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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?
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleCall "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateVmfsDatastore" for object...
Hai, Some specs ESXi 4.1, Dell Perc 5/i met 2x 500Gb Samsung SATA disks. When creating storage i get the error below.Call "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateVmfsDatastore" for object "ha-datastoresystem" on...
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How to reset HP Proliant memory sensor?
Hi all, several weeks ago, on one of my HP servers I found a hardware problem with one of installed memory basket. After replacement, I tried to reset HP hardware sensor within ESXi (via vSphere...
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How to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ?
Hi I would like to install windows 8 on my current esxi 4.1 environment, of course without success. I receive the error about thatHAL_Initialization_Failed I've found serveral forums that only...
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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...
View ArticleDual Boot (Testing LAB)
Hi All Need help here, I am preparing for VCP - DCV and before to sit on join the training that is prerequisite for VMWARE certification. I am looking to create Testing LAB and do test all required...
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Datastore1 becomes inactive
Hello, I am under vSphere 4.1 free version and I have a problem with datastores. ESXi is installed in the same disk as datastore1. It is the second time that my VMs are in read only mode. The cause is...
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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...
View ArticleLost password on esxi 4.0
I have taken over an account running vmware esix 4.0 free version. They are running version 4.0 no updates. When I came in this morning, I couldn't connect the v sphere client to the server due to a...
View Article[ESXi 4.1] Limit VIM-CMD vmsvc/getallvms Results
Hello, I have a lot of VMs running in our environment. Thus, when I run the subject command, I get a lot of unneeded content. What I want is to see the VMID, Name, and its Datastore location. How can I...
View Article[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...
View Articleesxtop command not found
Hi, I have setup vMA and able to run resxtop CLI command, but not able to find esxtop.Is there anything i need to do to run this command? thanksYasir
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Unable to connect to the MKS:Host address lookup for server
Good Day , I have in this days one error : Unable to connect to the MKS:Host address lookup for server esx1.domaine.com failed:Unknow error 11001 (0x2af9) can you help me thank you
View ArticleWant 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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Fax modems and pci passthrough
We have ESXi 4.1 running SBS 2011. We have been trying to get a fax modem to work. We have tried 3 different types of external USB modems and another type of internal PCIe modme. Although they show...
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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...
View ArticleESXI 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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Upgrading ESXi 4.1 to 6.0
We have a PowerEdge T300 Server that is around 6 years old. Currently it is running the free version of ESXi 4.1 off of a 4 GB flash drive that is connected directly to the motherboard. The virtual...
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