Realtek Nic support for ESX 4.1 U1
Dear Guys, I will install Vsphere ESX 4.1 U1 on a new PC with an Asus motherboard with Intel I5 CPU for test purpose. I have a problem in the Installation Process because Vmware ESX 4.1 didn't...
View ArticleInsufficient video RAM, is this critical, can be ignored?
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1014593 Message on xxx: Insufficient video RAM. The maximum resolution of the virtualmachine will...
View ArticleAPC - Host \ Gues shutdown
HI, Having some issues with guest shutdown on a ESX Host. The APC does initiate a shutdown of the host on power failure, however the host does not gracefully shut doen the guests. VMware Tools is...
View Article1GBe switch and 10GBe nics on host
Does anyone have tried to connect some hosts with 10GBe NICs to a 1GBe switch?What performance to you get?Is it doable? Thank you
View ArticleWhy we need to use vmkfstools?
Hi, Maybe topic is not in right words. I recently come across with one discussion regarding vmkfstools, why VMware recommends vmkfstools instead of normal linux commands which can do the same task...
View ArticleWill HA and DRS work if Vcenter is down?
Hi Guys, I just wanted to know whether HA or DRS will work if my vcenter goes down for some reason. If yes how does it have the cluster information with itself for restarting the machine and to adjust...
View ArticleVMware network serial port concentrator
I configure network serial ports to three VMs for vSPC.py serial port concentrator.For certain VM, vSPC.py works, but for certain VMs, vSPC.py does not work.In the failure case, when I type some...
View ArticleIbm DS3524 and raid
Hello, I have to install a DS3524 connected to an IBM server with VMWARE installedESX4.0.4Update4.The DS3524 is connected via SAS 12 are installed 300GB HD and 2 SD of thecontroller is mounted to the...
View ArticleBlue screen after converting to SCSI controller type from IDE
Hi, Any idea how to convert IDE controller to SCSI controller in Windows xp (32 Bit) OS? This VM has just one primary disk. I followed this KB article, But it leads to Blue screen error...
View ArticleNetwork uplink redundancy fake alert
Hi there, Do you all encounter false alert for network uplink redundancy alarms and network connectivity lost? Everytime the alarm triggered, customer will call and request me to check onsite, but the...
View ArticleCold Clone CD - Adding Drivers?
Is there a way to add many NIC / Storage drivers at one time to the Cold Clone Boot CD? Maybe some kind of driver pack?
View ArticleIncreasing netapp lun size
we have esxi4. 1 hosts connected to netapp filer via FC. On the netapp we have luns on volumes, and these luns on esx are mapped as vmfs datastores on ESX. One of the luns is running out of space,...
View Articleabout vmware converter and /boot/efi
Recently I tried to convert a physical machine to vmware VSphere 4.1 U1 ,but it failed,and the error is in this step: can't copy data from volome /boot/efi the os is SUSE linux 11, the partion table...
View ArticleWake On Lan ESX 4.1
I'm using a HP XW8400 as a ESX server which has WOL enabled in the BIOS. Iv tried Solarwinds WOL utility but no joy. Is there anything specific that must be done on ESX to allow WOL?
View ArticleVM Still showing up as Invalid in Vcenter
Doing some Host maintenance and had a running VM that would not vmotion to another Host. There seems to be a snaphot accosiated with the VM and it must be from the Netapp backup that failed. Snapsot...
View ArticleDiskLib_Check() failed for source disk The system cannot find the file...
I am running a virtual machine on vSphere 5 which is having multiple snapshot. Now found that the server is not responding properly and tried to restart but could not. Ultimately had to restart the ESX...
View ArticleCould not find any recognizable digits.
After downloading an .OVA to a VM server. I try using the Deploy OVF Template tool, but when I hit the next button from the deploy from file selection I receive the following message Error The OVF...
View ArticleScripted installation or reinstallation with esxconsole VMFS aligned and...
Hi guys. Please help. Can't figure out how to solve this chicken-and-egg problem in ESX4. Yeah, I can "cheat" with an externally created and labeled VMFS partition of even full system disk layout....
View ArticleESX host gets disconnected frequently
Hi All, I have vSphere environment with two host and vcenter setupEverything was fine until this monring my ESX host get disconnected so frequently....After which I have to connecte it everytime...its...
View ArticleSolaris10 ZFS pool not accessible - Disk geometry
Hello, i'm facing some strange problems with an Solaris10 64bit guest and the ZFS filesystem. System was running for longer period without any problems. Suddenly ZFS complains about on faulted ZFS...
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