Why is CPU Ready high on host that is NOT over committed?
The host is HP Proliant BL465c G7 with AMD Opteron 6174 Processors (2 sockets, 12 cores per)There were only 2 VMs running on it. One with 8vcpu the other with 1vcpu. Almost no CPU Ready I added a VM...
View ArticleIs it a way to combine multiple ESXi hosts local datastore into a single...
I have 5 servers which have ESXi 4.1 installed on each of them.Each of them has a 1TB datastore attached to it. Is there any way to merge or combine all the datastores to get a 5TB datastore which I...
View ArticleHow to format or recreate existing VM ISCSI store ?
Hi, I have problems with my store. This store is connected via ISCSI. I found out, that I have to format or recreate store. My plan is to add another ISCSI store, copy all the VM on this store,...
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This virtual machine failed to become vSphere HA Protected and HA may not...
Hello We are getting this error for only one guest i a 4 node HA cluster: This virtual machine failed to become vSphere HA Protected and HA may not attempt to restart it after a failure. The 4 host...
View ArticleUnable to Locate Vmware Folder in the path : /etc/opt/vmware
This might be an lame question, however I need to make a change to the vpxa.cfg file, and I cannot find the VMWARE folder for the path: /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg I am accessing the console remotely...
View ArticleLocating a VM without vCenter?
We are running ESXi 4.1 with vCenter 4.1. Both our vCenter server and its SQL backend are located on VMs. Recently, our SQL server went down rendering vCenter useless. I got everything back up...
View ArticleVM Guest OS Upgrade just attach vHDD (VMDK)
Hello, I have a VM running Windows Server 2003, it is simply a file server with a vHDD(VMDK file) of 1TB.The OS is installed on a seperate vHDD (VMDK file). My idea is create a new VM running Windows...
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A little storage space CRISIS
Hi guys, I'm having an issue with the storage. We have a 400gb storage for the main data store. Only 21GB are FREE. But, when we I summarize the assigned space to each virtual machine, I'm definitly...
View ArticleNeed a little Update Help
I have just taken over a virtual environment and need a little help. We have 1 ESXi 4.1 box running 3 VMs. I have just a few questions to get going: 1. How do I know which patches need to be installed...
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Dynamic drives are missing on VM
Hi All, On one of the server there are duplicate missing drives on the server. Snapshot attached. I have already followed below article but no...
View ArticleVMWare ESXi 4.1 MPIO Issue
Hi All,Relatively new to vmware so I hope this is an accurate description.We have 3 x Vmvware ESXi 4.1 physical hosts that are part of a vcentre cluster. Due to the availability of physical adapters on...
View ArticleUpdate manager failing for HP ESXi servers
Hello I am facing issue with update manager, i cannot able to scan, stage etc.. for HP ESXi images for HP Servers. Below is the error message in log[patchDepotManager, 198] Failed to get filesize for:...
View ArticleInteresting Findings on Retina Scans
Has anyone else ever seen this come up: RNet eShop X-Site Scripting Vulnerabilty I then search Goole and get this: http://nakedsecurity.com/cve/CVE-2013-1661 which leads to...
View ArticleNTP service on physical or virtual machine
I'm using vSphere 4.1.0 with 3 host ESXi 4.1.0 which are running about 50 virtual machines.I'm going to build my guest Linux server to give accurate time to my clients by ntpd service, can I install...
View ArticlevSphere Client Issues???
I manage a "spread out" number of ESXi hosts up and down the East Coast. A problem I have been running into lately is a few of my ESXi 4.1 hosts are giving me the below error: Call...
View ArticleI am facing issue while connecting RDP to one of the VM with cluster of ESXi...
I am facing issue while connecting RDP to one of the VM with cluster of ESXi 4.1 (433742) VC 4.1 (345043)scenario :- I have 50 VMs in cluster. one VM name "location6" unable to take...
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Problem with starting virtual machine after unexpected shutdown of host ..
Hi, we have problem with starting one virtual machine where is OS Windows 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 .. After unexpected shutdown of host / power failure / we could not start virtual machine .....
View ArticleProblem vm loosing network occasionally
Hello, I'm experiencing weird issue with vms which occasionally loose the network. The only way to restore the situation is to log at the vm console do a disable/enable of the network card (under the...
View ArticleFreeNAS and iSCSI issue. Path but no device.
Hi, I've created a FreeNAS iSCSi mirrored storage for my ESXi host, following this tutorial Step by Step Configuration FreeNAS 8.3.1 as iSCSI Target External Storage by Nathan Gusti Ryan - YouTube but...
View Articleout of memory errors
on my esxi 4.1 host, I am unable to browse to the local datastore. and in message logs, I am seeing a lot of erors out of memory [5205] any idea?
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