Re: Ballooning Memory
I love the documentation center for this type of stuff: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.resmgmt.doc%2FGUID-5B45CEFA-6CC6-49F4-A3C7-776AAA22C2A2.html
View ArticleUCS iSCSI Boot related question- use iscsibootvSwitch for Datastores as well?
VMware - ESXi 5.0H/W - Cisco UCS BladesStg - NetApp (iSCSI) I just got iscsi Boot working for our ESXi hosts (running on Cisco UCS Blades). It works great but I have a "best practice" question now. I...
View ArticleRe: Good candidates for resource pools?
Yeah, I'd leave the settings on the Resources tab on the VMs at their default. I think what you are doing now is fine.
View ArticleRe: Monitor Raid Status in vSphere Client
Here is a download for the Adaptec CIM provider. It lists your card as compatible. http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/speed/raid/storage_manager/cim_vmware_v7_30_18837_zip.htm
View ArticleRe: Unable to retireve DHCP based IP as guest on ESXi 5.1
The VM without getting DHCP was a converted machine? Have you checked the DHCP server if anything looks strange? Perhaps a reservation to the old MAC address / machine name?
View Article"No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to install...
Hello all!I am trying to install Dell's OpenManage Server Administrator using ESXCLI. I have downloaded the "OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-542907.VIB-ESX50i_A02.zip" file and copied it to an iscsi...
View ArticleRe: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
Hello and welcome to the communities. Try the following command:esxcli software vib install --depot=/vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE/VIBS/OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-542907.VIB-ESX50i_A02.zip
View ArticleRe: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
Thank you for the warm welcome! I entered the command exactly as you suggested, and i got "Must specify a server name" so I then entered:esxcli --server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -h yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy software vib...
View ArticleRe: Trouble with presenting replicated LUNs in ESXi 5.0
Each cluster is managed by a seperate VCenter server.
View ArticleRe: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
Leave vCenter out of it and try this:esxcli --server <ESXi HOST> software vib install --depot=/vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE/VIBS/OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-542907.VIB-ESX50i_A02.zip
View ArticleRe: Need help with QLE220 HBAs urgently
Hi, thank you again for a great answer. Everything you suggested worked just as you said and it did unpack and repack correctly i.e. i got the file.Once rebooted the system went into a purple screen...
View ArticleRe: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
ran command esxcli --server yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy software vib install --depot=/vmfs/volumes/DATASTORE/VIBS/OM-SrvAdmin-Dell-Web-6.5.0-542907.VIB-ESX50i_A02.zip and i got a Connect to yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy failed...
View ArticleRe: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
Is there anything "hardened" about your ESXi install? Can you gain local ESXi Shell access and try to run the esxcli command locally?
View ArticleRe: How to do delete RDM (physical mode) mapping file via ESXCLI
Hi, I know this thread is a little old now but after reading it you could have used the config.vpxd.filter.rdmFilter in vCentre in order to overide the detault behaviour which is to hide already mapped...
View ArticleRe: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
its running ESXi 5.0U1, lockdown mode is disabled. how can i gain access to the shell?
View ArticleRe: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
You can enable SSH and access it that way, or just get on the local console of the ESXi host and enable the ESXi Shell in the Troubleshooting section of the DCUI. F2 will get you into the DCUI, then...
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Re: PSOD on "Reset" of Windows VM
OK. I will try that. KB is down . So I found it herehttps://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/OFFLINE/release-368-20121217-718319/ESXi510-201212001.zip Is this the file?
View ArticleRe: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
Just realized that that VIB you have is pretty old. If you are running ESXi 5.1, try the latest version:http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/555/DriverDetails?driverId=MMPDK If you are using a...
View ArticleRe: "No VIBs specified with -n/--vibname or -v/--viburl." when trying to...
I tried it directly on the console and I got a rather long winded error, it said it could not find index.xml, i looked in the zip and it is there. perhaps i need to re-download the package?
View ArticleRe: Need help with QLE220 HBAs urgently
Another thing! Once the purple screen hits, if I list the vmkernel log, it stops right after loading scsi_qla.v01 (the file that we replaced) and states that: WARNING: VisorFSTar: 968 : Missing...
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