Windows Computer account not present in AD
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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 ArticlevSMP on 12-core AMD/16-core AMD
Hi All, I have been seeing relatively poor performance on a CPU intensive 8-vCPU VM (W2K8) compared to a 4-vCPU VM (W2K8) on a HP DL585-G7 server with 4 x 12-core AMD Opteron 2.1GHz processors. I have...
View ArticleNew Admin User Can't SSH
Hi, I need to provide Dell with some information for them to be able to perform remote SAN maintenance. Part of this information is the user name & password of a user that can cannect to hosts that...
View ArticleWill HA and DRS work if Vcenter is down?
Hi Guys, I just wanted to know whether HA or DRS will work if my vcenter goes down for some reason. If yes how does it have the cluster information with itself for restarting the machine and to adjust...
View ArticleVirtual sockets vs Cores per socket
I'm currently running vCenter 5 with vSphere 4.1i When I choose Edit Settings on a VM and highlight CPU it says:Number of virtual sockets:Number of cores per socket: I'm a little confused on what those...
View ArticleSLES 11 64 bit - freeze after hot add new disk
Hello,on a SLES11 64bit virtual machine i've hot added a new scsi disk then vm completely freeze whithout giving me any possible interaction through console directly ... so power off then power on the...
View ArticleSwap: vm 5342: 2457: Failed to open swap file...
Hello, we're running ESX 4.0 on our hosts. when i backup or copy larg file (More than 1TB) the host is disconnect and vCentter acnnot connect guest but guest it can run normally.We can use SSH to login...
View ArticleDelete .vmdk file from esx host
I delete .vmdk file from esx host,any way to recover this file? Terrible day!
View ArticleGenerating Certificate Request for ESXi 4.1
I've been looking through VMware documentation, KB articles, and openSSL websites to find a good reference for generating certificates requests for an ESXi 4.1 host so that I can get a CA-signed...
View ArticleRunning Google Earth on a vSphere Guest
Hi We have a number of users who require to google earth on their guest machines. These machines are running Windows 7 32 Bit. Note these are not machines using VMWare view. In the KB article 1876 it...
View ArticleIntel i350-T4 not recognized
Hey folks, Just installed a new NIC, Intel i350-T4. esxcfg-nics -l does not show the NIC, but lspci shows this: 0e:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1521 (rev 01)0e:00.1...
View Article45.00 B snapshot space in Storage Views (is it normal?)
When I update the storage views tab in the Datastores view in vSphere Client connected to our ESX 4.1 servers, The snapshot space for most of the servers are 45.00 B, some are 44.00 B, and some are...
View ArticleFilename was not found
Hi everyone, I tried to expand a disk on a VM but it gave error that "Filename <unspecified filename> was not found" Then i checked the datastore and see those -flat.vmdk files. Please ignore the...
View ArticleESXi4 vs ESXi5
Dear Team,I want to install free version of ESXi4.1 or ESXi5. before that want to know following points difference between esxi4.1 and ESXi5.1.after installing as a Best Practice what needs to be...
View ArticleHow to mount Usb Hdd on Redhat 5.4 vm running on ESX 4.0 Host.
Hi All, I want to mount USB HDD to Esx 4.0 host.My infra is.1)IBM blade HS22.2)vmware esx 4.03)one of the blade having redhat 5.4 os. I want to mount my usb drive to redhat virtual machine.Please...
View ArticleDomain authentication silently dropping away
Hi all, I've noticed that since setting up my ESX 4.1.0 server to authenticate via remote active directory it seems to randomly lose it. The permissions disappear and trying to add them in again I can...
View ArticleBackup solution for ESX free version?
Hi, We have ESX 4.1, free edition no paid licenses. Is there any free software we can use to backup our VM servers? I'm a bit inexperienced so would like to stay away from scripts if at all possible....
View ArticleUpgrade ESX 4.0 to 4.1
hi Howto upgrade ESX 4.0 to 4.1 using esxupdate?BTW which zip file do I need to download from www.vmware.com/go/downloadpatches to do an upgrade?
View ArticleSharing a iSCSI datastore between vSphere licenced hosts and free esx hosts
Hi, I would like to share an esx 4.1 datastore that is being used be a vSphere managed cluster (licensed) with a single host that runs the free license of esx.. are there any issues with doing this?...
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