vm recovery very important
Hii have a problem with running vmwhen i want incrase a ram a running task is too be long and i had a restart esx serverwhen a esx up the vm is not run and no recognize a hard disk and show this...
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ESX 4.0 dont boot problem root partition specifided...
I have one serve ESX 4.0 do not boot the server boot directly on troushooting mode with message:The root partion specified(UUID=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX was not found on the COS VMDK that...
View ArticleHelp with the esxcfg-module command
Hello everyone Desperately trying to understand the esxcfg-module command but am stuck hence this post I am trying to confirm what my esx servers 'lpfc_nodev_tmo' value is? I did some googling and...
View ArticleUnable to add LUNs using starwind in esxi 5
Hi Bob, I am facing the issue with starwind and esxi5 server. I have created a target and virtual disk in a storage server. The storage server model is HP 1600 G2 and is Windows 2008 storage server....
View ArticleHow to install Broadcom NetXtreme II Ethernet Network Controllers drivers on...
Hi All, Can anybody let me know how to install Broadcom NetXtreme II Ethernet Network Controllers drivers on ESX 4.1.0, 800380? Specific commands pls let me know, Installing from ILO HP Blade Proliant...
View Articlequestion about RDM using local disk ESX 4
Hello, I'm trying to create a raw disk mapping using local storage in ESX 4 but somehow I don't succeed. I'm using a HP P400 SAS/SATA controller with 4 1TB SATA drives in RAID 5. I created 3...
View ArticleCan't Install Windows Server 2008 R2 (i have 64bit processor!?)
Hi sorry for my english i'm italian. I have free vsphere 4 on intel server motheboard S500psl with 2 processor ( E5345SL9YL) and from specific of processor have Intel® EM64T...
View Articlehow to convert VHD to VMDK SCSI device.
hi, i have converted VHD file to VMDK file and put it into SCSI strogae. when i powering on the VM it says disk read error occur. i found that virtual device node is IDE it should be SCSI so that the...
View ArticleAdding CPUs to SMP is not always advantageous
Hi,I was going through the best practices for using vmware virtual SMP technology.However, i came across the fact that adding cpus to the smp system does not always increase the throughput. i could...
View ArticleDisk out of space - best practices
Hi, running vspher 4.0 update 2 - windows 2008R2 enterprise guests. the log drive 100GB e:\ is quickly running out of disk space and I need to grow it larger.The e: drive LUN is presented by a dell...
View Articlewindows OEM license in virtual environment
i have a physical server with windows OEM license installed. now i want to install ESX on it and leverage the key to install a windows guest OS.i have found a physical key and virtual key with this...
View ArticleESX 4.1. Disable TCP Checksum offload
Hi All,This is my first post on this forum. We have problems with connection between application server and sql server. Both servers are running Windows server 2008 R2 and are hosted on the same ESX....
View ArticleESXi 5.0 supports only LAHF and SAHF CPU instructions
Dear team, ESXi 5.0 supports only LAHF and SAHF CPU instructions. Need to understand LAHF and SAHF, and how it's work? RegardsMr VMware
View ArticleDelete .vmdk file from esx host
I delete .vmdk file from esx host,any way to recover this file? Terrible day!
View Articlecore dump partition configuration
Hello all, I have some question about core dump partition configuration.and, I need to set core dump partition in one physical disk. Q1. procedure. I've set one physical disk as VMKCORE(ID is fc)...
View ArticleHA issue – VMs did start in other ESX box
Hi, Recently one of our ESX server was hung ( some of VMs where ON and some were OFF). Restarted the ESX box, the ESX did not came up (Local Disk array card issue). Found none of the VMs present on...
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 ArticledefragmentAllDisks()
Hi, I tried to execute the below code but exception has been thrown can, anybody know this root cause of this problem? //VimPortService service; code goes.....service.defragmentAllDisks(mor); but...
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 ArticleIs it possible to enable vt-x on ESXi 3.5 ?
I've had a good look around and I cant find a definitive answer to this. I'm trying to run a VMware player inside ESXi 3.5 and the OS I am trying to run requires hardware virtualization. I have an...
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