Re: VMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
Hi guys , Out of curiousity , do you think it would be possible to run this on a laptop ?does anyone ever manage to make it work ?
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After reinstall with ESX 5.0 update1 , and try passthrough again,everything run smooth even USB mouse and the sound
View ArticleRe: VMs loose network after Vmotion
what is the binding set .. is it static,, dynamic or ephemeral
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It is set to Static, I know that could be a showstopper. but need to ensure that it is before we make change .
View ArticleRe: vCenter Placement
Is it better to have vCenter and the ESXi hosts all on the same management VLAN or would it be more secure to have vCenter on a VLAN of it's own with a firewall allowing specific ports betweeen the...
View ArticleRe: Monitoring ESXi 4.1 Host with SNMP
Hi During the autoconfiguration phase, the ESXi host chooses vmnic0 for management traffic. You can overridethe default choice by manually choosing the network adapter that carries management traffic...
View ArticleRe: Are ESXi Patches Accumulative?
Hi please find you answer below1-its recomend that install all patches in sequence2- yes you can install patches from vmwareYours, Abbie
View ArticleRe: Failed USB thumbdrive - just plug a new one in?
can I just simply plug it in and let it write the config to the USB disk, or do I need to back up the config and restore it to the thumbdrive first?Hi what I am thinking the bets way is take backup...
View ArticleRe: VMs loose network after Vmotion
Yep try changing the binding and check if we are able to repro
View ArticleBluetooth not working on ESXi 4
Hi I have a server running ESXi 4, I run a Windows XP client OS running an application that talks via Bluetooth to our Solar Inverter. I have connected the Bluetooth dongle to the server and ESX has...
View ArticleRe: How to change default login directory/path for root
Thanks, VMware conatcted me and said it's the default behaviour of ESXi. Thanks
View ArticleRe: Bluetooth not working on ESXi 4
It might be possible, the ESXi has taken control of the device as USB. Check out lsusb in your esx server. Also check on the status of the usb arbitrator in the server.
View ArticleRe: VMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
@technobro1 As long as the laptop is supported under HCL and the CPU has VT-D or MMOU "Whatever AMD version is" it will work. But the question is why would you want to load ESXi on a laptop to do VGA...
View ArticleVM grew to 258GB on datastore formatted with a 1M block size
I have an ESXi 4.1 server (VMFS 3.33) , stand alone, older server, hosting a single VM. When I created the server, I made the local datastore a 1MB block size because the VM would never grow above...
View ArticleRe: VM grew to 258GB on datastore formatted with a 1M block size
Where are you getting the 258GB number from - the datastore browser? http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1012384has...
View ArticleRe: VM grew to 258GB on datastore formatted with a 1M block size
From your link... Note: On ESXi 5.x hosts using VMFS5 upgraded from VMFS3, the upgraded volumes inherit the VMFS3 block size. The default block size for new volumes is 1MB. The maximum file size,...
View ArticleRe: VM grew to 258GB on datastore formatted with a 1M block size
Upgraded VMFS-5 volumes inherit and maintain the VMFS-3 block size and the size limitations that go along with the VMFS-3 block sizes. Those are listed in the kb. The default block size for new VMFS-5...
View ArticleRe: VM grew to 258GB on datastore formatted with a 1M block size
Ok - I got it now. Well, I guess I am screwed. The only thing I can think to do is copy the VM to an external drive, upgrade the host and copy it back. Do you know how this file, at 258GB, can even...
View ArticleRe: VM grew to 258GB on datastore formatted with a 1M block size
As vmroyale noted: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2003813You get what you had when you do a straight upgrade. You could try using the datastore browser to download the VMDK-flat file to your workstation / USB...
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