Strange problems with one my ESXi 4.1 U1 servers
Hi admins, I have alot of problems with one of my HP DL385 G7 servers.This host will randomly disconnect itself from my vCenter. (vCenter 4.1 u1)When this happens i try to restart the managment agents...
View ArticleUltra Slow Template deployment in ESXi 4 - Help needed
Hi , After purchasing a brand new R610 with SAS disks to be our new host on our new Vcenter , We are very dissapointed. Deploying a Template of 30GB takes 20 min , and clone talkes 1 hour!. The two...
View ArticleLooking for esx script
Hi I am trying to develop a script which can help us to login to esx server (Read ESX server name from text,excel,csv) with normal user account and then su - and perform some opeartions. I am facing...
View ArticleESX Host Procesor
Hi Guys what are users thoughts on the Intel Xeon E5504 2GHz processor im looking at 2 HP DL360G6's with these processors. Opinions would be very much appreciated. Thanks
View ArticleImprove Network Performance by adding more physical NIC ?
Hi, End users complain that one appliation is pretty slow at remote site. My supervisor suggests adding extra NIC on the Virtual Machine running that application. However, from the forum, we find that...
View ArticleMoving a domain controller to new location, different host
HI, Just curious if anyone had experience any issues moving a windows 2003 R2 sp2 domain controllerfrom one location to another. windows 2003 R2 sp2 on an ESX Vsphere 4.0 in Data center A. I am...
View Articletransfering file to Host using scp "No space left on device"
Hi everyone, I have 4 Hosts build 260247 and I am looking forward to upgrade it to 348481 using esxupdate method:I downloaded the .zip file from vmware server to my PC and when I try to copy this file...
View ArticleEsx 4.1.0 error vCLI when configuration backup
Hi, I have a Esx 4.1.0 Build 260247, when I try do configuration backup with the command vicfg-cfgbackup.pl --server <insert IP address of name of server here> -s <Where you want it saved...
View ArticleESX 4.1 U1 - Guest network stops responding
Hi All, Our system has been working fine for 8 months without any issue until installing ESX 4.1 U1 and the latest network driver. We have 2 x HP DL580 G7 each with an inbuilt NC375i Quad port NIC and...
View ArticleCluster with VSphere Essentials
When I attempt to create a cluster with VSphere Essentials (not Plus) I am offered HA and DRS (They are not greyed out, they are available). Are these trial versions which will become disabled in the...
View ArticleDoes the latest build number for ESX3.5 207095 indicate the most secure...
Out of all the builds for ESX3.5 ... ie., VMware ESX Server 3.5 (December 10, 2007)VMware ESX Server 3.5 Build 64607 (20 Feb 2008)VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 Build 82663 (10 Apr 2008)VMware ESX...
View ArticleSnapshot problem!
Hi, I've discovered a major snapshot issue on one of our VM's..... We were using Veeam to back up our infrastructure but after having nothing but problems with them and their software I have decided to...
View ArticleLocal hard disk of Servers used only as virtual memory for ESX Servers
HII want instal ESX 4.1 on LUNs offered by SAN controllers and then use of my local hard disk as virtual RAM .is it possible ? how ? plz help me
View ArticleChanging the seize of my datastore with new space
I have a RAID 10 with 4 x 72GB drives (total 135GB) and i have put in 2 more and expanded my array to get more space. I am suposed to have 200GB now but i cnat see it in my extra space. Can you please...
View ArticleHelp with networking
Hi folks, We use bridged networking on an ESX host, with one physical card, vmnic0, whereas the second physical card vmnic1 is and will be used for iSCSI. Setup is seen on attached screenshot. All VMs...
View ArticleMy Virtual Disk is 35 Gb but Vcenter Porvisioned storage shows 37 GB...
Why does that happen ? What is the actual physical storage being used ??? Is my total storage for 10 VMs : 10 * 35 GB ? OR 10 * 37 GB ??
View ArticleMake iSCSI SAN Accessible to VM via Windows iSCSI Initiator
I have a "total newbie" question that I hope can be answered rather quickly.I have added a new DELL MD3000i SAN to my storage network with the goal of using this SAN exclusively for Windows VMs. I have...
View ArticleVSphere server not working
Hello, On the last 2 install i made i am running with a problem for the administration the the setup I ran all installer (vCenter, V cleint, Update manager, converter) When i log in with my client i...
View ArticleESXi host disconnects from cluster
We are having a weird issue. After our database server was rebooted without notice one of our esxi 4.1 clusters has been having a host disconnect. I have repeatedly tried to reconnect this host and...
View ArticlevSphere 4 and HP MSA2012i
Anyone tried this yet? It's not on the HCL yet, but I reeeeeeaally hope it will be. We just got this SAN last year, and getting a different one would be a hard sell right now.
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