VMware vSphere 5 Essentials does not save his config to bootbank
All, i have a problem with my VMware vSphere 5 Essentials. when i reboot after a configuration change the change is lost. i have this error message in my vsphere client: Error (1) saving state to...
View ArticleNetwork Design Checkover
Hi Everyone, It's rare I get to implement a vCenter system from scratch, and would appreciate some input regarding my general approach to the networking side. I'll omit the storage-related config,...
View Articlewindows 2012 VM's issues on ESXi5
I wanted to find out peoples experiences so far with installing windows2012 VM's on esxi5. We have esxi5 servers and want to deploy windows 2012 VM's, but I have been reading about issues with the...
View ArticleRe: windows 2012 VM's issues on ESXi5
Why do you want to use vmxnet3 ? I would prefer the E1000 or E1000E - I have seen too many cases recently where the vmxnet3 is unstable
View ArticleRe: Rescan HBA is taking long time
Thanks Nielse, I looked in to the "vmkernel.log" log and below is my finding. 1. Rescan HBA vis VIJAVA takes ~5 min. ( captured from vSphere client Taks window)....
View ArticleSNMP values disagree with HP hpacucli
Hello Enabled SNMP on ESXi5. Walking the MIB tree, i found the HP logical volumes HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrDeviceDescr.18 = STRING: LUN HP LOGICAL VOLUME 5.70...
View ArticleRe: windows 2012 VM's issues on ESXi5
The articles that I read talk about the issues of Win2012/Win8 with vmxnet3 on ESXi5.0 platforms and I haven't read or missed the issues of vmxnet3 with Win8 or Win2012 [yet] However, coming to your...
View ArticleRe: Network Design Checkover
In the end I will have 2 spare 1Gb ethernet ports. Any ideas what I could/should dedicate these toYou could use 1 for IP Storage based and the other for heartbeat in case of VC.
View ArticleRe: Rescan HBA is taking long time
Is the vmfs volume on mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L0 still readable ? I see such messages when the VMFS headers are corrupt and the volume no longer can be mounted
View ArticleRe: Network Design Checkover
Hi,As I've mentioned the storage side has been taken care of, we're using Fibre channel. The VC heartbeat, I assume it isn't just a case of dedicated a pair of NIC's to it, it's a bit more complciated...
View ArticleMax number of files in a vmdk files, in VMFS5 format
Dear All, I have read the VM document about the VMSX5 maximums, and it state "Files per volume = Approximately 130,690". Is that means if I have a VMDK file mapped to a windows file server Drive E, and...
View ArticleRe: Max number of files in a vmdk files, in VMFS5 format
The maximum of 130,690 files is about files in the VMFS datastore (.vmx, .vmdk, ...), i.e. on the host level and not about files in a guest's virtual disk.Btw. I recently migrated a Windows system with...
View ArticleRe: Max number of files in a vmdk files, in VMFS5 format
Dear Andre, I hope your answer is true. Are you using a single datastore for the 29 million files in the NTFS file system? I am migrating smaller number of files each time now. And hope I can complete...
View ArticleRe: Max number of files in a vmdk files, in VMFS5 format
What you create a virtual machine, it consists of a couple of files like the virtual disk files. In ESXi each virtual disk consists of 2 files, the descriptor .vmdk file and the data.vmdk file (you...
View ArticleCPU Scheduling on ESX
Hi All, Just had some confusion over how the CPU scheduling is done in VMware. For example, An ESX host is having 4 CPU's with 16 Cores/CPU which means 64 total cores on one server. Does this mean, 64...
View ArticleRe: Network Design Checkover
As I've mentioned the storage side has been taken care of, we're using Fibre channel.Okie then... The VC heartbeat, I assume it isn't just a case of dedicated a pair of NIC's to it, it's a bit more...
View ArticleRe: 5.1 - VMware Tools from Patch ESXi510-201212402-BG not detecting as needed
I must admit, it is strange behaviour. You would have thought a scan would reveal this. As you know your environment better than me, maybe there is a pointer in this article -...
View ArticleRe: CPU Scheduling on ESX
No the limit is not based on what's physically available. You can overprovision CPUs/cores, i.e. provision more vCPUs than available logical CPUs (cores, HyperThreading), but you need to take care you...
View ArticleSymantec Backup Exec 2010 Backup Failed to Restore to ESXi5
Hi Support, Recently I have just performed an image backup (.vmdk) from VM server to Symantec Backup Exec 2010.The backup was successful. I tried to perform a restore of the image back to the VM, but...
View ArticleRe: CPU Scheduling on ESX
now a days in one physical cpu normally there will be 6 or 8 or 10 pysical cores... and when you enable intel HT...there will be 6 or 8 or 10 virtual cores... in esxi..we need to look for the total...
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