Re: ESXi 4.0 Server Crashed
If with the mentioned partition settings the datastore showed up, these settings at least seem to be correct regarding the VMFS datastore itself. I can't tell you however what went wrong with the files...
View ArticleRe: ESXi VM's very slow file transfer to 100Mb clients on Cisco 2960 switches
Have you found was causing the slow down? We have recently installed 2 2960S switches and are experiencing slow 100Mb connections. If you connect at 1GB it is fine. If you force a 1gb NIC at 100mb...
View ArticleRe: ESXi + User-Space NFS = write but no read?
FYI, there is a kernel level NFS app that can be used for Drobo over the UNFSd app. I tested it as I had the same issue on my Drobo 800FS using UNFS, but it is now gone using the kernel level one. You...
View ArticleVMware ESXi Host High CPU Utilization
I've been noticing a spike in both RAM/CPU on one ESXi Host in particularly lately. What can be done to an ESXi Host to target what is causing this?
View ArticleRe: VMware ESXi Host High CPU Utilization
use esxtop to find the utilization. ESXTOP - Yellow Bricks
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im confused at the syntax, when i enter esxtop i get a non-stop screen of information. I am thinking to commit something along the lines of esxtop -c -m -p -e -l, would this be correct? But at what...
View ArticleRe: VMware ESXi Host High CPU Utilization
To run esxtop in batch mode and save the output file for feature analysis use the command as in in below syntax esxtop -b -d 10 -n 5 >/tmp/esxtstats.csv-d Switch is used for the number of seconds...
View ArticleStrange Issue: Can't deploy new VM unless I select a different name
Ok, two days, two different hosts (ESXi 4.1 u2), two different administrators trying to create a virtual machine. They provision the VM with no problems, point it to a kickstart server to load it with...
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Re: Strange Issue: Can't deploy new VM unless I select a different name
Um... easy button = "services.sh restart" in this instance
View ArticleRe: ESXi VM's very slow file transfer to 100Mb clients on Cisco 2960 switches
I'm sorry to say no, we didn't find the cause. We ended up just buying a load of 1Gb Intel NICs to avoid the problem. With hindsight I should have spent a lot more time looking at the vSwitch and...
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Re: swap file lun
I have the same question in mind that is it possible swap file in dedicated lun.Regards,Milton
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Re: Broadcast traffic from unknow mac address on ESX host
To trace the traffic where come from you have to use a third party tool. You can install wireshark then you can find out the traffic source and destination mac address and IP address. Try this may...
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Re: Host automatically restarting
Hi,Here is a thread relating this, It may help...http://communities.vmware.com/thread/173627Regards,Milton
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Re: Treshhold limit for read/write.
Please have a look, its may help.. http://www.yellow-bricks.com/esxtop/#esxtop-thresholds Orthohin
View ArticleCan't install vmware tools inside Centos 6.4 due to headers missed
Hi Guys, I have VMWare ESX410-Update02 on my server, trying to install VMWare tools on fresh Centos 6.4 minimal install. Getting this:What is the location of the directory of C header files that match...
View ArticleGrowing local datastore from command line
I've run into an issue where I need to increase the size of a datastore, but I do not see the Extent Device when trying to do so. A few KB articles have lead me to believe that this is an issue when...
View ArticleHow to increase ptys in ESXi host.
Hi All, With ESXi 4.1, I found that I can only open 8 ssh connections at the same time, when I try to open the 9th, there will be error "connection refused,can not allocate ptys", and I found there...
View ArticleRe: what do assert and deassert mean in regards to current state of hardware...
Hi TBone99 The "Deassert" state on the Disk Drive Bay 3 ROMB Battery 0: Failed means that battery for this particular sensor has not failed since the last power cycle.The "Assert" state on the Disk...
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