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Re: Recover missing files from a corrupt Ubuntu VM?
how about booting from an ubuntu ISO -- and then run fsck on the discovered disk?
View ArticleRe: VMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
My ESXi setup is having issues with GPU passthrough and linux. Setup:AsRock H97M Pro 4Intel Core i7-477016GB RAMESXi 6 After much frustration to get GPU passthrough to work, I had to set the primary...
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Re: VMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
How to fix choppy/metallic HDMI audio issue: Didn't notice this until last night and the fix that worked for me is pciPassthru1.msiEnabled = "FALSE" in this case HDMI audio is assigned as PCI device...
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Re: Server down, space issue, stuck at 99% and I'm screwed...
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View ArticleShut down all VMs on ESXi
Hello, I am new in vSphere administration. I would like to restart our ESXi servers due to updates, but I read that you should shut down all VMs that are on it. Do you have a better solution to do that...
View ArticleRe: Shut down all VMs on ESXi
Kralijir, you can do that from the GUI console. In the left pane, select the ESX host. In the right pane, click on the "virtual machines" tab. Now, you can bulk select all of the VMs there, and simply...
View ArticleRe: Call "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateVmfsDatastore" for object...
Hi, I had the same issu on a freshly added host. Iscsi virtual switch was missing mtu 9000 for jumbo frame support. FYI for people finding that thread.
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Re: Shut down all VMs on ESXi
Hi Kralijir, I understand your concern for not shutting down the VMs, as that would require downtime. My suggestion would be see if you have enough resources to migrate all the VMs on the ESXi host to...
View ArticleRe: Upgrading ESXi 4.1 to 6.0
Hello,You have the Iso VMware ESXi 4.1?I need but is no longer available for download.My server supports only version 4.1.You can add me to dropbox or similar? There is free licensing issue.Thanks and...
View ArticleRe: PSOD - "no place on disk to dump data". help please!
just a thought of making it clear that its happening because of NTFS partitioned SATA Drives with single active partition and thus there is a partition of approx 100-200 mb that is not enough to...
View ArticleRe: Where can I download ESXi 4.1 U3 iso ?
Hi petzu,I also seek the ESXi 4.1 U3 version but can not find.Thou hast gotten?Regards.
View ArticleBallooning happening on host with one guest
Our host (ESXi 4.1) has a dedicated guest with all the memory allocated to it. The guest is running SQL, and we often experience performance problems. Veeam One reports ballooning above 10%, and that...
View ArticleRe: Ballooning happening on host with one guest
Hi there, Ballooning is where the host reclaims memory from a Guest VM when it is under memory pressure, usually when it doesn't have enough memory resources to satisfy the demand from it's running...
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Thanks. That does help. To clarify, ballooning in most cases results from a VM needing memory, and it pulls it from another VM (through the host), is that correct? In other words, I've understood it...
View ArticleRe: Ballooning happening on host with one guest
As martinriley mentioned, it's the host which does the memory reclaiming in case it's under memory pressure. Although you are basically right that this is mostly caused by overcommitting memory (i.e....
View ArticleExpand Local Datastore
Hello, I have an ESX 4.1 with only a local datastore (RAID5) within virtual machines on a DELL server I want to enlarge the datastore, I don't have enough free space to creat more virtual machines. To...
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Hi javiern, It is possible to expand the datastore without powering off your virtual machines. As you mentioned, the first step would be to add the disk from Dell Open Manage. Then find the below...
View ArticleRe: Expand Local Datastore
Perfect!! Only one doubt. In the official doc tell: Identify the desired ending sector number for the target VMFS Datastore's partitions. To use all space out to the end of the disk, subtract 1 from...
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Re: Expand Local Datastore
Yes, that's absolutely correct. If this resolved your issue, I request you to mark the question as answered. Cheers,Adil Arif
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Re: vSphere client now refusing to connect due to "Unable to read data from...
I have this same problem. I wish someone would answer
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