Kickstart create a VMFS Volume
Hi I'm building a kickstart config for our branch offices. I wish to install to a SD card and then format and create a VMFS volume on the RAID 6 set of disks. It installs fine to the SD card. How ever...
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Creating first datatore on ESXi 5 host (local disk)
2 new Dell R620s, ESXi 5 U2 (build 914586), installed to internal SD card (2GB) Also present in the server are 2 x 600GB Disks for test VMs, etc. When the hosts are added to vCenter, (5.0U2 build...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 installation issue on HP Zbook 15- Integrated Intel I217LM Gigbyte...
hi Team, Greetings!! I am trying to setup a small test lab of ESXi 5.5 on HP Zbook 15 Mobile Workstation. the Config of the machine is Intel core i7 vPRO, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB smart Sata HDD. During the...
View ArticleCPU 1 locked up. Failed to ack TLB invalidate...
The CPU and memory were upgraded from 4Gb to 12Gb of RAM. It seems to be a hardware issue and cannot be checked using iLO. Another error found is that "no place on disk to dump data."Debugger waiting...
View ArticleReinstalled ESX 5.1 to upgrade from 4.1 - Disk Extent Issues
Hi... I am having troubles after reinstalling ESX, version 5.1 over 4.1, as a means to upgrade to 5.1, while preserving the datastore. After the reinstall was successfull and I have updated all the...
View ArticleHost machine - it is impossible to boot from hard drive
Hello everybody! Looks like I need your help - I installed ESXi 5 from CD, all is correct. But: when I reboot host machine ESXi can't start from HDD, I see message about "no operating system found". So...
View ArticleESX 3.5 to ESXi 5.1 upgrade question
I have an ESX 3.5 server and I'm aware there is no direct upgrade to ESXi 5.1, but I'm curious about my current volumes. I have one volume on my RAID array for the VMware OS and the other volume for...
View ArticleShare datatstore between 2 redhat 6.3
Hello everyone:I have installed 2 Red hat servers version 6.3 but now need to have them share the same datastore? I created a VMware shared datastore, but this does not seem to be working. Can some...
View ArticleEsxi5.1 not recognizing my RAID 10 virtual drive
Hello All, I have a server of cisco ucs 220 m3 and 4 ard drives connected of 1tb each .. with a RAID controller of LSI 92668i... I created RAID 10 virtual drive and when booting it up it shows me that...
View ArticleESXi scratch location and syslog
Hi, we got some IBM blades runing ESXi 4.1 and 5 through Embedded USB. In the past we had some issues to provide VMware support with valid ESXi logs from the blades. We end up to configure syslog to...
View ArticleRAID HDD degraded after installing ESXi 5
Hi, Im trying to install ESXi on my server which has mirrored HDD's. My problem is that after installing ESXi and the computer reboots I am told that the RAID volume is degraded so one of the HDD's is...
View ArticleVT6105/VT6106S [Rhine-III] No found
Hi All, I hope someone can help me on this regarding one of the NIC card (VT6105/VT6106S) doesn't not detected at vSphere Client. 000:002:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications AR8151 v2.0...
View Articleinstall pool of esxi servers
whats the best way to install pool of esxi servers ( more than 10) at once,I have HP SIM,HP VERTUAL CONNECT MANAGER,
View ArticleFacing Slowness while installing ESXi 5.1 on server.
Hello, I am facing very slowness while installing the ESXi 5 on my server. could you please suggest what could be the problem.. Thank You!Deepak
View ArticleNewbie Question: Hard Disk Capacity
Hi, I have 4 x 73GB HDD and when I installed VMWare it showed me only 2 disks each of 63GB capacity approximately (I do not remember the exact number but close to this). I wanted to build at least 3 to...
View Articletesting vSphere5 in a small lab...
Hello, in a corner of my office i saw a computer provided with a MSI Z77A-G45, i5 CPU and 16GB DDR3 RAM...thus i thought to test vSphere (free version) 5.1.Well the installation halted due to the fact...
View ArticleInstalling Windows Sever 2008 from uploaded files
I have a brand new bare metal ESXi server and want to install Windows Server 2008 remotely. I am considering uploading the Windows Server 2008 installer to the datastore, but the user-guide mentions...
View ArticleVSphere Installation Question
Hi All,I am in the process of building the following server:Case: Fractal Design Define R4 ATX Tower Case Black PearlPower Supply: Corsair Professional Series HX750 750W ATX Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold...
View ArticleNo network interface found Intel Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports (1x Intel®...
tyring to install esxi vsphere, have a supermicro x10slq with what is listed as Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports (1x Intel® i217LM & 1x Intel® i210AT)getting the error message no network...
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Creating first datatore on ESXi 5 host (local disk)
2 new Dell R620s, ESXi 5 U2 (build 914586), installed to internal SD card (2GB) Also present in the server are 2 x 600GB Disks for test VMs, etc. When the hosts are added to vCenter, (5.0U2 build...
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