ESXi 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 ArticleBest Practice to install VMware Tools
Dear Team, I want to install / upgrade VMware tools on Rhel and SUSE Linux VM, have following queries on the same 1) Before installing / upgrade VMware tools shall i take a clone or snapshot first, if...
View ArticleMissing X drivers for Ubuntu 13.10?
I'm setting up a Ubuntu 13.10 guest on an ESX 4.1.0 host. While installing the VMGuest tools, I get this message" "Distribution provided drivers for Xorg X server are used." "Skipping X configuration...
View ArticleInsufficient capacity in cluster CLUSTER to satisfy resource configuration in...
Hi, I've configured 5 ESX server in cluster with HA , DRS & FT 2days back now I can see 1 error on cluster-->summary "Insufficient capacity in cluster CLUSTER to satisfy resource configuration...
View ArticleDisappearing virtual network device under Windows 2008 R2 SP1 in vSphere 4.1
Has anyone seen an issue where after an upgrade from Windows 2008 R2 to Windows 2008 R2 SP1 the virtual network device suddenly and somewhat randomly ejects itself from the VM causing the virtual...
View ArticleIBM x3655 not on the HCL for ESX 4
Hi Does someone know why the x3655 is not mentioned on the HCL for ESX Version 4? All other new (and 3 years in the past) servers are compatible, but the only one missing is the x3655.... We use the...
View ArticleMixed memory sizes in Dell R710 to achieve 1333mhz speeds versus 800mhz
We have some Dell R710's that were originally ordered with 48GB in a 12x4GB 1333mhz config (RDIMMs). We ordered 6 additional 4GB 1333mhz memory sticks to fill out all 18 banks for a total of 72GB. The...
View ArticleTrouble with IBM x3650 M2 and ESX 4.0.0 Build 164009
I have 8 new IBM x3650 M2 (P/N: 794792G) servers installed with ESX 4.0.0 Build 164009. The servers come from IBM with UEFI Firmware 1.01 (with fixed problem "Interrupt routing was not valid for VMWARE...
View Articlevmkernel log shows errors Peripheral qualifier 0x1 not supported for MD3000i...
I have a vSphere cluster connected to MD3000i and its configured by the book on two different subnets for each port on each controler. Round robin is enabled for multi pahing on VC. this is what i...
View ArticleCannot shut down RedHat 4 vm
Hi, We have a vm running RedHat 4 Ent. on ESX 4 build 208167. The vm was stuck today for some reason. There was no connection to it at all remotely. I succeded to open its console from Virtual Center...
View ArticleBlueScreen 0x0000008E (vmx_fb.dll)
Hello! I have a problem with one of our Server. We have a lot of virtual Servers based on the same image. But at on server I have following problem: Each time I want to connect with RemoteDesktop...
View ArticleVMXNET2/VMXNET3 boot problems with Microsoft WDS
Hi, We're currently using vSphere 4.0 and we're in the process of migrating our VMs from the nic driver e1000 to VMXNET3. We're also using Microsoft Windows Deployment Services (WDS) to deploy new...
View ArticleESX Command vix-async-pipe
Hi everybody, i have a question according to the ESX Console. Using the command "top" i see a process which is called "vix-async-pipe". This process is using 99% of the Host CPU. I have found nothing...
View ArticleInvalid Disk Type 7 Error on ESX
Hi Folks, I am using Symantec Backup Exec 2010 to backup my virtual machine. I backed up the TestNode VM and removed from inventory. After some time I needed that machine so I did the redirected...
View Articlecan't connect to esx4.1 server from vSphere client
Hi All, In my production environment, I have to login to the gateway server first and from there I should connect the vCenter servers. From gateway server I can able to login to the vCenter servers...
View Articlemerge snapshot
Hi, Snapshot created mailserver.vmdk, mailserver-00001.vmdk, mailserver-00002.vmdk, mailserver-00003.vmdk, mailserver-00004.vmdk. We have deleted all snapshot from snapshot manager. But all vmdk files...
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 ArticleVmware ESX 4.1.0 - Alarm System Chassis 2 MCK Card or Link 0 : Undetermined...
Hi Friends, I am new to this Technology, Can you please advise the solution for this below alarm in out VMware Environment. please find the attached screen shot of this . during this failure all the...
View Article2nd Datastore missing after physical Harddisk failure
Dear all, Need some advise for the following; ESX4.1One of the physical harddisk is spoilt on 2nd partition (red light) Replaced with hot swap Using 2 Partition, 3 disks raid 5, 5 disks raid 52...
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