Need help in ESX 4.1 update3 :- facing " ['ResourceGroup' warning] Skipping...
Hi, I have a host with ESX 4.1U3 installed with two VM’s ,one is RHEL and other is WINDOWS. As soon as I powered on the VM and execute command esxcfg-info –a(or -r) | grep <any thing> it...
View ArticleConfused about ESXi 5.1 VM Memory Usage
I am really confused about what I was just told by support on the phone. Maybe it was some of the language barrier between myself and tech support, so I'm posting on here for some follow up. Just for...
View ArticleWindows8 about how to migrate
I havethevalidationofHorizonMirage4.2. I do not understandthat it will work with theWindows8Whatmethoddo you needtorunthe① ②? ①migration:Windows7 → Windows8 ②Base Layerchange:Create...
View ArticleHELP! vmware won't mount vmfs volume
We recently had a hard disk failure in an esx 4i free host. Long story, but for some reason the failure of a single disk managed to take out the entire raid 5 volume (so much for resilience!)(There is...
View Article'Hardware Status' not updated for months
ESXi 5.0.0We've got 2 ESXi hosts in a clustered high-availability environment. Recently we noticed that the Hardware Status for both the hosts isn't updating. On both hosts I've restarted the CIM...
View ArticleHow do you create a "network" folder
Can anyone tell me how to create a network folder. The New-Folder cmdlet doesn't provide that as an option ,but yet under the vSphere 5.1 Webclient that's an option. I'm trying to automate the...
View ArticleESX / DATASTORE details in inventory list.
Hi all, Thanks in advance for all volunteers who helped me to understand little bit about power cli. today i came with a different topic in power cli. how to get the esx/ details and datastore details...
View ArticleVM Sizing on ESXi
Hi All, What are the best practices followed in real time VM sizing?Per core how many VM's are recommended? For Ex- Have an IBM HS 23 Blade...Which has following configs *Dual 6 core Xenon CPU with...
View ArticleClone Windows VM - avoid saving clear text for domain password
When using "Clone, Windows with single NIC" in my schema, it needs a string password to join the domain. How can I change this to a SecureString or avoid saving the password of a domain user in clear...
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How to install license?
I kept getting the following license popup. How do I install the license? I have a license for this.
View ArticleUnable to specify directory for Virtual Machine
I am new to ESXi so bare with me. I have added disks and then went to Browse Datastore and I have added Folders in there to specify the different VM's I'll have......an XP folder, a Win7 folder, etc....
View ArticlevSphere 4.1 (ESX) to 5.1 (ESXi) using New Hardware
After reading lots of documentation via the Update Center site and some other posts on this community I wanted to see if the plan I have is ok or is there a better way? I've upgraded 3.5 to 4.1 before...
View ArticleChanging VMware infrastructure from 4.x to 5.x
Hi, I have Six HP ProLiant DL585 G5 server in VMware environment with VMware ESX 4.1.0 build-988178. And additional to that I have purchased 2 New server of same hardware having ESXi 5.xNow I am...
View ArticleCan't create folder on NFS datastore via vCenter, but can on local host?
Have an ESX 4.0.0 175625 host attached to a vCenter server. It has numerous datastores, local disk, iSCSI and NFS. It currently has VM's up and running just fine via the NFS datastore. I can...
View Article"Running usbarbitrator start" and RDM's / MSCS
Does anyone know if there is a relationship between the usbarbitrator service, RDM's / MSCS cluster? After adding RDM's / MSCS cluster, the "Running usbarbitrator start" portion of the ESXi host...
View ArticleAttempting to connect
I am having a challenge installing Data Recovery 2.0. I keep getting First I click on the plugin, enter my password, it indicates "Attempting to Connect", then after a few minutes the "Set vCenter...
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Unable to power on VM - Cannot allocate memory
I've started to see this issue on random VM's on our companys ESX cluster (3 hosts). I've had to stop working on this cluster until we can resolve the issue I've run into a similar issue before that...
View ArticleESX5i Essentials on HP DL380G7 damn slow
Hello, I have the following system setup in use: System Configuration================- HP DL380 G7 (2x AMD Opeteron 6174 (12 Cores)) - Totally 2 CPU with 12 Cores each- 64 GB RAM- P410i RAID with 1024...
View ArticleVirtual Machines unreachable after Esxi 5 is boot up
Hi All, i am having a problem with the virtual machines on our esxi 5 being unreachable by ping or any other form of network access.but i can access esxi 5 using ssh/vsphere client and can ping the...
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Configure delay on ESXi bootloader
Hi folks, I need to configure a delay of around 3 minutes on my ESXi 5 bootloader. It is installed on a pen drive and I have no idea of how to edit it's grub (or whatever does it use as a bootloader)...
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