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Re: Undo Virtual Disk Expansion
It is always better to be certain that you need an additional space for your disk before expanding it's size. Unless you don't really care and you think you need it in the future.
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Re: Test disk performance - is this a valid test?
Agreed. For disk performance test, reaching the 112 MBytes/sec will definitely good enough.
View ArticleRe: ESXi 4.1 - how to apply Broadcom driver update??
Just for information, I put the Host in Maintenance mode, used CLI from another PC (W2003) to upload the 'new driver', restart the host and using the command 'ethtool -i vmnic0' I saw that the update...
View ArticleAccidentally changed IP address, cannot log in now
I'm using vSphere ESXi 4.0. I logged in to my host server through vSphere client. Then on the vSphere client interface, I went to "Configuration" tab -> "Networking" link under Hardware, ->...
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- If DNS is configured, then try connecting with FQDN of ESXi- if HP or Dell hardware, then try connecting via iLO or DRAC if Configured.- See if the New or Old IP Pingable, if so try connecting via...
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Pinging both old and new IP returns "Request Timed Out" error. What does it mean by "DNS Configured"? The host is running on Dell R905, generation 10 Hardware. I'm not familiar with iLO or DRAC... are...
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With iLO (for HP) and DRAC (for Dell) you can access the host remotely. It's usually a separate network adapter on the host and - once configured (and licensed) - you can manage the host as if you...
View ArticleRe: How to increase ptys in ESXi host.
Thanks weinstein5 & john23, I am not trying to connect the serial port on my ESXi host, but the VM's before VM starts. I found a better way to resolve this problem, that's "if I can run socat on...
View ArticleRe: Accidentally changed IP address, cannot log in now
Thanks all for the information. Looks like my server doesn't have DRAC. Have to configure it at the physical server.
View ArticleRe: vSphere console error (not fully visible)
nobdoy even has this problem??? stills keeps annoying me a lot, because i switch a lot between virtual machines!
View ArticleRe: How to increase ptys in ESXi host.
The serial port of a VM does not exist until the VM starts and it is not possible to migrate a Linux program to ESXi without seriously compromising the stability or security of the ESXi host -
View ArticleRe: vSphere console error (not fully visible)
yes on all machines vmware tools is installed. but don't think this has anything to do with it. As when i right click the vmware and choose "Open Console" it always go correctly. so to me it seems as...
View ArticleRe: vSphere console error (not fully visible)
What is the resolution set inside the VM? Also what is the Video Ram set for the VM? I dont this this is a client issue or may be. All the VMs are affected ?
View ArticleRe: vSphere console error (not fully visible)
Install esxi 4.0 and 4.1 latest updates and later upgrade vmware tools and see the result, other way is to install updated video driver and set correct resolution and see the result.
View Articlea host selectiopn
Maybe this is a dummy question : I tried to migrated linux VM from one stand alone host to a clustered host. It is telling me there is no space on one of iscsi drive --4.7 GB left Is it supposed to be...
View ArticleRe: a host selectiopn
Hi , To Explain it better, when you to do a vMotion of the VM it does not move the vmdk's or hard disks - it Just copies the memory contents to the new host and does not take the storage space into...
View ArticleVMs and Templates - Unable to move VM into Folder "The operation is not...
Hey everyone, We are currently running vSphere 4.0. For the entire time that we've been using vSphere, we've been using vApps and Resource Pools in Hosts and Clusters to organize and manage the VMs...
View ArticleRe: VMs and Templates - Unable to move VM into Folder "The operation is not...
Hi,when your trying to move the VM's to the folder are they still a part of the Vapp..? I am just guessing that might be the problem.Try moving one VM from the Vapp and then move it to the folder. and...
View ArticleRe: VMs and Templates - Unable to move VM into Folder "The operation is not...
Avinash21, Thanks for the tip. Moving the VMs from the vApp resolved the issue. When I moved them to the root of the host, I was able to move them under a user's folder. Thanks again,Johnathan
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