Re: Delete xxx-000001.vmdk
Hi There, I think there is no need for you to remove the HDD3 because with a powered off when you take a snapshot --- size of the snapshot will be only 16MB. As there is no chance of IO so the delta...
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Welcome to the Community, >>> "the virtual machine has virtual disk in link-cloned mode that prevents migration"Is this VM the base of a clone? Please check the entries of the .vmsd file (or...
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Hi Usuario00, Welcome to the community, With the explanation provided - you are in one of below situations. 1) Snapshots taken for the VM but not deleted gracefully - leftover delta files in the...
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i need advise whether it's Ok to continuously monitor ESXi 4 and 5 via SSH e,g every 5 mins? commands which i want to run every 5 mins are df and du please advise.
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Hello, I guess this won't hurt but have you considered setting up SNMP traps or custom Alarm Actions to send out a mail once a datastore threshold has been exceeded, as I see these are...
View ArticleRe: Which 10GB card to use with ESXi
I have a ProLiant DL380G6 and i purchased a NC523SFP for 10gb connectivity with msa2040I have connectivity problem even after updating firmware and driver. ~ # esxcli network nic listName PCI Device...
View ArticleRe: How to recover deleted files "vmdk" on a vmfs partition ?
I think you need to restore VHD files because vmdk files has been deleted and for that you need to apply vhd recovery tool .This tool is very much capable of restoring deleted files .The application...
View ArticleRe: Decrease Disk Volume Size
Create a new vmdk disk with required size and attache it to the vm > boot using Acronis Disk Director > Move all the Volumes from the OLD Disk to the newly created one > Restart and booom...
View ArticleRe: Which 10GB card to use with ESXi
Hi Woozte, This discussion is scaring the pants off me! Just about to implement our new Server/Storage/VMware environment next week. My DL380 Gen8's have NC523SFPs. Looks like I am going to run into...
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Hi Elidon,i chatted with HP Support this morning and they told me to:- install the NC523SFP in the PCI-E riser slot 2 instead of slot 1 (slot 1 is near to mainboard)- change thermal configuration in...
View ArticleRe: Which 10GB card to use with ESXi
Chris, are you still using the QLE3242 cards?I later abandoned them for reasons pointed out in this post. I've since gone with Emulex UCNAs where possible, even in my home lab.
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Interesting. Will bear that in mind, thanks. Keep us updated to any issues again. Steve
View ArticleRe: VMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
Hello ! Just to report success and failures. System:Supermicro X9SRL-FIntel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 0 @ 3.60GHz32GB ECC RAMa lot of SATA HDDsESXi 5.5.0 Hardware for pass-through:Turks PRO [Radeon HD...
View ArticleCommands not work on my ESXi.
Hello Folks.How are you?I use SSH for loggin to the ESXi and when I want to run Available Commands, ESXi tell me that command not found!!!I use "su" command to become root but commands not worked. $...
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Welcome to the community, Enable the local ESXi shell or SSH access. From the ESXi shell, run the command: /etc/init.d/hostd restart After 60 seconds, installed esxcli commands are available.
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Hello.Command not found and I have not any "hostd" !!! [root@ESXHost0 init.d]# lsacpid lsassd nfslock sfcbd vmwareauditd lwiod nscd sfcbd-watchdog...
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If you login with root user the commands works ? If yes, instead of use "su" try "su -" or use the path /usr/sbin/ to run the commands.
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