Is it a way to combine multiple ESXi hosts local datastore into a single...
I have 5 servers which have ESXi 4.1 installed on each of them.Each of them has a 1TB datastore attached to it. Is there any way to merge or combine all the datastores to get a 5TB datastore which I...
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Hi there is indeed a way. Soon there will be two. At the moment you have to use the vSphere Storage Appliance. For more infos please take a look at this page: VMware vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) for...
View ArticleRe: esxi4.1 fail ! loose the 3ware 9650se card and the datastore on it
If I am right, you are unable to get the datastore because, the vmkernel IP is not available. i have read somewhere in the docs or talks, without the vmkernel IP, the datastore will not get mounted...
View ArticleRe: Installing iLO on a VM
ESXi but I can't really give this person access to the whole ESX environment so I'd be looking for another way if possible.You can restrict the user access only to the VM operations by setting the...
View ArticleRe: Is it a way to combine multiple ESXi hosts local datastore into a single...
VSAN would be your best choice.
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Is it possible with this just to grant user access to 1 machine while denying access to the rest or will you be giving access to all VMs.
View ArticleRe: Change datastore - insufficient disk space on datastore
Hi, I have resolve the problem. I removed VM from inventory, copy all files from one datastore to other datastore, add VM back to inventory in turn the VM on. Thanks for help. Regards, Alan
View ArticleHow to format or recreate existing VM ISCSI store ?
Hi, I have problems with my store. This store is connected via ISCSI. I found out, that I have to format or recreate store. My plan is to add another ISCSI store, copy all the VM on this store,...
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This virtual machine failed to become vSphere HA Protected and HA may not...
Hello We are getting this error for only one guest i a 4 node HA cluster: This virtual machine failed to become vSphere HA Protected and HA may not attempt to restart it after a failure. The 4 host...
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Hi,What is the specifications of the VM? as you probably know it "should" point to lack of resouresFrom:...
View ArticleRe: How to format or recreate existing VM ISCSI store ?
If you are licensed for it you can storage vMotion the VMs- this will allow you to perform this with no downtime. The other option will require shutting down each VM and Cold migrating the VMs which...
View ArticleRe: This virtual machine failed to become vSphere HA Protected and HA may not...
Hello, and thanks for the replay. I also found that KB, but as I stated it is not a lack of resources.
View ArticleUnable to Locate Vmware Folder in the path : /etc/opt/vmware
This might be an lame question, however I need to make a change to the vpxa.cfg file, and I cannot find the VMWARE folder for the path: /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg I am accessing the console remotely...
View ArticleLocating a VM without vCenter?
We are running ESXi 4.1 with vCenter 4.1. Both our vCenter server and its SQL backend are located on VMs. Recently, our SQL server went down rendering vCenter useless. I got everything back up...
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if you are looking for a particular VM, you can use a PowerCLI script like below $hostlist = "esxihost1" , "esxihost2", "esihost3" $hostlist = Read-Host "Enter the name of the VM:" $vcList | %{...
View ArticleRe: "No bootable device" after successful ESXi 5 installation on Intel DG35EC...
Hello and good morning. I have Intel DP35DP with updated bios. I tried using formatwithmbr on a flash drive but no success. It Purple Screens. I also tried it on a Sata Drive but the same results. I am...
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Re: Cannot install VMware ESXi 4.1 "Unable to find the system image to install"
I just tried this with the DP35DP and USB boot does not work. Install to SATA HD does.I am running must current Intel Bios. Any idea what's going on here? Might there be an update in the works??
View ArticleRe: "No bootable device" after successful ESXi 5 installation on Intel DG35EC...
There could be multiple things ,the first thing i will recommend you to do is to clean your hard drive with g parted live iso ,clean every thing you can see & delete all the unknown partitions you...
View ArticleRe: "No bootable device" after successful ESXi 5 installation on Intel DG35EC...
Update: I got Esxi 4.0 Update 4 installed and running on DP35DP (off SATA HD not, USB). It seems to be working, loading and I can connect to it. The installer boot option formatwithmbr Purplescreen of...
View ArticleRe: Installing iLO on a VM
No, I dont think you can restrict an users access to one particular virtual machine. the user privileges are not so defined. However, you can provide the user the remote control access like vmware-vmrc...
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