Re: Deleting LUN from a Datastore
I'm afraid that there's no supported way to remove an extent from a datastore. If you want to use the whole disk space you'll need to destroy the whole datastore. André
View ArticleEmergency - Disk full but don't know what can be deleted or how to proceed
Hi everyone, I tried contacting support, but they said that I can only get help through VMWare Communities or by purchasing a support incident. So I tried to purchase a support incident, but the...
View ArticleRe: Emergency - Disk full but don't know what can be deleted or how to proceed
Since you don't see any snapshots on Snapshot Manager, I will recommend you take a new snapshot and then use the option "Delete All" on Snapshot Manager that will delete not only the last snapshot you...
View ArticleRe: Emergency - Disk full but don't know what can be deleted or how to proceed
Richardson Porto, Given that I have near-zero free space remaining, can I even take a snapshot at this point? -Brad
View ArticleRe: Emergency - Disk full but don't know what can be deleted or how to proceed
Is not a good idea take a snapshot of a VM is you don't have free space... anyway like I told you before, try shutdown the guest OS first, and if you're not using Memory Reservation you will get some...
View ArticleRe: Emergency - Disk full but don't know what can be deleted or how to proceed
Richardson Porto,Thank you for the information. I did stop the guest and saw the swap file disappear. I freed up some additional space by deleting (for now) the Acronis backup VM and will switch to a...
View ArticleVmware ESX Server any version free download for testing.
Hi , Can you please tell me how to download Vmware ESX Server any version free download for testing. I have tried with the my vmware login but it is not launching when i click on the start download...
View ArticleRe: Vmware ESX Server any version free download for testing.
Hi, just see this link vSphere: Server Virtualization, Cloud Infrastructure | United States and click on "Try for Free" button. And try to use a direct link, not download managers - these sometimes...
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Hi, Thanks Alistar. I am not able to find the direct link. After click on Try for free, it keeps me redirecting to start download manager page. Regards.Karthikeyan V
View ArticleRe: VMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
Hi. I have a R7 240 with ESXi 5.5 Update 2. When install the drivers, the drivers not recognized the graphic card. What version of ESXi did you install? Thanks.
View ArticleRe: VMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
Out of curiosity, has anyone been brave and tried ESXi 6 yet?
View ArticleRe: can't connect to esxi host via vsphere client
I have problem same your and still did not found a solution.Hosts inside still working fine ( i can remote directly by remote desktop or teamviewer),and services inside host working well. Problem just...
View ArticleProblems with LUN masking on ESXi 4.1
Hello Im trying to remove a datastore from an ESXi 4.1 cluster but I need to preserve the information contained on there. I've read the correct way to do this is to use LUN masking and then remove the...
View ArticleRe: Problems with LUN masking on ESXi 4.1
Try using this: esxcli corestorage claimrule add --rule 192 -t location -A vmhba37 -C 0 -T 0 -L 1 -P MASK_PATH
View ArticleRe: Problems with LUN masking on ESXi 4.1
Okay this command worked! I'm sure i tried this one orginally as I was following the VMware documentation. Anyway, LUN successfully masked and datastore removed. Thanks for your help!
View ArticleRe: Problems with LUN masking on ESXi 4.1
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View ArticleNeed esxi4 to upgrade 3.5 to 5, download not available
Hi, I have an esxi 3.5 server which I'd like to upgrade to version 5. But for this I need to upgrade to version 4 first. However, I can't find version 4 anywhere on the site, I keep being redirected....
View ArticleRe: VMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
Hello, Running ESXI 6.0 System:ASUS P8H77M PRO / i3770s32G RamXFX R9 280 What works: PCI passthrough works for R9 280.. What works differently: NTP needed to be manually "fixed"DirectX for older...
View ArticleEsxi4.1 Remove all snapshots stuck at 99 percent
Hi We have a production system running on Esxi4.1 build 260247, I am in the process of migrating it to esx5.5, I tried to migrate the vm with Veeams backup and replication but this failed, when I...
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