Cannot disable passthrough on ESXi 5.1 update 1 server
Hi, I have an IBM X3400 M3 server with a MegaRAID SAS Controller.As an experiment I tried to enable passthrough on the controller and then I wanted to disable it again - but I am stuck! I can disable...
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I cannot get "Bridged" networking to work
I would like for my VM running on Workstation 9 to be accessible by my network.I have one laptop (win7) that is running VMPlayer (3.0.0) and which has a VM running ubuntu and when I set its network...
View ArticleConnectivity problem of 2 ESXi hosts using Vyatta as a router
Hello,I created 2 ESXi hosts in a vmware workstation 9 machine. So that they can ping each other, I have installed a vyatta virtual router on the same vmware workstation.The IP config of the ESXi hosts...
View ArticleESX 5.1 Hosts can't ping each other in nested Workstation 9 lab
I am building out a home lab and I can not get the hosts to ping eachother. Below is my lab info and the steps I have taken. Lab Build-out: Physical Server1x Physical Server running Windows 7 with...
View ArticleESXi 4.0 208167 initial install used 80G of hard drive space
Hi, I am setting up an old HP Proliant DL360 G5 server with two 146SAS hard drives, managed by HP Smart Array P400i controller. With RAID 1+0, the logical disk is about 136G. After installing the...
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Strange vCenter Bug
I ran across a very strange bug in vCenter/vSphere. I partitioned 10 delta disks that all point back to the same backing. All of the disks insist that they exists in vCenter as seen below.However...
View ArticleNetwork problems
Host Open SuSE 12.2Guest Windows 7 32 BitNetwork Bridged The Network comes and goes - can't think of a better way to describe it.SOmetimes it is fine and then I will be unable to ping the virtual...
View ArticleESX 5.1 Hosts can't ping each other in nested workstation 9 lab
I am building out a home lab and I can not get the hosts to ping eachother. Below is my lab info and the steps I have taken. Update: to sum this problem up in one sentece, the two hosts cannot ping...
View ArticleDatastore Missing?
Running ESXi 5.1.0 with local storage and had some VMs crash. Found one of the Datastores was missing. Rebooted ESXi and the Datastore is still missing and the VMs show up as "Unknown (inaccessible)"...
View Articleesxi 5.1 pxe boot error -- Failed to load COM32 file menu.c32
Hello I need to install esxi 5.1 through pxe, for this I followed VMware document....
View ArticleVMWare ESXi 5.1 update 1 with multicast. Everyone be aware
I am not a VMWare expert and my main knowledge is in networking but I've used ESXi 5.1 update 1 enough. We have a ESXi 5.1 update 1 environment that has been having issue for almost six months now....
View ArticleProblems with setting DNS on VMs (NAT)
Hello,I'm unable to set a preferred DNS server on my VMs. All VMs are using NAT (VMnet8). My preferred DNS server is 192.168.21.134, however, when I boot one of my VMs into Windows it receives DNS...
View ArticleNested ESXi 5.0 with Workstation 9 Networking issue
I am using a standalone desktop with 16 gig memory with windows 7 and installed workstation 9. I have created my based configuration, DC, ESXi-host1, ESXI-host2, ESXI-host3 and ESXI-host4. I have...
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SRM 5.1.1 strange behavior
Hi all, I installed a DR infrastructure as follow : protected site:1 VM vCenter 5.1 with SQL Express 2008 R2 SP1HP SRA on the vCenter server for EVA storage1 VM SRM 5.1.1 with SQL Express 2008 R2 SP1...
View ArticleServer keeps turning off
My VPS keeps turning off. It happens randomly, sometimes more than once a day, sometimes daily, sometimes weekly. its been happening for a few weeks. Cant see anything in the vps logs, resource use is...
View ArticleКритически требуется помощь по VMWare ESXi 5.0
Кратко описываю свою проблемы, столкнулся с таким впервые за 6 лет использования VMWare, сервер supermicro X9DRW рейд контроллеры на память не помню но что т типа LSI 9266, суть проблемы такая,...
View ArticleActive Directory, DNS и vCenter Server в вируальной среде
Добрый день, Дамы и Господа! Получили лицензию на vSphere with Operations Management 5 Standard для трех хостов. Как я помню в кластер vCenter хосты нужно добавлять по полному доменному имени...
View ArticleОграничить скорость локалки виртуалки
Всем привет!Внутри виртуалки поставил адаптер в 10мбит/с FD. Почему-то скорость при этом на 10 не ограничивается. Почему так?Win2003 x86, E1000, vmxnet3.На уровне портгруппы могу только на отдачу...
View ArticleRe: Какой размер кластера выбрть для ESXi 5.1 при построении RAID
Подскажите пожалуйста (кто ставил на ESXi 1C-сервер с MSSQL), какой размер кластера лучше поставить в настройках RAID-а?ОС: Windows 2003x641Cпредприятие: 8.2.16.368СУБД: MSSQL2008Нашел в статье...
View ArticleLavalink USB to 4 port serial
-I am installing a LavaLink 4 Port serial from USB to run additional data acquisition devices. The LavaLink driver installs on the Host and the devices show up in the device manager as SIO3 -...
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