Error 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 ArticleAdvice needed on disabling synchronous consolidation
Virtual machines might stop responding during a snapshot removal due to a forced synchronous consolidation between the snapshot disk and the parent disk. This occurs when the virtual machine is running...
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 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 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 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 ArticleWhich 10GB card to use with ESXi
Guys, I am testing out ESXi 4.1 with 10gb NICs. A whole bunch of them are supported by VMware. But which one would be better or more relieable. I am using HP DL380 g7 servers. Any input would be...
View ArticleCommands not work on my ESXi.
Hello Folks.How are you?I use SSH for loggin to the ESXi and when I want to run Available Commands, ESXi tell me that command not found!!!I use "su" command to become root but commands not worked. $...
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 ArticleUpgrading ESXi 4.1.0 to 5.5
Hi, I recently got the task of doing an upgrade for a VMWare ESXi 4.1.0 (build 474610) server. Accoding to the documentation, this upgrade can be done using the VMWare Upgrade Manager.I was searching...
View Articleupgrading vcenter 4.1 to 5.1
I am doing inplace upgrade of vcenter from 4.1 to 5.1, I forgot the exact steps to do this, but do I need to precreate the sso db in mssql first? Then run through the 5.1 vcenter install? which db...
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Mac Address Change and Forged Transmits Setting default policy not working?
Hey, guys, In my environment, there is a bridging Centos hosted in a Esxi4 server. Because the bridging not working, I spent two days and finally found out these security options on...
View ArticleESXi4 crash/freeze -> VM shown as Unknown(invalid) in Inventory, now message...
our VMware ESXi 4 freezes ,so i had to reboot the server.after that two of our virtual machines, both in the same datastore (WindowsServer2003) were shown aus "Uknown(invalid)",so i removed both...
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