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esxi shutdown script for ups monitoring
hello, i just installed a new vmware esxi 4 server with the free standalone server license.i have an apc ups and i need to buy a smart slot ethernet card to be able to monitor ups status in an vm.after...
View ArticleRDM settings to passthrough local disk to VM on ESXi 4.1
Hello I'm setting up a Filer VM and for the data disk(s) (which I will never need to snapshot etc) I'm trying to pass through a locally attached SAS raw disk to the VM using RDM. I have just upgraded...
View ArticleTerrible guest network performance!
Okay, I've been banging my head against this problem for a couple of days, and I'm almost convinced that there is some kind of artificial restriction in place in ESXi that is preventing network...
View Articleenabling VT on HP DL380 G4
I've read a bunch of threads and searched google for a couple hours last night. The processor I have I am about 95% sure supports VT. However, in the bios there is no mention of it and in ESXi it...
View ArticleCan I use a Comtrol RocketPort (PCI 8-port) in a server running ESXi 4.1?
I have installed a Comtrol RocketPort (PCI 8-port) in a server running ESXi 4.1. The 8 ports do not show up as being available for a guest serial port (the serial port on the motherboard does, and...
View ArticleVMware ESXi 4.0, 4.1 installation problem ?
hey guys am trying to install vmware 4.0 and 4.1 under my hp probook 4540s , I cant perforn the setup in vmw 4.0 i have an error message failur to load tpm and tvmdriver and in vmw 4.1 the laptop froze...
View ArticleSlow network access to VM (Windows 2008 Server 64-bit) from Windows 7.
Hi.I have a problem when accessing files that are shared on a Windows 2008 Server 64-bit from a Windows 7 client computer. It takes a long time (up to a few minutes) to open i.e. a Word file from the...
View ArticleHP NC380T Recognized by hardware but not by ESXi
I'm running ESXi 4.1 Update 3 on a lab machine. I recently purchased some HP NC380T Dual Gigabit network cards and installed them. I have no issues seeing the cards in BIOS, and just about everywhere I...
View ArticlevSphere and HA
We have purchased VMWare essentials plus to provide 2 physical hosts with virtual machines. 1 physical host would be used as the primary host with primary servers and the secondary server as failover....
View ArticleCannot relocate virtual machine
Hi!I have ESXi 4.1 (320137) with several data-stores. I tried to make backup via Veeam and all VM from different data-stores were successfully backup-ed, except one. I tried to backup this VM (VM...
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 ArticleESXi 4 Licence - Free license restrictions - cpu usage
Hi, I am making a tentative first foray into server virtualisation with ESXi. My needs are relatively small - I just want to virtualise a few webservers and mailserver in one box. The machine I wish to...
View Articlecan not open VM console [unable to connect to the MKS: internal error]
I am new to VMWare and have just installed esxi 4 today to see if i can use it to host 2 virtual machines on my dell r200 server. I installed the esxi and everything seems to be fine with it. then i...
View ArticleUSB Network Adapter
Does anyone know whether a USB network adapter works or not on ESXi 4 ?
View ArticleThe installation of ESXi 4 freezes in the "Initializing scheduler" stage
Tried to install ESXi 4.1 on IBM x3550 M3. The installation process hangs in the "Initializing scheduler" stage.Also tried ESXi 4.0 U1 and ESXi 4.0 U1 with IBM customization - the same result.Note,...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Endless Reboot Loop
Hi, Sorry if this thread is the wrong place, but my problem is that I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM that has been working fine for about 6 months and in the past 6 weeks or so, after applying an...
View ArticleNo tape drive inside VM with ESXi 4.1?
Hi, I just noticed in my test lab that I can't add my tape drive (Tandberg LTO-3 on Adaptec 29320) to my VMs.I speak about the "old" way, not pass-through. In the storage adapter tab no device is...
View ArticleCancelling a copy task in ESXi vsphere Client
Hi All I am pretty new to ESX but have bene using workstation, and server for some time. My department have now moved to ESXi and I am copying the VM images from one server to another. I wanted know...
View ArticleIBM usb memory vmware esxi 4.1... boot issue ?
I have licensed my x3400 server with vSphere 4.1 essent. plus license and got the the hypevisor with an usb memory key.My question is , do I need to boot with the ESXi 4.1 cd and install ESXi on the...
View ArticleInstall ESXi 4.1. on local disk, fails to boot
I installed successfully ESXi 4.1. on a local disk a HP Gen 8 Server; however, the boot fails; I see the inital ESX loader on the screen, then I get this error message Kernel: b.z...
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