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One of Two vSphere ESX4i hosts cannot find new iSCSI LUN
Current Setup:Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SAN2 ESXi hosts (esx01, esx02) running ESXi 4.0.0vSphere version 4.0.06 LUNs configured2 Datastores shared between esx01 and esx02 (Datastore01, Datastore02) What...
View ArticleHow to determine ESXi version
Question:My vSphere client shows the ESXi host as 5.0.0-<build number>-standard. If it were version, "U1" would the U1 identifier be in the Summary tab, General window, Image Profile: value? I...
View ArticleQlogic QME8262-k FCoE Mezzanine Card
We have a Dell M620 with Intel 10GbE/FCoE Dual KR X-520 Mezzanine cards. We are installing ESXi 5.1. From my research, it looks like I will not see an "HBA" reference until I configure a "software FCoE...
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Convert VMware player virtual file to ESXi format
Hello all, Again, I'm new to the virtual world so bare with me. I recently downloaded and installed ESXi 5.1.0 which is up and running fine. Using vSphere Client 5.1.0 I tried to create a New Virtual...
View ArticleAfter Conversion Virtual Machine cannot login to Domain
I just converted windows 2003 server Physical to Virtual using Vmware Converter 5.0.1Conversion was successfull there were no errors. i tried to login it gives me message System cannot be logon because...
View ArticlevSphere Replication size limits
I've looked all around for specific limits to the size of a VM that can be protected via SRM w/vSphere Replication, but I do not see such documentation. I did see the release notes of 5.0.2 stating...
View ArticleLun Offset Question - NetApp Filers
Im familiar with how VM's are aligned (or misaligned) in this case.... and how NetApp recommends to get them aligned. (MBRalign or the VSC plugin), which brings me to my question. We have roughly...
View ArticleWhere does the OS's for the dropdown for Price Model->Other Cost come from
In Chargeback, under the "Manage Cost" in the "Price Models" under the "Other Cost" you can set the fix cost for guest OS.The "Guest OS Name" dropdown at different times has new OS's in it. I attached...
View ArticleVCP-Cloud or IaaS exam voucher for sale
I have an exam voucher that is good for VCP-Cloud or IaaS exam. The test must be taken by July 1, 2013. I will not be ready to take the exam by then so I am selling it at a low cost. Please let me know...
View Articlegeneral question about VMWare Auto Deploy dependencies and restrictions
Hello, I'm a Network Engineer, so forgive my ignorance of what might be some basic VMware concepts. In my company, we're deploying VMWare Auto Deploy. I've read this...
View ArticleBest practices... How many nics?
Hey guys, We are currently in the process of adding 2 new hosts (HP BL460c G8) to our 4 hosts (HP BL460c G7) cluster. The hosts have the following configurations : - 12 cores (2x Intel Xeon 6 cores)-...
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Virtual Serial Ports in VMWorkstation
In searching for information for physical COM Ports vs USB to Serial in VM's I have found a very mixed variety of answers. I have a couple USB to Serial adaptors and have very mixed results with the...
View Articleesxi 4.1 gast linux findet keine hdd bei VMfs über 800 gb
Hallo folgendes Problem vmware esxi 4.1 build 988178es handelt sich um einen dell PE r310 mit perc h700 raid controller Speicher: 1. raid 1 (130 gb) nur für vmware system (irrelevant für meine...
View ArticleSystem.isHostReachable not always returning true when hosts are pingable
I am trying to use the System.isHostReachable method and it seems to be working for some ip addreses and hostnames but others it is failing. I have connected to the vco host and I am able to ping the...
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vCenter Versions
I am going through and building vCenter in a sandbox. I am following Derek Seaman's excellent blog to assist me. His blog was written in September '12 and at that time he recomended vCenter 5.1.0b....
View ArticleError message when running script Undefined subroutine &DVPortSetting
Getting the following error message when running the script from:vMA version 5.1.0.0 build 782391Environment is mixed, vCenter 5.0 (on Windows 2008), EXS 4.1, ESXi...
View ArticleChargeback Api - Add Computing Resource?
I want to add a resource so that it counts the number of firewalls used.I see in the Chargeback Api that you can add computing Resources, but how does it know which resource to base the calculaton.I...
View ArticleRedundancy Lost Alert in ESXi 5.1
I have an alert in Health status tab in ESXi 5.1. What the error is that and should I ignore it?
View ArticleLimites de Disco e Memória vSphere
Olá.Meu ambiente possui as seguintes configurações:6 discos de 3TB e 64GB de memória RAM. Na versão 4.1 Hypervisor não estava reconhecendo discos acima de 3TB. Em um disco de 3TB, reconheceu 700GB. Já...
View ArticlePoor network performance between VMs
Hi,i'm experience poor network performance and i wonder if anyone got any ideas how to solve this problem. When running iperf (no customization without changing running time to 60 seconds) internally...
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