WhatsUpGold doesn't get any access to ESXi 4.1 server.
In our enviroment we are using WhatsUpgold to monitor all our Dell servers. We have three ESXi servers with snmp enabled and a community named vmware. Also on these ESXi servers we installed Dell...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 U1 server partially frozen
Hi Everyone I have a bit of a weird problem. I have an ESXi host which has partially fallen over. The vCenter cannot communicate with it, however I can still SSH into it. I cannot browse to it's...
View ArticleLost datastore extent while doing ESXi repair from boot CD. Seeking help and...
My home built ESXi 4.1 (Free license) server crashed and I had no other option but to do a hard shutdown. Then ESXi would boot but freeze after successfully loading cbt. I did a repair from ESXi boot...
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Before powering on the VM in vSphere Client, i could see the symbol encircled in red . .Can anyone provide me the reason
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2013-12-26T07:30:24.715Z| vmx| I120: ConfigDB: Failed to load /etc/vmware/config2013-12-26T07:30:24.715Z| vmx| I120: ConfigDB: Failed to load /usr/lib/vmware/config2013-12-26T07:30:24.715Z| vmx| I120:...
View ArticleESXi 4 Volume datastore missing after power failure
Hello, I have an urgent issue, maybe someone knows the answer to. After a power failure the datastore volume has just dissapeared I have attached the vmkernel.log file. the name is datastore1 Thank you!
View ArticleHow to install software on ESXi 4 host?
I would like to monitor using Nagios my ESXi 4 host server through remote console shell, but there's a couple snags with the Linux environment ESXi comes in: There's no gcc installedNo package manager...
View ArticleSafemode reboot loop???
I have a ESXi 4.1 (260247) install that is about 4 years old now. Works flawlessly, very simple setup on a HP Proliant DL180G6.It runs 3 VM's, all Windows 2008 R2 64 server. One is an AD domain...
View ArticleHow to recover deleted VMFS files (*.vmdk, .vmx, etc...) ?
I've accident delete VMFS files set of a Windows Guest VM which located on a Datastore that mount from NFS on NAS, Please advice how to recover it? Thanks in advanced.
View ArticleVM guest intermittent connection issue?
Hello Guys,Our SBS 2011 server is experiencing an intermittent connection issue. It seems to be losing its network connection intermittently. This server was also our Exchange server and DNS server so...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 install error: Getting unable to find a supported device to write...
Hi, Can anyone help to answer why i am receiving "unable to find a supported device to write the VMWare ESXi image to." Serve is IBM X3650 M4, RAID 5 configured.
View ArticleESX connectivity issues , could Anti-virus updates be the culprit?
HI , I have two Esxi hosts connected via ISCI to an HP MSA2312 with an extra enclosure. I have 21 VM's running over 5 datastores of 1TB each, there is free space available on all of these. I have had...
View ArticleHow do I manage an existing server running ESXi 4.0 (free) ?
I have a server running ESXi 4.0 (free), I have been managing it using vSphere 4 from a Desktop running Windows Vista. That Desktop died and I am trying to find out what I can download now to manage...
View ArticleRequired client support files offered by server are corrupt?
trying to install latest vsphere to connect to esxi4.0 and after it attempts to download the support files and the zip appears to be corrupt, can I get them elsewhere?
View ArticleCannot SVmotion one VM to a new datastore
Hi Guys, I have Mutliple Cluster environment in my datacenter with each cluster having more than 100 Datastore. Recently we had planned for datastore size upgradation for the VMs. As per the plan, we...
View ArticleESXi Host uploading bandwidth when all VMs are shut down?
I am fairly new to ESXi, but as of last night One of our Hosts started uploading over 300mbps of data. I have shut down all of the VMs on the host and the data is still uploading, the only way to get...
View ArticleBlock ports from Esxi 4 server
Hi, I did not find iptables or any other firewall installed in my server. If I want to block specific port or ip address how can i do that? Thanks
View ArticleESXTOP info needed
Hi All, I have a ESXi host running on 4.1 U1. It has close to 14 vms running on it. Client has complained of the application opening slowly during peak morning hours (on one of the VMs on the host)...
View ArticleDCUI: COMMAND NOT FOUND
Hello All; I'm about to update my ESXi server from 4.1 to 5.1 in the next couple of days. I have update manager through vCenter & have taken the appropriate researching steps. My question &...
View ArticleUnable to map shared lun in ESXI 4.1 cluster
Hi,recently I have installed esxi 4.1 U3 and created a 2 Node cluster on IBM Blades HS22 with Intel x5770, enabled HA and DRS.Blade chassis has internal SAN MT886Problem is that when I assign a shared...
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