ovf export failed : sha digest file does not match manifest file
I am facing problem while exporting vm as ovf template in vsphere 5.1.The error I saw on ui is "ovf export failed: digest file sldoes not match manifest file"
View ArticleBFA_AEN_PORT_DISCONNECT on Brocade 1010 firmware and driver version 3.2.1.0
Anybody has any idea if this is related to driver version or is a hardware problem or something else. We got lately few BFA_AEN_PORT_DISCONNECT on 3 ESXi host version 4.1 build 1198252 out of 9 in the...
View ArticleSwapping hard drives to change/increase size of Datastore
Hi: I have an ESXi 4.1 host with 2x146GB RAID1 array (datastore1) and 4x300GB RAID5 array (datastore2). I need more space so I plan to replace 2x146GB with 2x2TB. I'll first move VMs from datastore1...
View Articleas I can expand the disk size of a virtual machine created in VMware esxi 4.1?
good afternoonas I can expand the disk size of a virtual machine created in VMware esxi 4.1?I have a virtual machine created in esxi 4.1 and wish to provide you with more disk size storage server where...
View ArticleESXTOP running in batch mode issue
HelloI am trying to collect some storage metrics using esxtop and am having issues with getting only the information I need and not collecting absolutely everything. This is the method I am using run...
View Articleerror interacting with configuration file etc/vmware/esx.conf unable to...
Hi Friends, I am currently facing a problem where ESXi 4.1 host is not booting properly and after providing Username and psw throws me back with the following error "error interacting with...
View Articlemonitoring temperature in ESXi 4
Hello!I have free version of ESXi 4.0 installed on my server Supermicro This server not have any interfaces to monotoring system state (ex. ILO iface)This server have only COM and ethernet ports.How i...
View Articlevisio diagram for VMware environment
Is there a way to save vCenter Map directly into Visio? I'm trying to make visio diagram for our VMware enviroment. any suggestions would be appreiciated.thanks.
View ArticlevSphere on iPad
I'm planning to be at a conference all next week and will have my iPad and laptop with me. However, during the actual meeting, I don't want to have to carry around my laptop, just use my iPad. I have a...
View ArticleOld VMtools
I am trying to locate the old vmtools for exi 4.1u2. I am setting up a test environment and I just need that final piece to begin testing. All I can find is the current tools. Any help will be...
View ArticleUsing VMware across two sites
I have VMware esxi 4.1 cluster installed and running in 1 site with 2 physical hosts. They share two SANs. One SAN is directly attached and the other iscsc over ethernet. We are about to add a second...
View ArticleDevice not present
I am running ESXi 4, and I'm using an external hard drive, Western Digital Passport 1TB, passing it through to a VM to offload backups. It works fine when it is detected, but over time it changes to a...
View ArticleSummary tab
I was trying to update vmtools in a red hat server 5.9. I was given the instructions to build the yum repo. It all worked as I was told it would. The only exception is that the summary tab in the...
View ArticleESXi server shuts down at random
Dears, our ESXi server (4.0) is shuting down on random basis. It was working fine for ~2 years, but recently, it stops. Sometimes, it's several times a day, sometimes several times a week.We are trying...
View ArticleESXi on USB and retaining logs across reboots
I have some ESXi 4.1 update nothing hosts for which I followed the instructions here VMware KB: Creating a persistent scratch location for ESXi 4.x and 5.x to configure a scratch partition so logs are...
View ArticleChanging IP address on esxi 4.1 0 260247
Hello.I need to change one ip address of my server. The VLAN contains all virtual machines and VM-kernel. Because of configuration error in my Network I need a new ip address here.The management...
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Can not ping VMWARE Host
If have lost the connection from vCenter to one of my VMware servers.I can still do the following...use the vSphere client to go directly to it.ping any servers running on it. I am thinking that I have...
View ArticleESXi 4.1: The vSPhere Client could not connect...
I am receiving an error when trying to connect to a host using the IP address directly and through Virtual Center Server. I am just noticing it, can not tell how long it has been going on. SSH works...
View ArticlePatch Installation Help
We are running a standalone ESXi 4.1 box. I am trying to install patch ESXi410-201307001 (7401-SG). The problem is when I run the vihostupdate command, I get the error: Insufficient space available,...
View ArticleRecommended way to remove a VM Snapshot?
I just recently tried to delete a snapshot of a VM via the VM snapshot manager. The VM was 80GB in size with a snapshot of 50GB existing, I gracefully shutdown the OS/VM prior to removing the...
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