SCP not working on ESXi 4.1
I am looking at an old ESXi 4.1 system and can't recall how SFTP or FTP functions I turned on SSH and when I used WinSCP, i can connect to the ESXi server but get back "Access denied Do I need to...
View ArticleUnable to ping ESXI host
I have an out of state Esxi 4.1 host that is working fine with 12 virtual servers on it. The problem is I cannot ping (IP or name) or connect to it using vSphere from my current location. The only...
View ArticleESXI 4 not recognising existing VMFS datastore
Hello, I have two datastores (two disks), recently after a reboot, one disk of 500 GB (datastore) won't mount in vmware esxi4here is a sample of messages log : May 28 09:33:30 Hostd: [2015-05-28...
View ArticleHow to create user or role which can manage host setting and VM guests.
We use vSphere 4.1 .We have only root user.How could I create user who can manage host machine setting including storage and VM guests ?
View ArticleVswap file migration to VM located Datastore
I have migrated the VM's to new datastore, But some of the VM's Swap file is located in the old datastore. i tried selection swapfile location in VM edit setting, But no luck. Please help.
View ArticleIs it possible to take snap shot when guest OS is powered on ?
We use vSphere 4.1.Is it possible to take snap shot when guest OS is powered on ?Or we should stop VM guest when we take snap shot ??
View ArticleIs it possible to backup ESXi host only , all ESXi host environment including...
We use one vSphere 4.1 host. Is it possible to backup ESXi host only ?Is it possible to backup all ESXi host environment including guest OS ?
View ArticleIs it possible to shrink VM guests vmdk size in some way ?
We use vSphere 4.1 and we lack of disk space.Is it possible to shrink VM guests vmdk size in some way ?
View ArticleIs it OK to add external USB disk to ESXi host and run VM guests on external...
We use vSphere 4.1.We lack disk space of vShere 4.1 ESXi. Is it OK to add external USB disk to ESXi host and run VM guests on external USB disk in test environment ?
View ArticleIs it possible to upgrade ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.5 or latest one ?
We use ESXi 4.1. 1Is it possible to upgrade ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.5 or latest one ?2And what will be usefull feature we can use if we upgrade to 5.0 or 5.5 or latest one ?
View ArticleI mistakenly deleted all snapshots and it is running now. When right clicking...
I mistakenly deleted all snapshots and it is running now. When right clicking , the cancel task was grey out and I could not choose cancel. Why ?
View ArticleHow could I add and delete vmdk disk to/from Guest OS properly ?
I deleted and added vmdk disk using right clicking VM Edit setting .I had errorinvalid snapshot configuration was detectedwhen taking snapshot and could not take snapshot like below. How could I add...
View ArticleServer down, space issue, stuck at 99% and I'm screwed...
So our Virtual server crashed. The guy that set it up has left the country. I'm an IT guy but pretty thin on VMware, but I can tell you we have Vsphere 4.1 and I'm able to get into the console....
View ArticleAdditional storage on Esxi 4.1
Hi, I've got a Dell Poweredge server with Esxi 4.1 installed and 3 virtual machines running Windows Server 2008 R2. One of the VMs which is running Exchange 2010 and is running out of disk space. I...
View ArticleI have a ESXi VM but do not know the password to the system. I also do not...
We are moving the network to a new building. I have no way of getting the password for the ESXi machine or the VSphere Client. (I can't even figure out if we do have support because I do not have...
View Articleslow throughput within the ESXi system
can someone explain to me why ESXi 5.5, 6.0 have very very slow throughput within the ESXi system? even on the loopback interface, I had test this on multiple computer and it is about the same result....
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SQL Server vCPU and Scheduler
Here is my config:1. ESXi 4.14 sockets, 6 cores per sockets.2. VM: Windows 2008 , SQL 2008 R2 standard 32bits.assigned 6 vcpu Inside sql, I can see it has 6 logical cpu. however only 4 SCHEDULER can be...
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Schedule ESX shutdown
Hello all, for a maintenance operation, I need to shutdown an ESXi (vSphere 4 - Standard) at 5h00 AM. I don't want to wake up at this time only to press one button . I would like to schedule this.I...
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Assigning 2 IPs Guest OS
Greetings, Still learning about vmware..... I had to build another vm server since the original one quit working (Bad drives). I have installed VMware ESXi 4.1.0, 260247 on a Dell PE2850 servers...
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[Free VMware ESXi Server 3.5.0] How to backup the VMware system (without...
Hello, I am planning to update our ESXi Server from 3.5.0 to 5.1. Before I do this, I would like to have a backup of the current system (VMware ESXi 3.5.0). In case the update would not be successful,...
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