PLEASE HELP : Migrating VMs from old ESX4.1 hosts to new ESXi 5.1 hosts
hello, we are trying to migrate VMs from old blade server(Intel e5504) running esx 4.1 to new blade servers(intel x5675) running 5.1.we upgraded vCenter to 5.1 to support new hosts. please help me go...
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View ArticleSlow disk speed with Adaptec RAID card.
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View ArticleHow to license "vSphere Client"?
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View ArticleCIM Server Start and stop with host not working
Hello, I have several ESXi 5 servers with Intel/LSI raids that I'm trying to monitor. I have been able to get everything set up and working, however whenever the physical host is restarted, the CIM...
View ArticleWhy is it so hard just to shrink a disk
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View Articlevcloud and ssl vpn
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View ArticleHost os to guest os Data sending through Socket programming
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View Articleaccess the internet in VM workstation
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View ArticleSSL Certificate on ESX Hosts
Hi All, When connecting to the ESX servers using my VI Client, I get an SSL Security warning stating that there is an untrusted SSL certificate. I've pretrusted the certificate and put it in my...
View Articlevmware player 4 host trisquel 6 guest vmxnet compile errors
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View ArticleUpgrade to v5.12
Hi We are on v5.10, has anyone done the upgrade yet? Is it painless ? Not stated in the upgrade guide but i assume you don't need to install v5.11 first ? Thanks
View ArticleUpdating VMware tools in HA/FT cluster
We have a cluster running several ESXi 5.1 hosts and one ESXi 5.0 host. The VM's running on the 5.1 hosts show their VMWare tools as outdated, but the VM's running on the 5.0 show their tools as being...
View ArticlePortforwarding not working on vmware backtrack with usb wifi adapter
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View ArticleReplication within the Same Vcenter instance.
We currenly have two vcenter instance in two seperate datacentes which have stretch network across the two datacentres. We need to move to a new datacentre and to facilitate the migration we are...
View ArticleVCAP5-DCA tests on vSphere 5 or 5.1?
Hi folks, Quick question, as the title suggests, can someone tell me if the VCAP5-DCA tests you on 5 or 5.1? I just had a look at the exam blueprint and it's got vSphere 5 all over it, but I need to be...
View Articlecan we add L5420 and E5649 CPU model Server in EVC enable cluster
Hi, In HA Cluster we have 2 ESXi 4.1 hosts and CPU model are L5420 and E5649, and I am not able to enbale EVC mode. Please suggest how we can enable EVC in my cluster
View ArticleProblem with Promise vTrak e610f (NMP errors)
I've been running an ESXi 4 server connected to a Promise vTrak E610f SANS connected via fiber channel and was running fine After the upgrade to ESXi 5 I've been having problems with my logs filling up...
View ArticleSecondary Local SATA Disk Datastore Losing Connectivity
Hi VMware Champs, I have ESXi 5.1 running on a 250 GB HDD (VMFS5), I added another 500 GB SATA disk to extend local storage. My first Datastore is intact. I successfully formatted the new 500 Gb disk...
View Articleerror restoring snapshot: unable to open the snapshot file
Hi,Suddenly I've got this message while restoring one of my snapshots on current VM (other snapshots are working fine).Any ideas how this could be solved,so I could continue using the same snapshot (as...
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