Can't migrate a virtual disk
Hello community! I have one more problem with a Hypervisor that runs VMware ESXi 5.1.0 (Build 799733). Please allow me to explain a little the history in order to let you understand what I am facing....
View ArticlevCenter 6 and the VMRC - Mouse is erratic
OK, since I have problems with IE getting to a VM's console, I gave the VMRC a try.I installed it and clicked the "Open in VMRC" then a message box said that the mouse settings were not optimal, would...
View ArticleVMware Consolidated Backup support or replacement for vSphere 5.5
I have just gone through an upgrade from vSphere 4.1 to 5.5 and have discovered that VCB no longer seems to be supported. I liked having VCB as a simple and easy way to back up VMs to disk. Is there...
View Articleesxi 5.1 RAM upgradation
Hello friends, Actually i have upgrade my esxi from 32GB RAM to 64GB RAM, and now i am facing license issue. please tell me how to resolve this. license of 32GB is not working over 64GB.
View ArticlevSphere Hypervisor 5.5 free - Network Problems - DELL R420
I'm running a free vSphere Hypervisor on a DELL Poweredge R420.And in irregular intervals the network connection goes down ! The Windows 2012 domain controller VM shows limited connection and is not...
View ArticleESXI 5.5 and Intel I217V/LM NIC ( no network adapter )
Hi All , I have a problem to add network driver to esxi , my system Spec below and version driver that you added System , Lenovo ThinkCentre E93 With Intel I217V/LM Network interface card and...
View ArticleHIgh Availability, and network growth.
Afternoon Everyone, I've got a bit of a strange situation handed to me, and I'd appreciate a little guidance. We have two Dell PowerEdge M520's, and a single PowerEdge R210 II. We do not have high...
View ArticleBootbank cannot be found at path "/bootbank.
Hi... VMWare vSphere 5 Essentials is installed on a Dell PowerEdge R620 with 2 CPU sockets with 2 hard drives with RAID1. System drive is on this RAID1 volume. The system is running slow with the...
View Articleback up the VMDK files with sysmantec backup exec
hello all,i am a new comer on this platform. i have some virtual machine on my environment and i bought symantec backup exec 2014. i use vmware vsphere 5 hypervisor and i try to backup the VMDK files...
View ArticleHP DL 160 G5 server 's embedded sata raid not support by ESXi/Vsphere????
Bios Utlity show raid formed for 4 hard disks ( 10) but during install vsphere cd it show 4 hd separately. any idea?
View ArticlePowerChuteTM Network Shutdown v4.0 is not shutting down my VMserver
Hi all,let me explain for my environment first:- I have free license for VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5 (VMware ESXi, 5.1.0, 1483097)- APC Smart-UPS RT 6000 XL from the company Schnieder Electric....
View ArticleCisco Layer 3, Voice, & VLAN
I have a vSphere 5.5 install and I'm in the process of a network upgrade in preparation for a VOIP implementation. The Switch hardware I'm using is a stack of Cisco 3850 Layer 3 switches and I've been...
View Article"Maximum vCPUs per virtual machine: 8"
The above is one of the limitation with ESXI 6.What does this actually mean?If I have a 4 physical CPU server with 16 cores each, can I assign all processors and cores to a single machineor am I...
View ArticleWill vSPhere Hypervisor key will work on Vendor customized OEM ISO ESXi image ?
Hi I tried downloading the vSphere Hypervisor 5.5 and 6.0 revs as ISOs and in booting both on my system neither would show HDDs in the systems.The systems are HP DL380 Gen9 servers which I know are on...
View ArticleInstalling vSphere Hypervisor 6.0 Host
Hi, I am *very* new into virtualization and I am trying to set up my own PC (an HP Omni 220-1180qd) to host VMs by installing vSphere Hypervisor 6.0. The first question I have is by reading through the...
View ArticleUpgrade from 5.5 to 6.0
Dear All, I would like to upgrade my hosts, but as I can see in the changelog:Frequent use of SCSI abort commands can cause system failure With heavy I/O activity, frequent SCSI abort commands can...
View ArticleInstall Vsphere Update Manager Download Service 6.0 on Windows Server 2012...
...with the message "this product can only be installed on Windows Server 2008 or higher". But Server 2012 is higher! What can I do?
View ArticlevSphere dVSwitch Restart Missing Backing Devices
I have a lab environment with fourteen servers. I have all the hosts in a single vSphere 4.1 cluster under a virtualized vCenter server. Their is a single dVSwitch for the cluster with each physical...
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 ArticleTop 20 VMware Performance Metrics - VMworld 2011 Session Encore Presentation
For any who missed it during VMworld, couldn't make it to Las Vegas, or were at the session and would like to take a look again and be able to pause and rewind, here is an encore presentation we...
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