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Location of "Events" seen in vSphere connected to ESXi 4.1 host?
Hi, When we open vSphere client to connect to an ESXi host server, there's the "Events" tab shown at host level. I would like to know how to delete this log, please. I've found this article...
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Vpxd::ServerApp::Init] Init failed: VpxdVdb::Init(Vdb::GetInstance(), false,...
Hello, My vcenter is ESX4 in windows server 2003. I am connected in RDP, but cannot connect with VShere Client. When t try to start the service windows Event Type:ErrorEvent Source:VMware...
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intel server board S5000PSL compatible sata raid controler
Hello all, I'm dealing with an old Intel Server with a intel server board S5000PSL and I was able to install ESXi 4.1 u3 on USB Stick. Newer versions just didn't worked. The problem is about the raid...
View ArticleNetgear ReadyNAS device disconnects (NFS)
Hello again everybody, I'm trying to copy a couple of 50GB Virtual machines from the primary hard drives datastore to the newly mounted Netgear ReadyNAS device via NFS. I first tried it via the...
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How to NAT with pfsense on ESXI
I install esxi 4 on my server with 1 public static ip(xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)Then, i created 1 vswitchs named "DMZ" with no nic attached.So i have 2 vswitch(vswitch 0(portgroup Managerment) and VM...
View ArticleVMkernel failover on teamed NIC's does not work
Hi,in my ESXi (4.1) setup i have 2 physical adapters in a NIC team connected to vSwitch0on this vSwitch i have VM portgroup, and 3 VMkernel PortsVirtual Machine Port Group (VM traffic)vmk0 (management...
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moving to vmxnet3 or stay on e1000 - only 1GB nics to server
We have an environment that only has 1GB nics on the vm vswitch. any advantage of moving from e1000 to vmxnet3 at all?
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A quiesced snapshot could not be created for the virtual machine...
Hello Gents, I can't backup only this Vm with Backup Exec 2014 since a very long time. They are no snapshot existed in snapshot Manager. Could you help me ? A quiesced snapshot could not be created for...
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How to NAT with pfsense on ESXI
I install esxi 4 on my server with 1 public static ip(xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx)Then, i created 1 vswitchs named "DMZ" with no nic attached.So i have 2 vswitch(vswitch 0(portgroup Managerment) and VM...
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chkdsk (windows 2003 sbs) after reboot (esxi 4.1.0, 260247)
Hello, we restartet a windows 2003 SBS server (via windows start menue) because of strange behavior. (mailsystem wasn´t working well)I didn´t find error message in the windows system event log.We saw...
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upgrading from 4.1 to 5.1 stuck at 30%
remediate entity stuck on 22 % and my host showing disconnected. Any solution to this issue pls
View ArticleRestore Network Configuration of vSwitch
Good morning,After changing some settings on a server with a vSwitch, we have problems of connectivity and we wantedto bring the vSwitch to the default settings. The server has ESXI 4.0. Failing to...
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[ESXi 4.1] ASH Script to Gracefully Shutdown VM's
Hello, I have the following script I'm working on. Its purpose is to gracefully shutdown critical VM's in case I need to perform work... one script to rule them all.#! /bin/ashecho...
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Want to confirm correct procedure for deleting datastore & reclaiming space...
Hi, We're running VMware ESXi 4.1. All our datastores are on various filesystems that are connected to our EMC Celerra SAN via iSCSI. We'd like to delete one of our datastores and reclaim the space...
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negative file size for nvram file of virtual machine
Hi, The Web-Based Datastore Browser reports a nvram file with negative file size. - Raid 5 is currently degraded due to 1 disk failure of 4.- Array background consistency check is activated.- Browsing...
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ESXI 4.1 doesn't "see" 10gbe NICs
Hi I've installed HP NC512m mezzanine cards in my BL685c gen1 blades, have a 10Gb Ethernet Switch in the enclosure and the ILO manager informs me that the adapters are mapped on the switch. All is...
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New SAS card Adaptec by PMC 6805E not listed in ESXi 4.1
Hello guys, I've just installed an Adaptec by PMC, model 6805E sas card on a previously installed ESXi 4.1 server, but I am unable to find the raid nor the disks. It seems that the card is not...
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Error with iSCSI module
If i try to add iscsi_vmk module i obtain this error. Why? ~ # vmkload_mod -v9 iscsi_vmkVerbose:9After loop: argc:3 optind:2 optarg:(null)modParams is || (0)nameIn:iscsi_vmknameOut:iscsi_vmk...
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Recover missing files from a corrupt Ubuntu VM?
I have a Ubuntu VM that can no longer start because of some sort of corruption. GRUB is unable to boot fully. Using some file recovery tools, I've looked at the files that still exist in the VM, but...
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Shut down all VMs on ESXi
Hello, I am new in vSphere administration. I would like to restart our ESXi servers due to updates, but I read that you should shut down all VMs that are on it. Do you have a better solution to do that...
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