Re: Bought a used server, unsure how to stop boot.
My thanks, that worked like a charm!
View ArticleTesting Cluster HA - VM not powered on
Hi, I'm just testing the VM Cluster HA for 2 ESX Host. I was testing to shut down one ESX Host and the VM machines have all powered off and vMotion over to the other ESX Host. After that none of the...
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can you explain more about your environment how many servers ? what is the size and vm size all the details
View ArticleRe: Testing Cluster HA - VM not powered on
when we talk about HA, there's no vMotion. if you have HA cluster in place with let's say 2 hosts, for testing purpose also if you are shutting down one of the host, VM's will go off along with the...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade from 3.5 to 4
Are these hosts ESXi3.5 or ESX3.5? Big difference as the previous poster stated read the documentation on upgrading from 3.5 to 4
View ArticleRe: Testing Cluster HA - VM not powered on
Thanks dhanarajrameshdhanarajramesh, It's just 2 ESX Host of Cisco UCS servers. Nohting much been deployed except testing VMs with Windows 2012 R2. HA and DRS have been enabled but all options have...
View ArticleRe: Testing Cluster HA - VM not powered on
OK. as previous poster mentioned when HA happening VMs will be unregistered from issue (powered down) Hosts by Vcenter and re-registered on available hosts and VM's will be restarted. it will not do...
View ArticlevMware vCenter - HP DL380 G8 - Esxi Hardware Status Tab - Not Updaing?
Hi All, I've got a problem with our vCenter where it appears that the Hardware status tab is working ok, by reporting data but it not accurate. For Example, Two of our disks failed in an external Array...
View ArticleRe: Problemi Scheda rete su Ubuntu dopo Import.VM da WS a ESXi
Ok, Ho risolto... Sono un bello ed esaurito!!! dovevo guardare bene qual'è la scheda di rete attiva e collegata (su interfaces) per poi utilizzarla x Mysql & CO. Grazie cmq dell'aiuto
View ArticleRe: vMware vCenter - HP DL380 G8 - Esxi Hardware Status Tab - Not Updaing?
Hi, Log on to your host and issue /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog restartAlso you should look at upgrading your host as ESX(i) 4.1 is no longer supported. Regards,Martin
View ArticleRe: Testing Cluster HA - VM not powered on
Hi Doran_lum, If you "Shutdown" you ESXi host this is not a HA event and nothing would trigger. If you want to test your HA you must go into the Cisco UCS KVM and "reset" the ESXi this will cause the...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade from 3.5 to 4
So we had a spare server and tested today. Installed esxi 3.5 on a server. Created a couple dummy VMs. Then used the Esxi 5.1 installable cd, to boot the server off of. Was able to install 5.1 with...
View ArticleRe: Windows Guest LSI_SAS Errors
Check the Power Management options to make sure they are set to High Performance as opposed to Balanced - Windows Server 2012 & R2.
View ArticleHow to upgrade ESX4.0/ESX4.1/ESXi4.0/ESXi4.1 to ESXi5.1/ESXi5.5 versions
Hi Guys - I would like to upgrade my old ESX/ESXi boxes to ESXi5.X versions. Is it possible without reinstalling ESXi5.X on the host? I have never done this activity before, please suggest. Also if I...
View ArticleRe: How to upgrade ESX4.0/ESX4.1/ESXi4.0/ESXi4.1 to ESXi5.1/ESXi5.5 versions
Is it possible without reinstalling ESXi5.X on the host?Yes, this is entirely possible, BUT remember that you will need upgrade your vCenter server to version 5.x before start upgrade your vSphere...
View ArticleRe: How to upgrade ESX4.0/ESX4.1/ESXi4.0/ESXi4.1 to ESXi5.1/ESXi5.5 versions
Vcenter is Already to 5.5 version. Could you please suggest how should I go with the upgrades? I have no Update manager configured. I am looking for manually downloading and putting on the server....
View ArticleRe: How to upgrade ESX4.0/ESX4.1/ESXi4.0/ESXi4.1 to ESXi5.1/ESXi5.5 versions
upgrade is possiable from ESX4 to ESXi5, check compatability of H/W first on VMware site before proceed further as it is key item to check it.
View ArticleRe: How to upgrade ESX4.0/ESX4.1/ESXi4.0/ESXi4.1 to ESXi5.1/ESXi5.5 versions
Could you please suggest how should I go with the upgrades?Use the interactive installer, take look: Upgrading to VMware ESXi 5.5 using the Interactive Installer | VMware Support Insider - VMware Blogs
View ArticleRe: How to upgrade ESX4.0/ESX4.1/ESXi4.0/ESXi4.1 to ESXi5.1/ESXi5.5 versions
Thankyou Richardson. I appreciate
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