scsi disconnect on one ESXi 5x host but not second
Searching through the forums, it appears that the issue that I'm having has been experienced by others after they upgraded to esxi5, addded a software iscsi, or restarted management agents; however,...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1 A general system error occurred source detected that...
I got error "A general system error occurred source detected that destination failed to resume" whilst moving guests from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1 ready to upgrade the host. Only happens on some guests?...
View ArticleHow to limit I/O into a Datastore ?
Hello,Not sure if Storage i/o control can accomplish what I want. so, here is the scope. We have an EMC VNXe 3300 connected via iSCSI to our ESXis 5.0 U2. We have a VM that is generating lots of I/O....
View ArticleRemove a single line entry from vmx file for multiple vm's
I need some help removing a single entry from all my vm's vmx files.The line in question is... ideX:Y.present=false I had added that line to all of my vm's vmx file because of security hardening. I...
View ArticleInvalid Configuraiton for Device 0 - View 5.2
Hi all, A very annoying and frustrating issue is arising when View 5.2 configures a new Pool of linked-clones from a pre-existing main image and snapshot. When Vsphere 5.1 gets to the point of cloning...
View Articlesame storage disk is showing up as GPT and MBR
hi we have 2 ESX server farms and recently storage team mapped 2 LUNs which were already mapped to ServerFarm1 to ServerFarm2 as well.On ServerFarm1 they were directly mapped to VM and data stores...
View Articlevmeter API
Hi,I'm trying to use the API, but our vmeter 3.0 is not 'listening' on port 443.On port 8443, I get a '404 not found'...What is the port of the API ?BR,Matthias
View ArticleRegistry access is required
I am setting up a new test workstation. It is the first station that I have scanned in Protect that is running Win7 Pro x64. I have credentials saved for the admin-level user. The problem that I am...
View ArticleSize limit of .dat file?
Dear VM-Community, I'm trying since days to Thinapp Office 2010 following the steps from this guide:http://blogs.vmware.com/thinapp/2010/08/step-by-step-instructions-on-how-to-thinapp-office-2010.html...
View ArticleIdentify update version from build number
HiI have a esxi 4.0.0 host running, but I'm uncertain about what update version I'm running.In the vSphere client when I highlight the ESXi host it says ESXi 4.0.0 360236. I'm I then running update 1...
View ArticleStorage DRS fails with error: "failed to create destination disk (The file...
Has anyone encountered this error in vSphere 5.1b? Storage DRS is trying to apply a recommendation to Storage vMotion a VM to the same datastore it already exists on.
View ArticleHost Can't Access VMs
I recently upgraded from VMware Workstation 8.0.5 to 8.0.6, and now my host can't access my VMs. I am using bridged mode, and: 1. Before the upgrade to 8.0.6, my host could access (for example, ping,...
View ArticleHost Profile Error
I renently upgraded vcenter from 4.1 to 5.1 and one of the upgrades we wanted to get host profiles working. I attempted to get a profile from an existing host and this is the error: A general system...
View ArticlevSphere 5.1 resources do not appear in vCloud 5.1
Hi guys I have vcloud 5.1.1 newest build and behind vcloud vsphere 5.1 newest build and also all my esx and vshield appliances on newest build. On the vcloud system i have a pvdc named "GOLD" and this...
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VLAN Backed Netwoork Pool
hi, i'll create VLAN backed Network Pools for my vcloud testcase and i'm not sure that i understand all correctly.The Portgroups will be created automaticly with a VLAN ID of the given VLAN Range (e.g....
View Articlebasics vmvare dumps
Hi all, I am new to this field ,can someone provide me the basics vmvare dumps.I am interested to migrate esx server .
View ArticleCan't See files under Datastore!
Hello everyone, I have a tough question I hope someone can help about it. On IBM Storage DS4300, I have a raid 5 config with 14 discs. With this 14 discs I had a 3 different datastore as 1 TB, 1 TB and...
View ArticleAdding Port Groups and restarting services
If I add additional port groups to my 5.1 environment does it require a restart of the services on the ESXi host?
View ArticleW2k8 VM gets IP conflict when imported into vCD
I am able to import the VM, configure the vApp settings, check the customization box and the VM comes up and has connectivity. Once I power it down and power it back up the NIC will not come back...
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