One Host's vmotion NIC not responding - Not Pinging. Errors during vmotion.
Hey there, I have an HA cluster with three hosts, running fine on the vm network. But for some reason, my third host's vmotion network isn't responding. I can't vmkping the vmotion network, I can't...
View ArticleConsumed Space on Datastore Increasing
We had an issue with disk space on one of our clusters, and as such we have been closely monitoring the datastore space. We have seen the space slowly start to go down in size. For example: 1/14/2014:...
View ArticleTraffic from 2 different subnet on host machine
Hello Forum, I am new to VMware, and I have a hard time trying to get this to work. I am running VMware ESXi 4.1 and I am trying to route 2 network traffic into the server.10.100.x.x169.14.x.xCurrently...
View ArticleHow to apply firmware for Qlogic adapter QMH2462 on ESXi 4.1
Hello I have mezzanine card qmh2462 Qlogic Adapter, i need to apply firmware for ESXi 4.1, i am not finding proper document about how to apply firmware for mezzanine qlogic FC card also I am not...
View ArticleCustom VMTX Template File Doesn't Migrate to Deployed VMs
Hello, I was interested in the following:How to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ? Basically I made a change to a virtual machine template VMTX file. However, when I deploy or clone this template to...
View ArticleConnect IBM Tape Drive as pass-through for esxi4.1 VM
My client has IBM server with ESXI4.1 with Win 2003 Std VMWant to install IBM external sas tape drive and install symantec on that win 2003 vmthe server and tape drive are compatible and can support...
View ArticleWhat are the possible ways to segment a VM from VMware network?
Hi Guys, What are the possible ways to segment a VM from VMware network? We are on ESX 4.1.0. Thank You, Arnel
View ArticlePermission to modify network connections on standalone ESXi
Hello, we have to operate some standalone ESXi 4.1 hosts to which our customer has access too. We're trying to restrict the customer's permissions as far as we can.Unfortunately, on some VMs he needs...
View Articleerro : an unknown connection error occurred.(the client could send a complete...
Friends, I am having trouble accessing the server by vSphere 4.1, anyone have any solution :erro : an unknown connection error occurred.(the client could send a complete request to the server.(a...
View ArticleReverting esxi 4.1 essentials back to evaluation period to test features for...
Hi there, I am looking at testing out vmotion and storage vmotion across our current 3 essentials host machines. I would like to be able to revert two of the hosts back to their already expired...
View ArticleHP Smart Start and Issues with Vmware ESXi 4 and upwards
Hi All, Currently down at our DR site we have several hosts running a mixture of Esxi 4 and upwards and we wanted to get the ILO working correctly on the servers as our current ILO view is not really...
View ArticleUCS blades not seeing new LUNs without restart
Hello. I've inherited a UCS chassis and blades (B200 M3) running ESXi 4.1. When presenting new LUNs for additional data stores (IBM v7000 through an IBM SVC) the blades and ESXi do not see the LUNs...
View Articlemy ESXi has weird traffic
my ESXI has a weird traffic. I’m using a DELL R610 server since 3 years ago, installed ESXI 4.1 on it. since 10 days ago, my website are very slow. even can not SSH to server.ISP telling me i have a...
View ArticleSnapshot bug with single-file hard disk in ESXi 4.1
I have just found a bug in ESXi 4.1 about snapshot and single-file hard disk. It took me quite some time to realize it's related to single-file hard disk and I'm able to reproduce the problem. This...
View Article4.1 to 5.5 Upgrade Help
Hello Everyone, Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this topic, but it seemed most appropriate. I have just started working for a new company, who currently have ESXI 4.1, I have previous...
View ArticleVery poor HDD performance
HiI have a problem with my server setup. HP ML350 G6 12MB RAM ESXi 4.1P410i 512MB:3x146GB 10k 2.5 RAID5 for win 2008 sbs, win 2003, win xp2x600GB 10k 2.5 RAID1 for dataP210 in PCI slot:1x2TB 7.2k for...
View ArticleUpdate Manager 4.1 (ESXi 4.1) ( '[Errno 12] Timeout: '))
Can anyone offer some assistance?.... I'm having trouble staging the patches to the ESXi hosts. The patch definitions do download successfully. The VUM DB is on a separate SQL server, and the DSN is...
View ArticleTemporary umount datastore
Hi to all, this is my first post, i'm glad to be here! Here my question: Scenario: I have a cluster with 10 Esxi hosts (4.1 latest build), connected to those hosts a FC storage. From this storage i...
View ArticleChange block tracking (CTK) is supported for this VM but has been declined....
I am having trouble with a VMware image level client in an EMC Avamar backup. So far, we have not been able to find any information about this message in the backup log file. It is causing the backup...
View ArticleAutomaitcally install ISO/OVA and Configure Network
HI Guys, I have a requirement for my Testing Environment where I need to Automate installation procedure for ISO/OVA on ESX. following are the tasks i want to automate.Install ISO/OVA Automatically...
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