Re: ESXi 4.1 network configuration
So your connecting to the ESXi host using the Management console IP address. Its just that portgroup has been renamed by someone. Rename it back as recommended above. Try connecting to the ESXi host...
View ArticleRe: Dell r710 vmotion issues
Please mark my post as "helpful" or "correct" if I've helped resolve or answered your query!
View ArticleRe: ESXi 4.1 network configuration
I guess the bad labelling got me all wrong.Thanks everybody for your quick replies. The reason why I was asking about the network configuration is because I have one ESXi in my cluster that loses its...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 4.1 network configuration
Could not reach islation address is shown when your host mgmt. IP is not able to ping the default gateway... Please mark my answer as correct or helpful if it gave some guidance
View ArticleRe: ESXi 4.1 network configuration
It's correct but I don't understand why this specific server can't suddenly ping the default gateway anymore...even after reinstalling vSphere....
View ArticleESXi 4.1 - can't connect iSCSI LUN
Hi everyone, we have two identical HP ProLiant DL380 G7 here, let's say ESXSRV01 and ESXSRV02. On ESXSRV01 we succesfully mapped a iSCSI LUN hosted on our Synology RS3412RPxs. A few days ago we planed...
View ArticleRe: Dell r710 vmotion issues
Hi Aneetu,I did a check there on one of the clusters we manage here and are running r710's - different BIOS's can cause these types of issues so definitely check the revision levels
View ArticleRe: Dell r710 vmotion issues
thanks you JC - can confirm upgradeing out BIOS fixed the issue here
View ArticleRe: ESXi 4.1 - can't connect iSCSI LUN
Have you configured the Synology to allow connections to this LUN from both of your hosts? Sounds like it could be on the other side...
View ArticleRe: vsphere ha virtual machine failover failed
This worked for me to, thank you oregonpcs! At the vCenter level select the Alarms tab, Edit the settings of the alarm, select the General tab, disabled/re-enable the alarm.
View Articlesend ctrl Alt Del is not working in few VMs
Hi, send ctrl Alt Del is not working in few VMs. Checked the VMware tools, it's up to date and running. Rebooted or Reset the VMs but still the issue exists. Guest os is Windows xp (32 bit) running on...
View ArticleRe: send ctrl Alt Del is not working in few VMs
if you can, power down the guest, make a note of the datastore it's running on, remove the VM from inventory, then browse the datastore and add the VM back to inventory. After it's powered back on,...
View ArticleRe: send ctrl Alt Del is not working in few VMs
Hi Troy,Thanks for the quick reply. Tried the same but issue still exists. Any tips further?PS: After removing the VM from inventory, came to know vmx file is grayed out. So added to the inventory by...
View ArticleRe: send ctrl Alt Del is not working in few VMs
while the cursor is inside the VMs console, does Ctrl Alt Insert work?
View ArticleRe: send ctrl Alt Del is not working in few VMs
Hi Troy, No. It's not responding to Ctrl Alt Insert inside the VM console.It didn't fetch the IP address from the DHCP due to some network issue, so there is no chance of trying RDP too..
View ArticleWant to remove vmfs3 datastores
ESXi 4.1We have a couple openfiler datastores (I know about the compatibility issues) used for testing and now we just want to get rid of them. There are no I/O's going to them and the data on them is...
View ArticleRe: Want to remove vmfs3 datastores
Check out http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1029786 for the correct procedure.
View ArticleRe: Want to remove vmfs3 datastores
Thx vmroyale.Is there a way to do this from the GUI?
View ArticleRe: Want to remove vmfs3 datastores
Unfortunately, no. In ESXi 5 it is much improved and only one step is required in the CLI though. There is some more good background info here: Best Practice: How to correctly remove a LUN from an ESX...
View ArticlevSphere and HA
We have purchased VMWare essentials plus to provide 2 physical hosts with virtual machines. 1 physical host would be used as the primary host with primary servers and the secondary server as failover....
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