Have you changed a ESXi 4.1 embedded host to installable? DL 380 G7
I am inheriting a cluster of ESXi 4.1 hosts in a regional office that have stability issues. I have been told that they have embedded ESXi 4.1 on a DL 380 G7.Not familiar with embedded and not...
View Articleerror interacting with configuration file etc/vmware/esx.conf unable to...
Hi Friends, I am currently facing a problem where ESXi 4.1 host is not booting properly and after providing Username and psw throws me back with the following error "error interacting with...
View ArticleDecrease Disk Volume Size
I have a VM that I increased on the of the disk drives by 100GB temporarily, so that we could do an upgrade. I no longer need that volume at that size and I was wondering if I could decrease that...
View ArticleVmware guests stop to respond to ping
Hi ... We have an odd behaviour today...Some of our vmwareguests stopped responding to ping but not all on that host.From the guest that stopped responding from outside, we can ping the guests on the...
View ArticleHow to update Dell-customized ESXi U1 & U2 to U3 without total reinstall?
Hello, I have several Dell servers which are running VMWare ESXi 4.1 U1 and U2 (from Dell-customized ISO). Dell-customized ESXi 4.1 U3 ISO has been released since a long time and the only accompanying...
View Articleovf export failed : sha digest file does not match manifest file
I am facing problem while exporting vm as ovf template in vsphere 5.1.The error I saw on ui is "ovf export failed: digest file sldoes not match manifest file"
View ArticleBFA_AEN_PORT_DISCONNECT on Brocade 1010 firmware and driver version 3.2.1.0
Anybody has any idea if this is related to driver version or is a hardware problem or something else. We got lately few BFA_AEN_PORT_DISCONNECT on 3 ESXi host version 4.1 build 1198252 out of 9 in the...
View ArticleESXi on USB and retaining logs across reboots
I have some ESXi 4.1 update nothing hosts for which I followed the instructions here VMware KB: Creating a persistent scratch location for ESXi 4.x and 5.x to configure a scratch partition so logs are...
View ArticleESXTOP running in batch mode issue
HelloI am trying to collect some storage metrics using esxtop and am having issues with getting only the information I need and not collecting absolutely everything. This is the method I am using run...
View ArticleServer won't boot up
I have a Server 2008 vm that won't boot up. I installed some Windows Updates and then restarted. I see the Windows splash screen and then it just goes black. I did a hard shutdown and powered it back...
View ArticleESXi server shuts down at random
Dears, our ESXi server (4.0) is shuting down on random basis. It was working fine for ~2 years, but recently, it stops. Sometimes, it's several times a day, sometimes several times a week.We are trying...
View ArticlevSphere on iPad
I'm planning to be at a conference all next week and will have my iPad and laptop with me. However, during the actual meeting, I don't want to have to carry around my laptop, just use my iPad. I have a...
View ArticleSummary tab
I was trying to update vmtools in a red hat server 5.9. I was given the instructions to build the yum repo. It all worked as I was told it would. The only exception is that the summary tab in the...
View ArticleDevice not present
I am running ESXi 4, and I'm using an external hard drive, Western Digital Passport 1TB, passing it through to a VM to offload backups. It works fine when it is detected, but over time it changes to a...
View ArticleChanging IP address on esxi 4.1 0 260247
Hello.I need to change one ip address of my server. The VLAN contains all virtual machines and VM-kernel. Because of configuration error in my Network I need a new ip address here.The management...
View ArticlePatch Installation Help
We are running a standalone ESXi 4.1 box. I am trying to install patch ESXi410-201307001 (7401-SG). The problem is when I run the vihostupdate command, I get the error: Insufficient space available,...
View ArticleESXi 4.1: The vSPhere Client could not connect...
I am receiving an error when trying to connect to a host using the IP address directly and through Virtual Center Server. I am just noticing it, can not tell how long it has been going on. SSH works...
View ArticleMigrating datastores between two iSCSI storage
Dear Forum members, I'm facing a challange with migrating datastores from one iSCSI SAN to an other one. The setup: Both SAN's are on the same VLAN, the traffic goes untagged to the broadcom hardware...
View ArticleVMtools upgrade without downtime of VM's
Hi, I'm going to upgrade the esxi version from 4.1 to 5.1.In this setup multiple VM's are running on this esxi servers and all are business critical.So I can't reboot those VM's after upgrade the...
View ArticleConfiguring an ESXi Host Default Gateway
Hi, I am trying to add in another ESXi Host into an existing set of servers. The previous administrator had the management network default gateway configured on a different subnet to the hosts IP...
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