervisor 5.0 (the first version). Now I have time, and I want to start the upgrade procedure to version 5.1, and I saw, that there...
View ArticleBenefits of VMware over Hyper-V
Hi, I contacted VMware with this request directly recently but still haven't had a reply. Does anyone know where I can get an updated version of this...
View ArticleHome 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 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 ArticleSupport Emulex 554FLB FlexibleLOM FlexFabric vSphere 5.5
Hi everyone, I searched the HCL for Emulex HP Branded 554FLB FlexibleLOM FlexFabric support within vSphere 5.5, but could not find it. Is it still supported, or not? And is there a document I can find...
View ArticleESXi Free Version, 5.0 vs. 5.1/5.5 CLI limitations
I have an ESXi 5.0 (free version) installation that I use to set up VMs for clients' vSphere installs, toying with VMs, etc. I have been using PowerCLI and vMA to administer this machine. I recently...
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 ArticleIntel VT-x mode issue
I'm provisionig Windows 7 x64 VM (guest) in the ESXi 5.0 and 5.5 (host) environment. Now I want to virtualize via VMWare Player in this Win 7 VM (guest) further 64 Bit Windows/Linux systems. I'm...
View ArticleError creating SQL database for vCenter 5
I am using the VMware script VCDB_mssql.sql located on the vCenter 5 media to prepare a SQL 2008 R2 database. I ran the initial database/user creation script and that was successful, but then when I...
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 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 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 ArticleFailed to power on virtual machine after delete snaphot
I have an Esxi server free edition. I have made a virtual machine (windows 2012 server R2). Everything was all right up the moment i have take a snapshot. Because it takes me a lot of disk usage, i...
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