Host Connection Failure: VMs, Datastores Inaccessible (greyed Out)
Hello Everybody, I have 1 ESXi 5.1 host which is throwing Alarm: Host Connection Failure. Al SNMP Trap for entity was sent. I have 10 ESXi 5.1 servers all amanged by 1 VCenter 5.1 server.8 ESXi Servers...
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are you able to see the nfs datastores in the ssh shell or esxi shellbrowse to /vmfs/ folder and look at there also check the nfs settings and vswitch configuration.... teaming policy etc.... also...
View ArticleRe: 40GB Infiniband for backend SAN to ESXi 5.1 Blades
Hi Chris,Infiniband sounds good and AFAIK is fully supported on vsp51 but why windows server on backend instead of something like ZFS ?
View ArticleRe: IP Address for ESXi Hosts are incorrect in Unisphere Manager ?
While the main reason for this behavior is not quite clear yet, I can suggest a small workaround to bind the vmkX to only vmotion so that other vmk is not used. In ESX-configuration-software advanced...
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Re: Host Connection Failure: VMs, Datastores Inaccessible (greyed Out)
Is by any chance, the greyout datastores are a part of Storage data cluster which the concerned ESX is not a part of
View ArticleRe: Host Connection Failure: VMs, Datastores Inaccessible (greyed Out)
First of All thank you for your replies. I erally appreciate it. Tried the steps asked by Gkeerthy. Below are the results: Vswitch settings, NIC Teaming is all OK.vmkping to vmkernel gateway -...
View ArticleRe: How to reserve part of memory from RAM [ ESXi]
aminf13 wrote: I'm not sure how to explain this, but we have a two socket motherboard and we're trying to force ESX to use only the memory on one of the sockets and not the other one I have to ask; why?
View ArticleInstalling custom VIB on VM
Hi,I am trying to create VIB file for my application and having a lot of trouble:The main problem is that the size of my VIB is too large to fit into the bootbank.Is there a way to resize the bootbank...
View ArticleRe: License Question 4.x to 5.x
License keys for 4.x can not be applied for 5.x , You have to upgrade the lincese from myvmware portal and use the newly generated licesne keys for 5.x Suggest to check with VMware Licensing departments
View ArticleRe: License Question 4.x to 5.x
Keys from 4.x won't work on 5.x.If you have an active Support/Subscription contract, you can simply upgrade your vSphere 4 licenses to vSphere 5 licenses in MyVMware, see:http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2006974
View ArticleRe: Host Connection Failure: VMs, Datastores Inaccessible (greyed Out)
Hi, Yes, you can remove and mount it again, ues this below KB http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1005057 RegardsMohammed
View ArticleRe: ghettoVCB does not work in ESXi 5.1
Do you have an idea?I really followed the documentation step by step and it won't work. What are the possibilities which could cause the problem?And where should i extract the zip file? Right now it's...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Client keeps refreshing
for my case, seems like the problem was caused by my firewall rule in the ESXi. Added back the vSphere Web Access (TCP port 80) entry and the problem was gone. i'm puzzled as to why this is required...
View ArticleSpecify a config file for vpxclient.exe?
Is there a way to specify which VpxClient.exe.config file the vpxclient should read in via the command line? I have 2 different config files for when I'm on site and for when I'm outside the local...
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Poor performance on 3 Host Cluster with Dell MD3220i SAN
Hello together. My Name is Ralph, i am 24 years old and i am coming from Kerpen near Cologne, Germany so sorry in advance for my language skills We currently have kind of a performance problem on a...
View ArticleRe: DPM Behaviour
Hi Ranjna,Indeed, take a look at p8 in particular on http://labs.vmware.com/download/92/ The 2 settings you want to amend are:VmDemandHistorySecsHostOn - can up the interval from a default of 5 minutes...
View ArticleLocal storage performance issues?
Hi All, I've been asked to comment and assist on a project team's build (which has already passed design stage and kit purchased etc). For various reasons ESXi5.0.0 is to be utilised standalone to...
View ArticleRe: USB Passthrough cannot connect any longer "Device was not found".
Thanks for your information. Development is done in VMs on this server and the upgrade to ESX 5.1 is not planned. Additional information (another try) :The USB disk (3 TB disk connected through Asmedia...
View Articleany api to get the boot device information in esxi
i am writing an C application to be run as esxcli plugin/cim provider in the esxi itself, where i need to know the device id, from where the system is booted. any api(s) and library is available so...
View ArticleRe: Slow Performance Storage on VNXe3300
If you have issues with bothvMotionStorage vMotionClone I would look at the network side of it. vMotion is migrating memory between two ESXi hosts using vmotion vmkernel enabled port. the VNXe storage...
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