Re: ESXi performance as home media server(streaming)
I'd expect that even virtualized the new server will outperform the old. Anytime I hear about the "virtualization penalty", it's in the single-digit percentage points. You're more than doubling CPU...
View ArticlevCenter for ESXi 5.0
Hi. Not sure if this is the correct place for this question, but... vCenter Server: Whether as a physical install or as a virtual install... If vUM is installed on a separate (or even the same)...
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I am not sure what the concern is here but even if the vCenter Server reboots, the Hosts and VMs will continue to function as normal. Only your management will be temporarily unavailable until it comes...
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also, VUM is not used for patch managment of vCenter, only your ESXi Hosts.
View ArticleRe: ESXi performance as home media server(streaming)
Thank you for your answer AKostur. I didn't think I'd get a reply that long, from my fuzzy question. Since my "accusations" against virtualization were only based on my own guessing, I'm pretty easy to...
View ArticleRe: vCenter for ESXi 5.0
Basically, I'm looking at the VMware Hardening Guide where it reads: Although you can install both Update Manager and vCenter Server on VMs and place them on the same ESXi host, you should not...
View ArticleRe: Issue with p2v - An error occured during the conversion:
Hi, I am currently running this on a remote host. I can try running it on the server in question potentially. If its firewall do you know what ports need to be allowed for this?
View ArticleRe: vCenter for ESXi 5.0
Troy, I'm pretty much referring to the vCenter VM when referring to vUM updating vCenter. With 5.x, I'm assuming that "Protector" does the OS for either the physical and/or virtual guest OS for...
View ArticleRe: vCenter for ESXi 5.0
vCenter Protect can handle patch management of your templates and Windows based guests, which could include vCenter if hosted on a Windows OS. As for VUM and vCenter on the same OS, we do that and...
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Re: Poor CPU performance of virtual machine
Hello Gregthanks for the suggestions.I think I explained it wrong. There are two sockets on the board. Each with a XEOn and 2 cores. So overall 4 logic CPUsIf I change the CPU count Is there any...
View ArticleRe: Issue with p2v - An error occured during the conversion:
Try entering the machine's IP instead of it's DNS hostname when performing the P2V and see if that makes any difference. We've encountered issues sometimes with P2V that were worked around using the...
View ArticleFree white space ESXi 5.1
Good morning, I recently upgraded to version 5.1 in the hopes of being able to clear white space. This does not seem possible.... My SAN System doesn't suppor the ability to UNMAP. From what I've...
View ArticleRe: CIM not working properly,failed to connect
Are you running ESXi 5.0 or ESXi 5.1? Which specific HP package did you install on your host? hp-smx-provider? Finally, which namespace is being used/assumed? HP WBEM provider's namespace is root/hpq.
View ArticleRe: CIM not working properly,failed to connect
Aaron, ESXi 5.1 with the hp-esxi5.0uX-bundle-1.3.5-3 Vriendelijke groeten | Sincères salutations | Kind regards Steven BattailleSystem Engineere-mail:...
View ArticleRe: CIM not working properly,failed to connect
Not sure if you spotted my last question from the post above: Which namespace is being used/assumed? HP WBEM provider's namespace is root/hpq.
View ArticleRe: vCenter for ESXi 5.0
I understand your concerns now. With regards to updating VUM on a VM, with VUM 5.x you can only upgrade the VM Tools and VM Hardware. You could pretty much do this manually, outside of VUM. The...
View ArticleRe: Free white space ESXi 5.1
My understanding is that you should be able to do this using "SE sparse disks". Please see this doc for further information :-...
View ArticleRe: Poor CPU performance of virtual machine
It seems as though your processor does not have hyperthreading. As per Intel's specifications http://ark.intel.com/products/37092/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5502-4M-Cache-1_86-GHz-4_80-GTs-Intel-QPI Having...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 + HP Management HomePage
The offline bundles for ESXi 5.x are available at: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/software/vmware-esxi/offline_bundle.html
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