Re: ESXi Crash - No PSOD
Hi, can you provide the output of esxcfg-scsidevs -a and cat /var/log/vmkernel | grep -i "Cannot allocate memory" just to rule out the suspects?
View ArticlevCenter Object & DataStore Browser - Question.
Hi. Thanks for viewing. I don't currently have access to a vCenter system as the "sandbox" lab is being upgraded and won't be complete until next week. The Object and DataStore Browsers: Are they...
View ArticleRe: vSphere fails to connect to ESXi 5 Server
Please double-check that the IP Configuration of your ESXi Server is correct :- 1. Static IP Address.2. Correct Subnet Mask.3. Correct Default Gateway.4. Correct DNS Servers.5. Check DNS record is...
View ArticleRe: ESXi Crash - No PSOD
Please see the outplut below: ~ # esxcfg-scsidevs -avmhba0 ata_piix link-n/a ide.vmhba0 (0:0 :31.1) Intel...
View Articlebooks for learning ESXi
Hello, I don't know if this has been asked recently but does anyone have any good recomendations for books to learn ESXi? Thanks in advance.
View ArticleRe: ESXi Management not working Cisco LAG
Hi Stephen,Were you able to get LAG working? I am using the SG200-26 switches from Cisco and I had the exact same problem when the second vmnic was being added by the installer. It would lose...
View ArticleRe: vCenter Object & DataStore Browser - Question.
If vCenter is not operational, you can connect to the ESXi servers directly using the vSphere Client and Root credentials and access the datastores visible to each host.
View ArticleRe: books for learning ESXi
There are a few books out there. Some good books are the ones from Sybex "vSphere 5 Study Guide" (http://vmw.li/x) and Scott Lowe's "Mastering VMware vSpehre 5" (http://vmw.li/2r). A more advanced book...
View ArticleRe: books for learning ESXi
Hello and welcome to the communities. Scott Lowe's Mastering VMware vSphere 5 is a great place to start. The VMware product documentation is also very very good.
View ArticleRe: books for learning ESXi
There are plenty of online resources which are much better, e.g. :- http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrreg/index.cfm?ui=www&redirect=off From there you have several links to get the free training you want.
View ArticleRe: books for learning ESXi
Seconding the recommendations for Scott Lowe's "Mastering vSphere 5" book as well as the VMware PDFs. One that hasn't been mentioned yet is the vSphere 5.1 Clustering Deepdive by Duncan Epping and...
View ArticleESXi 5.0.0-768111 PSOD crash
Hello all, I have ESXi 5.0.0-768111 with HP offline bundle installed on a HP ProLiant DL360 G7 that crashes with PSOD every now and then; I attached the error I get, hope it is readable. Unfortunately...
View ArticleRe: CPU Ready Time
So I applied the patch that lakey81 mentioned, but it didnt fix the problem. After I applied the patch I had 8 VMs running on a host and RDY was fine. I vMotioned 4 VMs off of the host and then back...
View ArticleRe: Import of OVF/OVA Fails
Lennie,If I open the OVF using notepad to edit the line you mentioned and save, I get an error that it failed integrity check. Is there an XML editor I can use to edit this so it doesn't fail integrity...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.0.0-768111 PSOD crash
Exception 14 is a memory page fault. You will have to do some troubleshooting like Run Hardware Diagnostics on memory first, Re-seat Memory modules and/or remove one at a time. For more information see...
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Re: Import of OVF/OVA Fails
Hello! The last post was just informational, you were not supposed to manually edit the ovf file!! I explain myself better: Export your VMs from Citrix, you should have an .ovf and one or more .vhd...
View ArticleKeeping Logs when migrating ESX hosts to new Boot LUNs
We are doing a storage array refresh. We want to keep the vCenter and vCOps log files and not lose them. I am not sure the solution to attain that piece. 1. Back-end storage LUN to LUN copy Pros...
View ArticleRe: CPU Ready Time
CPU shares are equal as well? Youre high %cstp value points to a scheduling issue. Can you migrate the 3 noisy machines away (14,15,16) and move them one by one back to host. Monitor how the CPU...
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Shares are identical on all VMs. I have a support call with VMware. They are supposed to call me back within 4 hours. I want them to see what is going on before I vMotion anything else.
View ArticleRe: Keeping Logs when migrating ESX hosts to new Boot LUNs
This should be moved to the ESXi community.
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