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 ArticleBoot manager error 0xc0000225
I made and attempt to convert a virtual machine running windows server 2008 r2 over to the ESXi platform which has worked for many virtual machines up until this point. I ran the VMware converter from...
View Articleremote restart of a virtual machine
Is it possible to set up a remote restart of a Virtual Machine via a web? Recently I was asked to help with IT support for a business that uses ESXi v4.1 to run two windows 2008 OSs. I discovered that...
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 ArticleVMXNET 3 Adapter for Windows Server 2003
I have been trying to find information about whether to use VMXNET 3 adapters for our Windows Servers, which are 2003 Standard and Enterprise. Many of the posts on the VMware Communities reference KB...
View ArticleErrors in Active Directory operations when attempting to join an Active...
I have been struggling with joining an ESXi 4.1.0 host (build 260247) to an Active Directory Domain. The Domain consists of 1 Domain Controller running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise R2 SP2 32-bit....
View ArticleESXi lost configuration on reboot
Hi, Recently we've installed ESXi 4.1 Update 1 embedded version on the internal SD card (SanDisk 2GB) for a few Dell PowerEdge M610 blade servers using the ESXi recovery CD from Dell, also available...
View ArticleD-Link DGE-528T 1GB Network Card on ESXi4.1
Hi GuysI read all over the place (prior to ESXi4) that this network card is not supported. That said, I have plugged into my machine one of these cards and doing a "lspci" get the following...
View ArticleTIP: for those affected by 'microcode levels not supported' pink screen at...
Here is the solution I have found: at installation boot press Shift-otype in the kernel advanced option: skipMicrocodeCompatCheckto make it permanent after installation type at command line:...
View ArticleVMware VixDiskLib Backup Exec Errors
We have just moved from BackupExec 12.5 to 2010 R2 bulit on a new server. Set the jobs up fine however we are getting failures on our VM backups. It is not all of the VMs and it is differnet ones and...
View ArticleAcquire CIM service on ESXi 4.1
When installing ESXi 4.1 on fujitsu server RX600S4 and i add this machine in new cluster , i have in recent task acquire CIM service each 10 minutes.I cannot find the process that causes this...
View Articlecan't exit vi on console
I want to enable ssh om my esx 4i on the consolei enter unsupported and edit the inetd.conf file, but when i press escape to exit vi nothing happens so i cant save the filethe only way out of i is to...
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ESXi 4.1.0,582267; using bios.440.rom and running OS-2012 (error:0x0000005D)
Hi there.We have used this:http://communities.vmware.com/thread/394669?start=0&tstart=0http://en.blog.skydriver.org/tag/bios-440-rom/ as a source.But still after applying bios 440 rom file to VM,...
View ArticleIs Intel PRO/1000 GT/MT/PT compatible with ESXi 4.1?
Please anyone can confirm or using any of the ff. Intel PCI LAN card on ESXi 4.1? Intel® PRO/1000 GT Quad Port Server Adapter orIntel® PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter orIntel® PRO/1000 MT Quad...
View ArticleHow to disable HBA card/Port from ESX
I have two HBA cards installed in HP BL 460c with ESXi 4.1. I want to disable one HBA card from the esx. Please suggest.
View ArticleUnable 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 ArticleLocal Datastore become Inactive after long time
Hi, I'm running ESXI 4.1 (260247), on a DELL R410, with a DELL SAS6/IR SATA Controller, with 2x 500GB SATA Drives. Everything was running fine, but since one week, after some time, my datastore become...
View ArticleLinux Bridge Between vSwitches
I am trying to create a network bridge between 2 vSwitches using Linux (CentOS 5.4 / 2.6.18-164.15.1 bridge-utils 1.1)- pretty straight forward setup. vSwitch0 has the physical NICs in the ESXi box...
View ArticleSound on Server 2008 R2
I have a Server 2008 R2 up VM and running but I do not have any sound with it. I am not able to see the sound card under the device manager or under the VM properties. This was working when it was...
View ArticleRandom reboot at ProLiant DL380 G6 servers
Hello community! I've got 4 vmware esxi 4.1 servers with vCenter:- 2 running on ProLiant DL380 G5 - theese are OK- 2 running on ProLiant DL380 G6 - here are random reboot problem. Randomly once per 2...
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