Problem to add host VCENTER
Hi guys. I have worked with VCENTER 5.1 with ESxi 4.1 and ESXi5.1 a two week ago I have started migration hosts from old VCENTER to new VCENTER 5.1, when start process add host the process fail...
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The licenses that are there for 4.x will not work with 5.x. You will first need to upgrade the licenses to newer version by logging into your MyVMware portal.There is a KB Article which explains the...
View ArticleRe: Reclaim unused space on thin provisioned disk?
I am not able to punch zeros on a vmdk that is residing on a NFS datastore. Punching zeros on vmdks on ISCSI and direct attached datastores work fine though. Can anybody confirm that this is normal...
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Dear Abhilash, On old VCENTER first I disconnect the host and removed the host from old VCENTER. It process is enough to uninstall vcenter agent but something is wrong, why every time I try add host...
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You can manually uninstall the vxpa agent by following this KBVMware KB: Reinstalling the vpxa or aam agent without losing the host record from the vCenter Server database That should solve your issue.
View ArticleRe: Datastore missing after power failure ESXi 4.1
Hard to say what happened. It looks like parts of the LUN were overwritten!? If the LUN contains important data which you don't have a current backup for, I'd strongly recommend not to try anything by...
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High VM CPU Usage when low host CPU usage
Hello, Every once in a while my VMs will go off the deep in and use a ton of CPU usage, when I log in and review the alert, I see there's plenty of extra CPU usage available on the host. What causes...
View ArticleFeature vsmp not licensed
I just built a CentOS VM with 8 virtual CPUs on an HP DL380p Gen 8 running the free ESXi 4.1.0. When attempting to start the VM I get "there are insufficient licenses to perform this operation; feature...
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Either that or upgrade to vSphere Hypervisor 5.5. It is also free and do not have that limit.
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Remember a vCPU can only run on a single LCPU (Core ot Hyperthread) at a time - the simplest case a single vCPU VM on your ESXi host and it is using an entire core even though there are 7 available...
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Would adding a core to the VM alleviate this trouble? We've done that in the past and it hasn't helped.
View ArticleRe: High VM CPU Usage when low host CPU usage
As long as the application is multi threaded than it should help but be warned I have seen poorly designed apps that even ,ultithreaded will consume CPU cycles but with no impact on the VM
View ArticleRe: Reclaim unused space on thin provisioned disk?
Hi, As for NFS datastores the story is a little bit different. Please look at the KB1005418, VMware KB: Using thin provisioned disks with virtual machines: With NFS datastores, the provisioned disk...
View ArticleHPSIM 7.3 discovers host as VMware ESXi Alternate Boot Bank
I have 12 of the same Esxi 4.1 update 3 servers all at the same build. This is the only server that is not working correctly with HPSIM. I built a brand new SIM server, and this server works in the...
View ArticleRe: VMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
Hello all, I have currently a ATI 7870 in passtrough to a Win7 x64. All nice and well, RAM utilization is steady at around 3.8 to 4 Gb. Objective is to be able to run some apps and games who will not...
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any particular reason you're not using RDP (or similar) to manage the W7?
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I use RDP to manage the OS in general. But RDP can't do DirectX or OpenGL unless you do RemoteFX which is a complete other story i have already tested. Unfortunately it is still early for RemoteFX and...
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Well there are some options that you could try: - Use a VNC like application which should allow DX and OpenGL - Passthrough a USB controller and and manage it locally (ie hook up a keyboard , mouse,...
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ah, I misunderstood your problem. get a KVM switch (probably an old version which does VGA and PS/2 switching through actually switching wires is better. This is what I use. I'd have to test the usb...
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