vsphere HA failover in progress
I have a warning on my cluster vsphere Ha failoveri n progress. alarm has been on for a few days. any idea why it does not clear?
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 Randomly Locking Up (ESXi 4.0 Update 1)
I am having issues with Windows 2008 R2 locking up randomly even after applying patches (including Update 1). I have verified that the patches are up to date with vSphere Host Update Utility as of Feb....
View ArticleFiles on ESXi deleted after each reboot
Is there a place to save files (scripts/logs) on an ESXi 4.1 server that won't get blown away when the box reboots? Specifically, I want to add a cronjob that calls a shell script which outputs to a...
View ArticleVMWare Tools seems to lock 75%+ of available memory
I am running ESXi 4.1.0. I have a number of 2k8 R2 machines running on this server. What I've noticed is that some, not all VMs are using 75%-95% of the available memory. When I look at the...
View ArticleVM cannot ping default gateway nor ESXi host
Hi, ESXi 4.1.0,260247, on Intel S5520HC board with onboard dual Intel 82575EB adapters Have a few VMs running for a month without issues and somehow one of the VMs stopped talking to the default...
View ArticleP2V for MSCS Cluster Server
Hi All, I am plan to convert P2V for MSCS cluster on ESXi 4.1 using VMware Converter 4.3. It is a two node custer connected with HPXP storage and DR LUN replication also in progress. 1) C:\ D:\ (Local...
View ArticleIntel VT-X In Virtual Machine
Hello All , We are trying to install Intel® Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager, but we are getting following error. Can any please guide me how to resolve this . Error Msg : This Computer...
View ArticleInvalid Configuration for device "11"
I've been reading a lot on invalid configuration for devices 0, 1, and 4, but my error is on "11". It happens when I create a new VM based on a snapshot of an existing. My question is, how do I know...
View ArticleThe VMware ESX server does not have persistent storage
Hi, we have an HP Proliant ML350 G6 with a p410i RAID controller. The raid was created using 4 1TB disks, as this: Disk 1: RAID 0Disks 2-4: RAID 5 The server is running ESXi 4.1 since 2011 without any...
View ArticleOptiplex 990 and ESXi
I've looked at the HCL and see that the Optiplex 990 isn't listed. Is there any change that it will be added down the road or the list is pretty static? Also is it know what component(s) are what...
View ArticleThe virtual disk is either corrupted or not a supported format.
I use Veeam Backup & Replication to backup our VMs and I've been having an issue backing up 1 VM for the past week or more. It has always backed up with no issues in the past and all of my other...
View ArticleVMWare Tools seems to lock 75%+ of available memory
I am running ESXi 4.1.0. I have a number of 2k8 R2 machines running on this server. What I've noticed is that some, not all VMs are using 75%-95% of the available memory. When I look at the...
View ArticleFiles on ESXi deleted after each reboot
Is there a place to save files (scripts/logs) on an ESXi 4.1 server that won't get blown away when the box reboots? Specifically, I want to add a cronjob that calls a shell script which outputs to a...
View ArticleLost Access to Volume (continous message)
I'm getting the following messages for one of the 4 hard drives connected to a VM Lost access to volume4bcce772-3bfe7a35-dceb-001b21541d90 (1_5WD1) due to connectivity issues. Recovery attemptis in...
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 ArticleServer down, space issue, stuck at 99% and I'm screwed...
So our Virtual server crashed. The guy that set it up has left the country. I'm an IT guy but pretty thin on VMware, but I can tell you we have Vsphere 4.1 and I'm able to get into the console....
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 Articlecannot viclient to esxi host. ssh is ok
I cannot viclient to 2 esxi hosts on the same cluster. however I can ssh in I restarted management agents and ran /sbin/services.sh restart but still cannot log in
View Articlehttps://localhost/sdk/webService error running vicfg-snmp.pl RCLI
When ever I run (from windows) vicfg-snmp.pl --host 172.1.2.3 -s I get this error Error connecting to server at 'https://localhost/sdk/webService': Perhaps host is not a vCenter or ESX server
View ArticleRestricting users to just one resource pool
I am setting up a new ESXi 4.1 system and would like to give each user their own resource pool to "play" in. Within each pool, the user should be able to create, manage, and delete virtual machines....
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