'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...
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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 ArticleBest way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
Hello, We are going to be moving to a new HPBLC7000 with ProLiant BL460c G7 blades. Currently We are running our environment on IBM Blade center H. The SAN will stay the same as it's fairly new. so...
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)...
View ArticleDisk Latency ESXi 5.1.0 799733 HP-ML350 G6
Hello, We Deployed an HP ML350 G6 Server with ESXi 5.1.0 799733 and a P410i Raid Controller. The media I used was the Official Media from VMware and not a "Customised" HP Image.Since this server has...
View ArticleWorkstation - Bat File to start multiple Virtual Machines
I am currently using the following bat file to start multiple virtual machines: start ""/b "C:\Users\Abe\Desktop\Virtual machine 1.lnk" start ""/b "C:\Users\Abe\Desktop\Virtual machine 2.lnk"...
View ArticleMigrating from VMFS3 to VMFS5, converting thin to thick disks
Hello: We are in the process of migrating VM disks from VMFS3 datastores to VMFS5. While migrating, we are attempting to also convert the disks from Thin, to Thick Lazy Zeroed. However, for some...
View ArticleBug in vSphere client (Windows GUI) with Display/Font size on Windows 7
Windows 7 has a default display/font size of 125% (Control Panel, Display, Medium - 125% (Default)). With ESXi 5 and vSphere Client Version 5.1.0 Build 1064113 there is a bug that causes text and panes...
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