Re: Installing a Second Hard Drive into the Host
Hi Dave, Thanks for the quick response, that worked a treat. Gary
View ArticleRe: Cannot add VMFS datastore to ESXi host
Hey RoscoT, Try the following command #esxcfg-volume -l This ought to show the volume To persistently mount the volume, use esxcfg-volume -M followed by either the UUID or the name of the volume Regardsa
View Articleis there a syslog server appliance for ESXi5.0 host
HI experts Please help is there a syslog server appliance for ESXi5.0 host????????
View ArticleRe: Installing a Second Hard Drive into the Host
Hi a_nut_in, Thanks for quick reponse and the link to the KB article. Your first point worked great. Gary
View ArticlevCenter dumb questions for a kind of noob. Please help.
Hello everyone, I am a network engineer and have used vmware workstation since the GSX days but not a lot of hands on with ESX(i). I just started a new job and now I have to manage a ESXi 5.0 install...
View ArticleRe: is there a syslog server appliance for ESXi5.0 host
Hey Anupreet01, There are various options for configuring syslog for ESXi 5.0 You can use local syslog, remote syslog collector, Vima etc Check out the link below as this should help...
View ArticleRe: is there a syslog server appliance for ESXi5.0 host
With vSphere 5 the logger is part of vCenter now. http://www.boche.net/blog/index.php/2011/07/23/configure-a-vcenter-5-0-integrated-syslog-server/ vi-logger which was part of vMA 4.x is no longer in...
View ArticleRe: vCenter dumb questions for a kind of noob. Please help.
Hey SixThree, The VC being on the single host means you cannot use Update Manager to update the host. But then you can always update the Virtual Center and the ESXi host manually using the ESXi ISO...
View ArticleRe: is there a syslog server appliance for ESXi5.0 host
Hey how about thishttp://kb.vmware.com/kb/2003322
View ArticleRe: is there a syslog server appliance for ESXi5.0 host
The earlier lisk shared across has these options and a few more you can try out as well
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working
Wow I just read though the thread about making the USB NIC driver. That really shapped up fast. What USB NIC are you using. I only saw the chipset mentioned. How do you add the driver to ESXi? Sorry I...
View ArticleRe: Loading ESXi installer issue " Relocating modules and starting up the...
Hi Joe, I never managed to sort this problem, so I gave up in the end. If you manage to get some help and figure it out I would love to hear how you resolved it. I was going to install windows server...
View ArticleRe: vSphere problem whit USB.
The USB device must be connected to the ESX/ESXi host on which the virtual machine is running. Did you connect the USB drives to ESX hosts or local system?
View ArticleRe: Cluster Networking Issues
Hi all - great to see some activity on this post as the issue from our point of view is still very much unresolved.Without tempting fate we've not had a re-occurance since the last outage which has to...
View ArticleProcessor features for best performance
I learned about the benefits of extended page tables recently, and would like to know other specific features to look for in a processor to improve virtualization. I had a support ticket open with...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working
Technically, as long as it's this chipset the driver should work. Lots of vendor's slap their name over top of someone else's hardware. I got mine from NewEgg for $20, but now they're $32. Still alot...
View ArticleRe: Unable to connect to the MKS: Failed to connect to server
Here is a more clear answer: it is recommend to always use FQDN for all server names including your vSphere client connection to your vCenter server and the vCenter server connection to each ESX(i)...
View ArticleNetwork Performance
Hi Guys and Girls, I've not had much experience with dealing in virtual environments so I was wondering what is your network performance like i.e. Mbps and what is your hardware? I've been using a...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working
Is anyone interested in trying to get the Dobo 5d / Drobo Mini boxes to be used as Thunderbolt RAID devices to host ESXi datastores? These provide the best bang (bandwidth) for the buck and are cheaper...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.x on new Apple Mac Mini 6,2 Late 2012 *NOT* working
Aren't those drobo's just hard drive enclosures? If it's thunderbolt attached then there's no need for a driver since it's just an extension of the exsisiting PCie bus, however what you may need a...
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