ESX unable to Ping Host - Very weird issue.....
Hi, I have one issue still no resolve until now. Kindly please assist me if you have this issue before or similar issue. The issue like this....1 vm having issue not pingable from ESX Host. After...
View Articlevlans configuration problem
Hi all, I have an IBM Blade Chassis H with 2 BNT Layer 2/3 Copper Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules firmware 5.3.0.5. Each switch is connected to one upstream switch using two trunks with two external...
View ArticlevCenter 5.1 re-add hosts fail
Hi all, Ok....for whatever reason today all hell broke loose on my VMWare Cluster.vCenter 5.13 Hosts connected, at least they were on Friday (HP Gen8 DL380p, 2 x Xeon, 128Gb Mem) Today I come in and...
View ArticleEsx 4.1 on drive flash usb, hang randoms
hello,My Esx 4.1 installs on usb flash drive and keeps crashing, not daily but with a week beween each crashmy hardware: HP Proliant DL380p gen8 Sep 8 12:27:03 vmkernel: 105:20:41:56.977...
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Anomalia risorse lama esxi
Buongiorno, ho un problema con una lama di un blade.Utilizzo Vmware esxi 4.Nonostante le macchine virtuali siano accese e completamente operative, le risorse utilizzate sulla lama restano a zero, sia...
View ArticleRaid 6 Partially Degraded
Hi, I have esxi 4.1 running on a Dell PE R715. I recently had a HD fail, and when I replaced the HD with a new one it rebuild automatically (and pretty quick too about 6 hours). Then I just had a HD...
View ArticleError msg : Virtual Machine has 8 virtual CPUs, but the Host only supports 4....
I have running vSphere 4.1 EE + allocated to 5 ESXi Servers. The VM is on a Dell 2950 that has 2 sockets, with 4 cores per socket, and 8 logical processors I am trying to move the VM that is powered...
View ArticleRemote site going dark - vmware response?
Hello, all! We are planning a network upgrade that will put our remote datacenter in the dark for about an hour. We have two vSphere 4.1 hosts and attendant storage that are HA configured and...
View ArticleFailed enable network management on VMWARE ESXi 4.1.0
I have a server with VMWARE ESXi 4.1.0, I disabled network management and when I tried to enable it I got a message which said if I want to reset network management configuration. I can't set up an IP...
View ArticleAuditing DRS event (Who/When) - Vmware 4.1
Dear all,We have got two vmware 4.1 cluster running in one of our production systems. A week ago we started experiencing storage issues as a result of DRS being enable across both clusters. Is there...
View ArticleCan I still convert ESXi 4.1 free to VMware Essential without upgrading to...
I got a working ESXi 4.1 with 3 guest OS in a production environment. Due to the pending implementation of Veeam Backup & Replication 7, I got to convert the ESXi free edition to Essentials. As...
View ArticleJoing the vCenter server to a domain
Greetings all! The next phase of our migration to a newer vSphere is imminent. One of the tasks is to join the Windows server (2008 R2) to an Active Directory domain. It should be a simple as joining...
View ArticleDelete xxx-000001.vmdk
Hi! I have VMARE 4.1.. I have a big problem.I'm going to change SAN.. One virtual Machine is old DATASTORE (Disk1 DataStore1 50GB, Disk2 DataStore2 60GB and Disk3 DataStore3 512GB), when I migrate VM...
View Articlemonitoring ESXi via SSH
i need advise whether it's Ok to continuously monitor ESXi 4 and 5 via SSH e,g every 5 mins? commands which i want to run every 5 mins are df and du please advise.
View ArticleHey all! New Here, and new to VMware, so I have somce quesitons I hope you...
Long story short, I've been in IT/Telecom for 15 years now. I mainly special in Cisco and Adtran devices, as well as radios (WiFi and Cellular). I'm attempting to finish my CCNP R&S exams before...
View ArticleHow to upgrade vMA from CD?
Hello, I'd like to upgrade existing vMA 5.0.0.2 to 5.0.0.3 offline. I have to stick to this version and currently no internet connection is available.I have already downloaded the patch repository pack...
View ArticlePurple screen of death
I've 2 different servers with ESXi 4.1 Update 3. I'm observing a lot of purple screens of death, can you people help me out tracing to the bottom of this?
View Articleesx4i - inetd won't run
Hi, after a hd fail/replace/raid rebuild inetd won't start as a service. If fails quietly during startup and cannot be manually started post boot. I've gone through the logs and there isn't any entry...
View ArticleESXi 4.1, "Unknown Object firewall" !!!
Hello all.I use Vmware ESXi 4.1 and I want to work with Firewall object but tell me that "Unknown Object firewall", How can I solve it? [root@ESXHost0 ~]# /usr/sbin/esxcli network firewallErrors:...
View ArticleMounting an IronKey to a VM on an ESXi 4.1 host.
I am trying to access an IronKey usb drive from a Windows 7 VM on a host with ESXi 4.1. I have been able to edit the settings of the VM to mount the Cd/DVD image of the IK as a SCSI device. Windows is...
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