Re: VMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
For accessing more RAM while using GPU-passthrough you can use the "pciHole.start = 1200" and "pciHole.end = 2200" options (works for me and many others). I have successfully passed my Radeon HD6450...
View ArticleRe: How do you change the device name of a storage adapter?
Yes, this works. In my case I changed the HBA device name instead of the NIC device name, but editing /etc/vmware/esx.conf is the solution to the problem.
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Re: How to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ?
Great solution but I'm having issues with the CTRL-ALT-INS key combination. This counts only for the VM's that are starting with the bios.440.romAny workaround for this problem
View ArticleFailed conversion took up space on ESX 4.1 host
Guys a newbie in Virtualization needs your help. I tried converting a physical server with 16GB (Basic/Raid-1) and 370GB (Dynamic/Raid-5) partitions. I opted to increase the size of the 16GB partition...
View ArticleRe: Failed conversion took up space on ESX 4.1 host
Hello, I Think that you need more space, you can't use entire datastore, at least 10% should be free. As you know, the swap file reside in Datastore, and need it the same space as VM has configured for...
View ArticleRe: How to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ?
Sorry; I can't even imagine what the connection might be.
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Re: How to install windows 8 on esxi 4.1 ?
BitRain wrote: Great solution but I'm having issues with the CTRL-ALT-INS key combination. This counts only for the VM's that are starting with the bios.440.romAny workaround for this problem Open a...
View ArticleRe: Failed conversion took up space on ESX 4.1 host
Hi vJJ, appreciate your input. Let me add some details about my datastore. Prior to the conversion I've got a little over 1TB free out my datastore's total capacity of 1.22TB. Even though the...
View ArticleRe: Failed conversion took up space on ESX 4.1 host
Just an update: I was able to delete the VMDK file of the failed conversion by going to the Datastore Browser. From the vSphere client, I clicked Configuration -> right-click the lone datastore...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 losing network connection
We have 2 ESXi 4.1 hosts that randomly (about once a month) completely drop off the network. All guests are inaccessible and the management network is inaccessible. You cannot ping any IP address or...
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IIRC there were some issues with network adapter drivers. Which type of NICs do you have in the hosts? André
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We're using the stock Broadcom network adapters. Do you know how I can identify the driver version I'm currently using? HP's most recent driver update is from 5/7/2012.
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You may want to check with the VMware Compatibility Guide whether version 3.129d.v40.1 (2013-03-04) is supported with the ESXi build you currently run. André
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That looks like the right one. I'll give it a try over the weekend.
View ArticleRe: ESXi 4.1 losing network connection
I just found the KB article about this issue.VMware KB: Broadcom 5719/5720 NICs using tg3 driver become unresponsive and stop traffic in vSphere André
View ArticleRe: ESXi 4.1 losing network connection
Great. That makes me feel even better. Thanks for digging that out!
View ArticleRe: "No bootable device" after successful ESXi 5 installation on Intel DG35EC...
worked perfectly. good........thaks
View ArticleLinux guest OS has slow access times to NFS store
A bit of background to this issue. We have a SAN datastore for a number of servers. Originally we had a single HP Proliant ML 350 G6, connected to the SAN via NFS. The SAN served a number of Linux...
View ArticleHow to Migrate a VM from an Offline Host
Like the title says, I've got three ESX servers with common storage. One of the hosts has died and I need to force the VMs that were residing on it into the other hosts and power them up. Any idea how...
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