Windows 2008 R Standby Memory
Hi there, I have a question about running Windows 2008 R2 machines on vSphere. In 2008 R2 there is such a thing as standby memory. I have a couple of 2008 R2 vm's running and they consume al lot of...
View ArticleCreate New Virtual Machine is greyed out
I can't create a new virtual machine in vSphere client. Right clicking the host or going to File > New Virtual Machine is greyed out. It seems like most administrative functions are greyed out,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cannot reconnect host to vcentre server
Hello, We have just upgraded out vcentre server to 5.0. However we cannot reconnect our hosts to the vcentre server. We have the below error We can ping the host by name and ip from the vcentre...
View ArticleUnable to connect to the MKS : Failed to launch the MKS client: Unknown error...
Hi friends, VMware vSphere Client console screen, I am faced with such an error. I want you to help me in this matter. I also share with you the screenshot. Many thanks in advance. vSphere -4.1
View ArticleUsing a LAPTOP and external disks to implement ESX4 & vsphere infraestructure.
Hi, folks.Been not possible for myself to adquire a robust and compatible server to work it out under ESX 4 (physical space at home, so many noising components and no much more money to spend in), the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
how to set IP for a vmnic?
I have a ESX 4.1 Host in a 4 NIC physical server.I use three nics of those four: vmnic0: I set at the installation time with the ip: 172.20.2.91 vmnic1: NIC Teaming with vmnic0. Both...
View ArticleESX 4.1 and LSI Megaraid Storage Manager
Hello everyone! I am testing a move from VMWare Server to vCenter for my organization and I am running into a problem. In my test environment, I have a Supermicro H8DME-2 motherboard with an LSI...
View ArticleHigh CPU util by vmtoolsd.exe
Hi All, I've got a problem with vmtoolsd.exe consuming large amounts of CPU on a 2003R2 XenApp VM which I can't get to the bottom of. Basically vmtoolsd.exe spikes to 40% every 30 seconds. As the...
View ArticleUNABLE TO CONNECT TO THE MKS : COULD NOT CONNECT TO PIPE
Hi All im getting the following error while trying to open a virtual machine console through thev vcenter client. UNABLE TO CONNECT TO THE MKS : COULD NOT CONNECT TO PIPE .\PIPE\VMWARE-AUTHDPIPE:...
View ArticleThe hard disk is blank.
hi I have ESX 4.0.0 installed and if I try to add a new storage (SCSI Volume, Raid5) then I get this message: "The hard disk is blank."Error during the configuration of the host: Failed to get disk...
View ArticleIIS performance 50% slower on a VM?
I've got a cluster of IIS Servers that we host our web application on. Recently, we converted several of our web servers from physical machines to virtual machines. By converted, I mean we built a...
View ArticleScripted installation NIC issue.
Hi guys, I am having problems with a ESX 4 scripted installation ( manual text / gui install works just fine). I use following pxeboot file - SNIP - default menu.c32menu ESX Boot Menutimeout 30...
View ArticleCheck ESX Hosts via SNMP
Hi @ all i want to check my esx hosts systems via snmp. (snapshots/drive usage, etc...)In our environment i use snmpget to fill my "checkssystem" nagios. So i search for some doc´s to configure it,...
View ArticleDatastore Free Space Best Practice
Hello, I have a question relating to the amount of free space to leave on a datastore. I recently upgraded to vCenter and with that came along some datastore usage alarm definitions. I see they were...
View ArticleMIGRATING VM on Local Storage to SAN
Hi, I've setup two temproary ESX with production VMs. Now the new SAN is in with two new esx. The temproary ESX have no SAN, thus VM reside in local hardisk. If I setup a new virtual...
View ArticleESX mount command
Hi All, We have a mixed environment of 2 ESX 4.1 and 1x ESXi . I am running the mount command on the the two ESX 4.1 servers and it doesn't show the san storages which have been mounted under the...
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 ArticleFastest way to copy vmdk
Hello, I have a 200GB vmdk I wou ld like to backup. This vm is shutdown. I would like to know what is the fastest possible way to backup this vmdk. I have a very limited time to get this file. I am...
View ArticleCompatible PCI x1 RAID controller for ESX 4 and SATA drives
I am trying to build up an low cost ESX 4 server using existing hardware. I have been successful at fully implementing the ESX 4 server on my machine and now that I have proven that the concept...
View ArticleBrowse Datastore button greyed out?
Hi All Ive got a problem whereby i cant seem to grant a specific user Browse Datastore rights in our ESX 4 Update 2 environment, i have followed this :- http://communities.vmware.com/thread/136468 And...
View Article