Setting up automated shutdown using APC Smart UPS
Hi, I'm currently using a Smart UPS 1000 rack mount and my system i'm running a VMWARE ESXi 4.1 with 2 OS inside. 1. Windows 2008 32-bit2. Centos 4/5 32-bit How would you deploy the automated...
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Hello,check this: How to configure ESXi to shutdown using an APC SmartUPS (with lamw scripts) It should be helpful. Best regards,Pablo
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diminuer un datastore
Bonjour,J'ai par erreur augmenter un datastore avec un vdisk créé pour un autre datastore.Malheureusement avec vsphere client, il n'est pas possible de diminuer le datastore.Comment puis-je...
View ArticleRe: VMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
I was able to pass through my Radeon 4560 to a Windows 32 x86 VM on ESX 5.5 mostly with success. Hardware acceleration seemed to be working, but I couldn't get any media center stuff to play. There...
View ArticleWhy is thin provisioned vm no smaller than thick?
I created a thin provisioned vm (version 10), independent disks, persistent, with a disk size of 100GB. I installed SLES11 SP3 x86_64 in this vm. OS, patches, and software takes up approx 6GB of...
View ArticleRe: Why is thin provisioned vm no smaller than thick?
If you browse the datastore through the GUI and check the .vmdk file it should have "Size" and "Provisioned Size" listed. I suspect the 105GB is the provisioned size. You can also check if it has...
View ArticleRe: Why is thin provisioned vm no smaller than thick?
A thin provisioned vmdk with a nominal size of 100 gb cant get as large as 105 Gb. To find out if you really have a thin provisioned vmdk check if the ddb.thinProvisioned = "1" line is there.Also check...
View ArticleRe: Merging VMDKs from different Datastores
Hiplease use full filenames - we cant know wether file.delta1.vmdk is a vmdk of its own or if you just truncated the filename. Expected would be that you...
View ArticleRe: Which 10GB card to use with ESXi
Chris Wahl wrote: Not sure there is a right answer here, but I use QLogic QLE3242 cards and have not had any issues with them. They are certified for 4.1u1. Chris, are you still using the QLE3242...
View ArticleRe: Why is thin provisioned vm no smaller than thick?
Thanks Gav0. Yes, the datastore gui shows that used space is 15GB and provisioned space is 100GB. But through some combination of vmware Client and vmware Web Client, I was exporting the actual...
View Articlequestion about networking
hi, I want to create a network and want that VM should not talk with anyone outside but they can talk with each other.in my first step i was thinking to create a new vswtich without an uplink. if i...
View ArticleRe: Which 10GB card to use with ESXi
Arr this old thread..I have a few comments here..We struggled for about 6 months with the qLogic cards until with assistance from HP and qLogic we removed then carefully placing them in the bin (yep)...
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Assuming the VMs are configured in the same subnet, there's nothing you need to to except for what you mentioned. Create a new vSwitch and connect the VMs to it. André
View ArticleRe: question about networking
If you create a vSwitch without uplink, it will perfectly serve your purpose. You need to have all the machines in the same subnet as Andre mentioned. And this will not impact your production as its a...
View ArticleRe: Why is thin provisioned vm no smaller than thick?
Thin provisioning is a file system feature, where previously unused data blocks are only represented by a pointer and return zeroes when read. When you download this thin provisioned virtual disk, all...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 Snapshot commit operations takes randomly a long time
Hi guys, i have a weird issue here. Scenario: ESXi 4.1 build 800380.Windows 2003 R2 ServerNFS datastores on a RAID10 EMC VNXe array I take a Veeam backup of a DB machine every 30 minutes. Once a day,...
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is this only a recent issue or something that has always been present. As you are using an I/O sensitive application within the vm. may be something to do with a fix in 4.1 P7...
View ArticleRe: Which 10GB card to use with ESXi
Well its been a week now and the firmware update from 4.9 to 4.16.34 so far appears to be working. Is the Emulex OCe14102-NX a good card? Hopefully these QLE3242 cards hold out with the new firmware...
View ArticleRe: VMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
i would like to report my success and failures. i got the following to work with xbmcbuntu, asrock 970 extreme4amd 832016 gb memoryesxi 5.5hp p410 (had to set the system to boot uefi)xfx 6670 1 gb for...
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