Changing block size of datastore from 1 MB to 4 MB
Hi, I've installed an ESX. The system automatically partition to have the block size of 1 MB which is 256 max virtual hardisk. How can I change to 4 MB Block Size taking into consideration there...
View ArticleCannot power on virtual machine: Unable to access file since it is locked
I'm having this trouble (this is the second time now) where I cannot power on a virtual machine. The message "Unable to access file since it is locked. Since the filename is unspecified, it makes it...
View ArticleThe remote server returned an error 503 server unavailable while connecting...
When I try to connect vCenter using vSphere client , I am getitng the error "The remote server returned an error 503 server unavailable" .Help me
View ArticleHBA Details Serial Numbers
Greetings, We have a complex VMware Environment with several vCenter Servers and around thousand ESXi Hosts. For validating physical mutli paths between the Storage and the Server, we would like to get...
View ArticleHow to connect USB Dongel to ESXi 4.1 VM
Hi All, I have many VM's running on the ESXi 4.1 and one of the VM server has the requirement to connect USB Dongle and the software which is installed on it will work once it detect the USB dongle...
View ArticleSlipstreaming with ESX4.1 ISO
Hi Folks! I am in the process of trying to get some new Intel 10Gb drivers slipstreamed into the ESX4.1 ISO. I've found Patrick VanBeek's blog that shows how to do it in the version 4 of the ESX...
View ArticleSAS HP 1/8 Autoloader G2 changer does not appear on the VM's Device manager
Hi All, I have an ESX 4.1 host and a VM that is running Windows 2008R2 OS. And a SAS HP 1/8 Autoloader G2 and HP SAS controller is pluged in to host machine. On the VM's device manager there is a...
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 Articleperformance tab not working
In vsphere (vmware esx 4.0.0) when I click on the performance tab on any device, host vm etc I get nothing or more specifically on the overview sub-tab: This program cannot display the webpage Any...
View ArticleESX4 + Nehalem Host + vMMU = Broken TPS !
Since upgrading our 2 host lab environment from 3.5 to 4.0 we are seeing poor Transparent Page Sharing performance on our new Nehalem based HP ML350 G6 host. Host A : ML350 G6 - 1 x Intel E5504, 18GB...
View ArticleDoes ESX 5 support NFS version 4.1
just curious to know if ESX 5 supports NFS version 4.1 -srinivas
View ArticleBest practices for Terminal Server 2008 R2
Is there a doc with best practices for Terminal Servers under ESX 4.1? I have a DL 380 G6 with 98 GB of RAM and running 1 Win2K8 R2 64 VM. The server has a reservation of 4 GB of RAM and a max of 24 GB...
View ArticleVmxnet3 network adapter change?
Hi, Recently planned to upgrade network adapter from e1000 to vmxnet3 in windows 2008 Os. As a action in a test machine, I modified the vmx file ethernet(n).virtualDev = "vmxnet3" then reregistered...
View ArticleBest Practices to increase disk space inside a 2003 Guest while transforming...
Hello there, I have been asked to increase disk space inside a Windows Server 2003 Guest. The Virtual Machine Virtual Disk is a single Thick 150 GB Virtual Disk. Maximum Virtual Disk size allowed...
View ArticleCannot power on virtual machine: Unable to access file since it is locked
I'm having this trouble (this is the second time now) where I cannot power on a virtual machine. The message "Unable to access file since it is locked. Since the filename is unspecified, it makes it...
View ArticleChanging block size of datastore from 1 MB to 4 MB
Hi, I've installed an ESX. The system automatically partition to have the block size of 1 MB which is 256 max virtual hardisk. How can I change to 4 MB Block Size taking into consideration there...
View ArticleAfter 4.0 Upgrade - Alarm: "Status of other host hardware objects"
I've been trying to search around and see if anyone else has gotten this error message and can't find the meaning behind what this cryptic message means. Warning on Host: Status of other host...
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NetApp iSCSI best configuration?
Hello ... I own 3 esx servers 4, connected to a NetApp 2020th cabin, dual controller active / active. Each controller has 2 interfaces (e0a and e0b)NetApp reading the documentation, have two connection...
View Article[VMware vCenter - Alarm Network uplink redundancy lost] Lost uplink...
I often get these alerts on one of our servers in our environment. We run VMware ESX 4.1 on 5x Dell PowerEdge Servers each of similar spec, they all have 2x NICs that plug into a Cisco Infrastructure...
View ArticleESX server - Maintenance Mode
What all are the things happened, when i put an ESX server in maintenance mode? Don't simply say that all VMs are migrated to others. I want much deeper deeper deeper information on it. Can anyone ? ?...
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